Highlanders Fall to Gardner-Webb on Thursday Night

Thursday, February 18

Radford, Va.

6 p.m.

Radford University

13-11,12-6Big South

Gardner-Webb

10-14,9-10Big South

Team	1	2	F
Gardner-Webb	33	44	77
Radford	23	26	49

Highlanders Fall to Gardner-Webb on Thursday Night

2/18/2021 10:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford men's basketball team fell to Gardner-Webb, 77-49, on Thursday night inside the Dedmon Center.

Midway through the first half, Quinton Morton-Robertson gave Radford (13-11, 12-6 Big South) a 15-12 lead. D'Maurian Williams then hit a 3-pointer that sparked a 19-3 run for GWU over nine minutes that put them ahead 31-18 with two minutes left in the first half.

The Highlanders cut the deficit to 10 at halftime, 33-23. The Highlanders shot just 26.9 percent from the floor and 26.7 percent from the 3-point line. On the other end, the Runnin' Bulldogs shot 51.9 percent from the floor but was held to just 33.3 percent from the beyond the arc.

Gardner-Webb opened the second half with18-6 run, pushing the lead to 22 points, 51-29, which was the largest lead at the time. The Highlanders made it a 14-point game with 7:47 left in the game. From that point, the Runnin' Bulldogs scored nine straight points and ended the game on a 21-7 run.

Radford shot 33.3 percent in the second half from the floor and the 3-point line but GWU shot 59.1 percent from the field and went 8-for-13 from beyond the arc for 61.5 percent.

Stat of the Game
Morton-Robertson led the Highlanders with 13 points after hitting four 3-pointers. It was his 11^th game with multiple 3-pointers and his seventh game with three or more.

Inside the Box Score
Dravon Mangum added 10 points – all in the first half. Chyree Walker tallied six rebounds and Fah'Mir Ali chipped in with nine points. Radford shot 77.8 percent from the charity stripe. GWU's Jaheam Cornwall led all players with 22 points and Jordan Sears contributed 16.

Tweet of the Game

1H | 11:04 • Radford 12, Gardner-Webb 12

All the way from Christiansburg!

Q with a pair of 3-pointers ties this thing up midway through the first half. Here's a look at his first one. #RiseAndDefend x #HUNT pic.twitter.com/ChvgrJbLvs
— Radford Men's Basketball (@RadfordMBB) February 18, 2021

Quotable
"Offensively we ran into a team that was motivated tonight," Mike Jones said. "They played well on the defensive end and are one of the best defensive teams in the league. I have a lot of respect of Coach [Tim] Craft and his team was ready. Defensively they were terrific. They made everything we tried to do offensively very tough, which made it hard for us to score. We had a lot more spirited defense in the first half and held them to nine or 10 points less than they had in the first game. We just couldn't sustain it in the second half and they seemed to get stronger as the game went on."

Up Next
The Big South Conference office will release its schedule for the final week of the regular-season as early as Saturday.

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