Women’s Basketball Heads to Presbyterian for First Big South Road Game

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford women's basketball program heads to Clinton, S.C. to face off with Presbyterian this Saturday in their first road game of the Big South schedule.

SETTING THE STAGE
Opponent: Presbyterian (4-8, 0-1 Big South)
Date/Time: Saturday, December 31st at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Ross E. Templeton Center (Clinton, S.C.)

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SERIES HISTORY
The Highlanders and Blue Hose have met 32 times and Radford holds the series lead 24-8 with the first meeting coming back in 2007. Presbyterian has taken an edge in the series as of late, winning three of the last four meetings. Before that, Radford had won eight straight meetings between the two squads. In Mike McGuire's tenure at Radford, he has compiled a 13-6 record against the Blue Hose.

SCOUTING THE BLUE HOSE
Presbyterian comes into Saturday's meeting having lost three of their last four against some big-name competition such as Florida, Florida State and most recently on the road against Campbell. Their 132-30 win against Bluefield right before the holiday break is the most any Division I team has scored in a single game this season.

Fifth-year senior Bryanna Brady and freshman Tilda Sjokvist will be the opponents to watch on Saturday as both collected the most recent Big South weekly honors. Brady is pacing the team just about everywhere, leading the team in points (12.7), rebounds (6.4) and blocks (14). Sjokvist has been a sharpshooting newcomer to the team, shooting 44% from the floor so far this season and 38% from three for an average of 8.6 ppg.

WAGNER HEATING UP
After a career-high 15 points against UNC Asheville earlier this week, newcomer Olivia Wagner is showing signs of heating up in the points column after leading the team in assists through two months of the season. Over the last three games, Wagner has totaled 30 points despite some limited playing time in the final stretch of the nonconference slate. Wagner has also collected three or more assists in the last two games with five steals.

TRAYLOR KEEPS FINDING A WAY
It was a cold start for both teams in Thursday's meeting with UNC Asheville, but you'd hardly notice with the stat line Ashlyn Traylor recorded by the game's end. Traylor scored nine points, six rebounds and seven assists with a pair of steals in her eventful afternoon. Traylor has recorded nine or more points in all but two games so far this season and has yet to go a game without collecting at least one assist.

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To follow the Radford women's basketball team throughout the season, visit RadfordAthletics.com, follow @Radford_WBB on Twitter, 'radford_wbb' Instagram or Radford Women's Basketball on Facebook.

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Players Mentioned

#11 Ashlyn Traylor-Walker: G; 5' 8"; Freshman

#5 Olivia Wagner: G; 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#11 Ashlyn Traylor-Walker
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: G

#5 Olivia Wagner
: 5' 7"; Freshman
: G

Players Mentioned

#11 Ashlyn Traylor-Walker

#5 Olivia Wagner

Players Mentioned

#11 Ashlyn Traylor-Walker

#5 Olivia Wagner