Ashlyn Traylor<\/a><\/dfn>, who had been held scoreless through the first half, came alive and immediately contributed with a duo of made layups in the first minutes of the third quarter. Traylor then nailed a three-pointer that made it just a 45-42 game with five minutes in the third.<\/p>\nGardner-Webb kept answering, however, with two straight baskets to preserve their lead. Another pair of made free throws by Wiliams and a huge and-one conversion by Blake brought things right back to 49-46. Blake would fire off one more make before the quarter ended to make it just a 51-49 game headed into the final quarter.<\/p>\n
In that final quarter, Radford wasted no time taking its first lead since the opening minutes of the game. A Traylor layup, Blake layup and three straight free throws had Radford out front 56-51 two minutes into the fourth. A 5-0 run by the Runnin’ Bulldogs tied things back up and the two teams would trade shots the rest of the way as the game became a track meet.<\/p>\n
At the 4:33 mark, Traylor came up huge with her second three-pointer of the day that put Radford up 61-60. Back-to-back layups and two free throws by Wagner halted a 4-0 run by Gardner-Webb and again gave Radford a slight 67-66 edge. Gardner-Webb leaned on their experience over the final minutes however, as their three top scorers would put the game away at the free throw line and hold on 74-70.<\/p>\n
The Highlanders were back to their usual scoring ways today as the team shot 46% overall and a respectable 36% from three. Despite turning the ball over 22 times, Radford was still able to create 23 points off Gardner-Webb turnovers which was four more than their opponent. Radford also secured 13 second chance points thanks to 11 offensive rebounds to fuel the offensive efforts.<\/p>\n
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