Deacs Host Big South Foe Radford

Nov. 22, 2013

The Demon Deacons will welcome Big South foe Radford to the Joel Coliseum Friday evening for a non-conference showdown.
The game is set to tip off at 7:00 p.m.
A live stream of the game can be found on WakeForestSports.com. Phil Brame and Roper Halverson will have the call.

Last Time Out

Junior Dearica Hamby scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for her third-straight double-double to lead Wake Forest to a 69-66 victory over visiting Davidson Tuesday night at the Joel Coliseum.
Wake Forest led 56-40 with 11 minutes to play but Davidson stepped-up defensively and slowly chopped-away at the lead and had a last-second shot for the tie.
On a night when senior point guard Chelsea Douglas struggled to get going, the Deacons got good games from a number of players. Junior Millesa Calicott had a second-straight solid game, finishing with 10 points, three rebounds and two assists. Jill Brunori grabbed 11 rebounds on the night with all of them coming on the offensive end.
Senior Lindsy Wright played just six minutes but grabbed six rebounds and had one steal.

Wake Forest Storylines

Senior Chelsea Douglas was the first player in school history to score 20 or more points in the first three games of a season. She leads the ACC in scoring (23.5) and three-pointers made (16).
Douglas is currently 11th in school history with 1,228 career points and also 4th with 187 career three-pointers.
Dearica Hamby has notched double-doubles in three-straight games. That is the first time she has done that in her career and she now has six double-doubles for her career.

The Opposition

Radford won a pair of games to open the season but has since dropped its last two contests and comes into the game with a 2-2 mark.
Ayana Avery leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 14.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. She has also made a Big South leading 12 three-pointers on the season.
Rachel Ross is not far behind Avery at 10.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest.

Series History

This will be the 10th meeting between Wake Forest and Radford.
Wake Forest holds a 6-3 edge in the series and has won five of the last six meetings.

Next Up...

The Demon Deacon head west for three games next week.
Wake Forest will play at Arizona on Nov. 26, and then head to Reno, Nev. for the John Ascuaga's Nugget Classic hosted by Nevada.
The Deacs will open the Nugget Classic against Cal on Nov. 29 and then play either Nevada or Idaho on Nov. 30.

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