Women's Basketball 2/1/2019 10:17:00 AM

HIGHLANDERS CHASE SIXTH STRAIGHT VICTORY ON SATURDAY AT USC UPSTATE

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SETTING THE SCENE
Radford (13-6, 7-1 Big South) vs. USC Upstate (6-13, 2-6 Big South)
Date: Saturday, February 2
Where: Spartanburg, SC
Time: 2:00 p.m.
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THE SERIES
Radford is 2-1 all-time against the Spartans. The Highlanders were victorious in their last meeting, 85-52, on November 19, 2011.

LAST TIME OUT
Radford won their fifth straight Big South Conference contest as they edged Campbell, 56-52, at Gore Arena last Saturday afternoon.Junior Khiana Johnson, who played all 40 minutes, scored a career-high 19 points and added a season-best six rebounds along with four assists. Senior Destinee Walker contributed 11 points and redshirt junior Sydney Nunley grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds. Nunley has now reached double-figures in rebounds in 10 straight contests.

RADFORD AMONG THE NATION'S LEADERS
Radford is 17^thin the county in scoring defense (55.8 ppg.), 25^thin rebounds per game (42.9) and 15th in field goal percentage defense (35.1 percent)…Rivers continues to lead the Big South in rebounding (9.7 pg.) and is 43rd in the country…Nunley is also 56th in rebounding (9.3).

HIGHLANDER MISCELLANEOUS
Radford is looking to go 8-1 in the Big South for the first time since the 2014-15 season...Over the past two seasons, Radford has held 34 of 52 opponents under 60 points…The Highlanders are 12-0 when outshooting their opponent and 12-1 when they hold opponents under a 40 percent shooting clip… The Highlanders hold a +14.6 scoring advantage against league foes on average and lead the league in the category… Nunley is averaging a league-high 13.6 rpg. and 2.3 blocks in Big South play…Johnson is third with 4.5 assists per game in conference play and is also third with a 1.5 assists/turnover ratio…She needs 43 points to reach 800 for her career…Redshirt junior Jen Falconer is 2^ndin the league with a 2.4 assist/turnover ratio in league play… Rivers is just six rebounds shy of 700 for her career…Walker is now up to 1,121 points for her career and needs 79 more points to move into the top-ten all-time at Radford.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
USC Upstate has dropped five of their last six contests, including a 67-43 setback at Hampton on Tuesday evening…The Spartans are second in the Big South in scoring at 67.9 ppg. but are yielding 72.8 ppg. (10^thin BSC)…JR guard Brianna Lewis is the league's leading scorer at 18.8 ppg. and is distributing a league-high 5.7 assists per game …Classmate Riley Popplewell is 11^that 11.9 ppg and is third in rebounding (8.5 pg.).

UP NEXT
Radford will host Gardner-Webb on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#5 Jen Falconer: G; 5' 8"; Redshirt Junior

#4 Khiana Johnson: G; 5' 7"; Junior

#50 Sydney Nunley: C; 6' 4"; Redshirt Junior

#10 Destinee Walker: G/F; 5' 11"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#5 Jen Falconer
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Junior
: G

#4 Khiana Johnson
: 5' 7"; Junior
: G

#50 Sydney Nunley
: 6' 4"; Redshirt Junior
: C

#10 Destinee Walker
: 5' 11"; Senior
: G/F