University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
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Hot-Shooting Radford Downs UNC Asheville 81-69
01.03.2011 | Women's Basketball
Crosier went 9-of-14 from the field and a perfect 2-of-2 from beyond the arc to help the Highlanders (4-10, 1-0 BSC) break a five-game losing streak.
The Bulldogs (7-5, 0-1 BSC) were led by Kelli Riles with 20 points and 12 rebounds. The sophomore forward earned her seventh double-double of the season and went 8-of-10 from the field. Kendall Shepard finished with 12 points and six assists. Lindsey Montgomery added 11 points before fouling out with four minutes left.
Radford had Brooke McElroy with 14 points and eight rebounds. Erica Rivera came off the bench to score 11 points. Denay Wood chipped in 10 points.
The Highlanders were red-hot from the field the entire night as they shot 53 percent (34-of-64) from the field and 45 percent (5-of-11) from the three-point line.
"You have to give Radford all the credit in the world tonight," explained Asheville coach Betsy Blose. "They moved the ball around very well, got good shots and made them throughout the evening.
"We've got to start playing better defense," added Blose. "You can't let your opponent shoot better than 50 percent from the field, give up 81 points and expect to win too many games. We'll learn from this and get better."
Radford took the game over midway through the first half when it went on a 13-3 run to build a 25-12 lead. Crozier had eight points during the run.
The lead ballooned to 34-16 on Crozier's trey with 5:34 left to go in the half before the Bulldogs made a late run to get back in the game. Asheville scored eight straight points to get to 38-30 on a lay-up from Shepard. Radford led 43-34 at halftime.
In the second half, the Highlanders slowly built on the lead and got the margin up to 21 points on a trey from Wood at the 10:36 mark. The Bulldogs would get no closer than the final margin.
Asheville hosts High Point at Justice Center Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Radford hosts Gardner-Webb Saturday at 3 p.m.
