Women's Basketball 12/16/2023 11:00:00 AM

Radford Returns to Dedmon for Second-Ever Meeting with Queens (NC)

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford women's basketball program returns to the Dedmon Center for the first time in almost a month to host Queens (NC) for just the second time in program history Sunday afternoon.

SETTING THE STAGE
Opponent: Queens (NC) Royals
Date/Time: Sunday, Dec. 17th at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Carilion Clinic Court at the Dedmon Center, Radford, Va.

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SERIES HISTORY
Radford and Queens (NC) have met just once in the history of the two programs and that meeting came last season and featured a dominant 73-57 Radford victory in Charlotte, N.C. The Royals just recently moved up to Division I and are in their second season as a part of the Atlantic Sun conference. In that lone previous meeting, Radford got strong showings from Ashlyn Traylor-Walker (11 points, 3 assists) and Maci Rhoades (8 points, 3 steals) in their freshman seasons.

SCOUTING THE ROYALS
The Royals enter Sunday's meeting with an even 5-5 record with a non-conference schedule featuring some of the country's top teams as well as plenty of fellow Big South opponents. The Royals have earned two Division I victories so far this year with a home win over USC Upstate and road win over Winthrop. Fellow Big South squads UNC Asheville and Presbyterian have already claimed victories over Queens (NC) earlier this season.

The Royals boast a strong offense that averages 67.5 points per game and is led by a trio of athletes averaging over nine points per game. Junior guard Nicole Gwynn leads the pack with an impressive 18.9 ppg and is coming off a 32-point performance against NAIA Columbia (SC). Chaos on the defensive end will also be what the Royals hope to bring to Dedmon as six different players have already created 10+ steals on the season.

WAGNER'S CLUTCH MINUTES
In Wednesday night's game at Liberty, Olivia Wagner played a huge role setting a new season high of 13 points. Down the stretch, the sophomore sunk critical shots for the Highlanders including two physical shots late in the shot clock, two steals on the defensive end and a block all over the final five minutes of the game to seal a big win over Liberty.

BRICE HEATING UP
Freshman Terissa Lavoile-Brice has found her stride as of late and has moved into the team's top-five total for scoring. Over the past four games the newcomer has totaled 20 points on 8 of 17 shooting (47%) seeing a big boost to her season shooting percentage. Lavoile-Brice has also totaled five steals and three assists as she joins a group of versatile Highlander athletes so far this season.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Maci Rhoades: G; 5' 11"; Sophomore

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

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

#15 Terissa Lavoile-Brice: F; 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#3 Maci Rhoades
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: G

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

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

#15 Terissa Lavoile-Brice
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: F