Women's Basketball 3/6/2024 11:00:00 AM

Women’s Basketball Set for 2024 Big South Tournament at High Point

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The postseason has arrived! Radford women's basketball has earned the third seed in the Big South Tournament and will begin play in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 7th at the Qubein Center in High Point, N.C.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
~~Watch the Quarterfinals Live on ESPN+~~
~~Watch the Semifinals Live on ESPN+~~
Watch the Championship Live on ESPN2
Listen to All Games Live with Tom Purvis on WRAD 1460 AM / 103.5 FM
Live Stats Links: ~~Quarterfinals~~ | ~~Semifinals~~ | Championship

SEMIFINALS RECAP
A breakdown of the Highlanders' 61-45 quarterfinals victory over No. 2 USC Upstate can be found HERE.

QUARTERFINALS RECAP
A breakdown of the Highlanders' 64-51 quarterfinals victory over No. 6 Winthrop can be found HERE.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Radford's visit to High Point, N.C. will mark the 35th time in program history the team has competed in the Big South Tournament. Over that span Radford has played in 72 tournament games compiling a dominant 46-26 overall record. No team in the Big South has more tournament wins than Radford. When the Highlanders competed as the three seed the team has compiled an impressive 9-2 record in tournament games. During Mike McGuire's 11-year tenure, Radford has posted 11 wins including three championship appearances and a tournament win in 2019.

POSTSEASON AWARDS
The Big South conference announced Tuesday afternoon that five Highlanders had been named to all-conference awards lists. Ashlyn Traylor-Walker headlined the list with her selection to first-team all-conference. Taniya Hanner also picked up honorable mention all-conference honors. The freshmen duo of Terissa Lavoile-Brice and Joi Williams also earned well-deserved selections to the Big South's all-freshman team. Olivia Wagner rounded out the list of awards as she was named to the all-academic team.

RADFORD'S LEADERS
This season saw the Highlanders led by two players averaging double figures scoring for the first time since 2019 as Ashlyn Traylor-Walker (15.8 ppg) and Taniya Hanner (10.2 ppg) paced the offense all season long. Ashlyn filled in the box score on a nightly occurrence as she totaled a team-high 73 assists, team-high 22 blocks and team-high 50 steals as well as averaging 6.1 rebounds per game (third most on team). Hanner was right there behind Ashlyn as she averaged a team-high 7.5 rpg with 21 blocks and 29 steals.

Freshmen Joi Williams and Terissa Lavoile-Brice have played a pivotal role in the Highlanders success. Williams and Lavoile-Brice rank top-five in multiple stat categories among all conference freshmen including points, rebounds and assists. Olivia Wagner and Ellie Taylor will also prove scoring threats throughout the tournament. Wagner set a program record earlier this season when she shot a perfect 7-7 from three-point range.

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

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

#4 Joi Williams: G; 5' 5"; Freshman

#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

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

#4 Joi Williams
: 5' 5"; Freshman
: G

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

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