Saturday, November 7
Richmond, Ky.
3:00 PM
Radford University
1-2,0-0Big South
56
at
65
Eastern Kentucky
2-1,0-0UAC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radford | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 56 |
| Eastern Ky. | 18 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 65 |
Photo by: Radford Athletics Communications
11/7/2026 6:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
RICHMOND, Ky. – The Radford women's basketball team led at half but failed to finish the deal, falling to Eastern Kentucky, 65-56, on Saturday afternoon at Baptist Health Arena.
KEY STATS
The Colonels and Highlanders seemed evenly matched through the early going. EKU scored the first two buckets before Cate Carlson hit from deep and Cherish Haywood stole a pass at the top of the arc and drove coast-to-coast for the lead. Ueda got going for the Colonels, going on a personal 6-0 run that pulled the hosts up 15-9 with 3:30 left in the first. Anaiah Jenkins managed to clean up a miss and score the following trip, then Logan Luebbers Palmer finished off a fast break to get it back to a one-point game. EKU had and converted a three-point play in the closing seconds to lead 18-16 after one.
The Highlander defense stepped up in the second quarter, forcing nine turnovers over the 10 minutes to battle their way back on top. She forced a turnover and found Nice on the fast break to tie it up with 5:53 left before half. She then hit a transition three-pointer on the following trip to make it a three-point game. Jenkins sank a pair of free throws to extend the lead to six with 2:32 left in the second. The Colonels managed to end a nearly five-minute scoring drought through the middle of the quarter, but the momentum and lead at half were in Radford's hands, 30-26.
Radford struggled and never got it going in the third quarter. Nice accounted for four of the team's 11 points from the free throw line, but the team made just two baskets (2-13) in the chapter. EKU tied it up with seven minutes left and pulled out an eight-point advantage going to the fourth, 49-41.
The shots began falling for Radford in the fourth quarter but they could not fully dig their way out of the deficit. Simonsen took the charge, scoring a three-point play and drove in the paint and finished to make it a four-point game with 6:47 left. EKU had back-to-back answers to get the lead back to nine points. Fields and Simonsen again cut the deficit to four points with 2:56 left, a basket, stop, and another make pulled EKU back up by eight with under two minutes left. The Colonels made enough of their free throws late to finish off the Highlanders for the 65-56 final.
FROM COACH MCGUIRE
"Eastern Kentucky is a good team with talented players and are well coached," Head Coach Mike McGuire said postgame. "I thought we played well in stretches but need to learn how to value possessions more and respond when a team makes a run against us. We have to respond better collectively in those moments."
UP NEXT
The Highlanders play their third road game at Campbell on Wednesday, November 11. The contest against the former Big South-foe is set for 6:00 p.m. and can be seen on FloSports and heard on WRAD 103.5 FM in Radford and online.
Follow Women's Basketball on Social Media
For more information on the Radford women's basketball team, follow @Radford_WBB on X and Instagram or Radford Women's Basketball on Facebook.
#RadfordTough | #RiseAndDefend
KEY STATS
- After leading by four at half, Radford was outscored 23-11 in the third quarter and never got within one possession the rest of the game.
- The Highlanders committed 23 turnovers, a season-high, and the most since the Arkansas State loss in the WNIT to end the 2025-26 season. EKU made the most of those, scoring 25 of their 65 (nearly 40 percent) of their total points off them.
- Angelina Nice added 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for her first-career double-double.
- Georgia Simonsen added nine second-half points to lead the team with 13 total.
- Kailyn Fields hit three trifectas to also reach double figures.
- EKU's Luna Ueda led all scorers with 16 points.
- Needing eight points to reach 1,000 in her career, EKU's Kirsten Lewis-Williams scored her eighth in the closing minute at the free throw line and totaled nine to reach the milestone.
The Colonels and Highlanders seemed evenly matched through the early going. EKU scored the first two buckets before Cate Carlson hit from deep and Cherish Haywood stole a pass at the top of the arc and drove coast-to-coast for the lead. Ueda got going for the Colonels, going on a personal 6-0 run that pulled the hosts up 15-9 with 3:30 left in the first. Anaiah Jenkins managed to clean up a miss and score the following trip, then Logan Luebbers Palmer finished off a fast break to get it back to a one-point game. EKU had and converted a three-point play in the closing seconds to lead 18-16 after one.
The Highlander defense stepped up in the second quarter, forcing nine turnovers over the 10 minutes to battle their way back on top. She forced a turnover and found Nice on the fast break to tie it up with 5:53 left before half. She then hit a transition three-pointer on the following trip to make it a three-point game. Jenkins sank a pair of free throws to extend the lead to six with 2:32 left in the second. The Colonels managed to end a nearly five-minute scoring drought through the middle of the quarter, but the momentum and lead at half were in Radford's hands, 30-26.
Radford struggled and never got it going in the third quarter. Nice accounted for four of the team's 11 points from the free throw line, but the team made just two baskets (2-13) in the chapter. EKU tied it up with seven minutes left and pulled out an eight-point advantage going to the fourth, 49-41.
The shots began falling for Radford in the fourth quarter but they could not fully dig their way out of the deficit. Simonsen took the charge, scoring a three-point play and drove in the paint and finished to make it a four-point game with 6:47 left. EKU had back-to-back answers to get the lead back to nine points. Fields and Simonsen again cut the deficit to four points with 2:56 left, a basket, stop, and another make pulled EKU back up by eight with under two minutes left. The Colonels made enough of their free throws late to finish off the Highlanders for the 65-56 final.
FROM COACH MCGUIRE
"Eastern Kentucky is a good team with talented players and are well coached," Head Coach Mike McGuire said postgame. "I thought we played well in stretches but need to learn how to value possessions more and respond when a team makes a run against us. We have to respond better collectively in those moments."
UP NEXT
The Highlanders play their third road game at Campbell on Wednesday, November 11. The contest against the former Big South-foe is set for 6:00 p.m. and can be seen on FloSports and heard on WRAD 103.5 FM in Radford and online.
Follow Women's Basketball on Social Media
For more information on the Radford women's basketball team, follow @Radford_WBB on X and Instagram or Radford Women's Basketball on Facebook.
#RadfordTough | #RiseAndDefend
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's BasketballTeam Stats
Rad
EKU
FG%
.311
.388
3FG%
.250
.200
FT%
.632
.435
RB
51
44
TO
23
16
STL
8
14
Game Leaders
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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