Women’s Basketball Visits Longwood for Next Edition of In-State Rivalry

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford women's basketball program is back on the road this Saturday night to take on the Lancers in the newly built Joan Perry Brock Center.

SETTING THE STAGE
Opponent: Longwood (7-19, 4-9 Big South)
Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 24th at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Farmville, Va.

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SERIES HISTORY
In-state rivals rematch for the first time since the opening weeks of conference competition this weekend. In the last meeting, Radford snapped a five-game losing skid to Longwood with a tight 64-59 win in the Dedmon Center. Four Highlanders dropped 10+ points in the meeting with Olivia Wagner highlighting the night. Wagner scored a career-high 23 points with a Highlander program record 7-7 shooting mark from three-point range. Radford owns the all-time series 30-15.

SCOUTING THE LANCERS
The Lancers just recently snapped a three-game losing streak with a strong 66-60 win at UNC Asheville. The Lancers excel at causing turnovers averaging 17 points a game off opponent miscues. Kiki McIntyre also leads the conference in steals with 66 so far this season.

Janay Turner and Anne-Hamilton LeRoy will lead the scoring efforts with both averaging double figures. When these two squads last met that duo did just that combining for 25 points.

SNAP THE SKID
Radford will look to respond in the closing action of the season with three games remaining. The Highlanders have dropped their last four straight games but have been in this spot before and responded in a big way. Earlier in nonconference action, Radford left Dedmon for seven straight games and found themselves in an eight-game losing streak. Visiting a strong Liberty squad, Radford dominated in a 57-45 win which propelled the team to wins in 9 of their next 12 games.

BLOCKING WITH THE BEST
So far through 13 conference games the Highlanders rank second in the Big South for blocks per game at 3.31. In Radford's last game against Gardner-Webb, the team combined for a season-high seven blocks led by Ellie Taylor who collected three. On the season, Ashlyn Traylor-Walker and Taniya Hanner are both averaging about one block a game which ranks top-10 in the conference.

FOLLOW RADFORD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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"; Sophomore

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

#22 Taniya Hanner: F; 6' 1"; Graduate Student

#33 Ellie Taylor: G; 5' 10"; Senior

Players Mentioned

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

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

#22 Taniya Hanner
: 6' 1"; Graduate Student
: F

#33 Ellie Taylor
: 5' 10"; Senior
: G