Blue Hose Return Home for New Year's Eve Tilt against Highlanders

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's basketball team closes out the calendar year on Saturday with an afternoon tilt inside the Templeton Center against Radford on ESPN+. The matchup with the Highlanders is set for a 2 p.m. from Clinton.

Matchup: Radford (5-7, 1-0) vs Presbyterian (4-8, 0-1)
Date: Saturday, December 31
Time: 2 pm
Site: Templeton Center (Clinton, S.C.)
Live Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Twitter: @bluehosewbb

Notes

Opening Tip
- The Blue Hose get back on court on Saturday with a New Year's Eve afternoon tip against Radford in PC's first home conference contest of the 2022-23 season. Presbyterian looks to rebound on Saturday following a 61-53 defeat on Thursday at the hands of Campbell. The Presbyterian College women's basketball team used a 13-0 run to begin the fourth to mount a comeback in Thursday's league opener, but the host Campbell hung on for the 61-53 victory inside the Pope Convocation Center.

Scouting the Highlanders
- Radford enters Saturday's contest with a 5-7 record following a 69-42 victory over UNC Asheville on Thursday afternoon. The Highlanders are led offensively by Ashlyn Traylor who's averaging 11.3 ppg and 6.1 rebounds per game. Rachel Lalonde has scored 9.8 points/game and pulled down a team-high 8.7 rebounds/game. Lalonde has connected on 11-of-24 triples. Traylor has dished out a team-high 40 assists and recorded 23 steals. Vanessa Blake has connected on 65.5% of her field goals averaging 7.7 points/game.

Brady & Sjökvist Sweep Big South Weekly Honors
- Following a record-breaking close to non-conference play, the Presbyterian College women's basketball team received a pair of Big South weekly awards from the conference on Tuesday afternoon. Fifth-year senior Bryanna Brady earned Player of the Week honors, while Freshman Tilda Sjökvist earned her third weekly honor from the league in the past four weeks. The Blue Hose set a program DI record and a Big South record on Tuesday with 132 points scored, led by Brady with a career-high 25 points in the victory over Bluefield. The Goodyear, Ariz. native also tallied a career-high 11 field goals and connected on her first collegiate three in the contest. Brady filled the stat sheet in the victory with seven rebounds and two assists. She tallied 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting with four rebounds in just 12 minutes in the opening half of the matchup with the Rams last week. Sjökvist recorded her first career double-double in the victory over Bluefield with 21 points and 10 assists while connecting on 9-of-13 field goals as she made three triples in the contest. The Huskvarna, Sweden native set career highs with points, field goals, and assists while matching a career-high in threes.

Blue Hose in the Ranks
- Brady sits in a tie for fourth in the league with 12.7 ppg as Mara Neira is tied for 10th with 10.4 points/game.... Brady is eighth in rebounds with 6.4 rebounds/game as she's fourth in offensive boards with 32... Brady also paces the league with a 53.3% field goal percentage... Aubrie Kierscht and Neira are both tied for fourth with 19 three-pointers... Sjökvist is seventh with 17 threes... The Huskvarna, Sweden native is second with 44 assists in the conference...

Head-to-Head vs. the Highlanders
- Radford holds a 24-8 all-time lead in the DI era over Presbyterian with the Blue Hose winning three of the last four meetings from the Highlanders including both meetings last year for PC. In the January home meeting, now sophomore Paige Kindseth scored 12 points and pulled down five rebounds in the victory.

Blue Hose Set Big South Record for Points in Non-Conference Finale
- The Presbyterian College women's basketball team broke the school record for the highest margin of victory on Tuesday afternoon, winning by the score of 132-30, the most points scored by any DI school throughout the 2022-23 season. Fifth-year senior Bryanna Brady led the way for PC, scoring 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting and seven rebounds in the victory. The Blue Hose's 132 points scored set a new Big South record for points in a game, breaking a 19-year-old held by Winthrop in November of 2003. The points mark also is a single-game in NCAA DI women's basketball this season. 38 assists in a game also set a new conference record, a mark held by the Eagles in the same November 2003 game. The Blue Hose's 38 helpers is a new high for a team in a DI women's basketball game throughout the 2022-23 season. PC's 55 field goals made is one off the league record for field goals made in a game, but it set a Blue Hose DI program record on Tuesday.

Second Quarter Dominance
- PC has controlled the scoreboard in the second quarter throughout the non-conference slate as the Blue Hose has outscored their opponents 201-155 in the quarter. The Blue Hose have outscored their opponents in six contests this season. PC has been led by Bryanna Brady with 37 points as Tilda Sjökvist has added 34 points along with Mara Neira. Christina Kline has tallied 19 points as Aubrie Kierscht has 18 scored, and Sonia Sato has added 14 after scoring seven of those in the non-conference finale against Bluefield. On the defensive end, PC held Furman to three points and Western Carolina to five points in the second quarter of its respective games with those two SoCon foes. PC also was stiff on the defensive end against Bluefield, limiting them to 2-of-17 shooting and seven points.

On Tap
- PC is scheduled to play 29 contests under the direction of fifth-year head coach Alaura Sharp during the 2022-23 season, including 18 league games which begin on December 29 at Campbell. The Blue Hose are slated to make trips to St. Thomas, Minnesota, Morehead State, UNCG, Florida, and Florida State in non-conference play while welcoming Carolina University, Furman, WCU, Jacksonville, and Bluefield to Clinton. Presbyterian will play nine home-and-homes with the league in 2022, beginning with Campbell on December 29.

New Faces Enter the Equation
- The Blue Hose enters the 2022-23 season with many fresh faces 2022 as 11 new players join the squad. The Blue Hose freshman class includes guards Aubrie Kierscht (Salina, Kan.), Ashley Carrillo (Liberal, Kan.), Tilda Sjokvist (Huskvarna, Sweden), Natalie Herrin (Patterson, Ga.), and forward Dennaye Hinds (Bridgeport, Conn.). In addition to the five freshmen, PC added a host of upperclassmen in 2022 to round out the roster. Coach Sharp welcomes Christina Kline (La Salle), Mara Neira (Eastern Wyoming), Sonia Sato (McCook CC), Dagne Apsite (UTEP), Nuria Cunill (Eastern Washington), and Laila Grant (Vincennes).

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Players Mentioned

#34 Bryanna Brady: C; 6' 3"; Fifth Year

#15 Paige Kindseth: G; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#35 Dennaye Hinds: F; 6' 1"; Freshman

#3 Ashley Carrillo: G; 5' 7"; Freshman

#12 Natalie Herrin: G; 5' 8"; Freshman

#24 Laila Grant: G; 5' 7"; Junior

#10 Mara Neira: G; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#00 Aubrie Kierscht: G; 5' 6"; Freshman

#20 Dagne Apsite: F; 6' 2"; Junior

#11 Sonia Sato: G; 6' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#34 Bryanna Brady
: 6' 3"; Fifth Year
: C

#15 Paige Kindseth
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: G

#35 Dennaye Hinds
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: F

#3 Ashley Carrillo
: 5' 7"; Freshman
: G

#12 Natalie Herrin
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: G

#24 Laila Grant
: 5' 7"; Junior
: G

#10 Mara Neira
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: G

#00 Aubrie Kierscht
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: G

#20 Dagne Apsite
: 6' 2"; Junior
: F

#11 Sonia Sato
: 6' 0"; Junior
: G