2025–26 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team

2025–26 Radford Highlanders women's basketball
2025–26 Radford Highlanders women's basketball
WNIT
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	22–12 (12–4 Big South)
Head coach	Mike McGuire (13th season);
Associate head coach	Jessica Jackson
Assistant coaches	Alley Odell; Ben Edelburg; Joe Reid;
Home arena	Dedmon Center

2025–26 Big South women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
High Point †	13	–	3	.813	27	–	6	.818
Radford	12	–	4	.750	23	–	12	.657
Longwood	11	–	5	.688	21	–	10	.677
Gardner–Webb	9	–	7	.563	12	–	19	.387
Winthrop	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
UNC Asheville	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Charleston Southern	6	–	10	.375	8	–	22	.267
USC Upstate	6	–	10	.375	12	–	20	.375
Presbyterian	1	–	15	.063	3	–	27	.100

† 2026 Big South tournament winner As of March 21, 2026

The 2025–26 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team represents Radford University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by 13th-year head coach Mike McGuire, play their home games at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia, as members of the Big South Conference.

Previous season

The Highlanders finished the 2024–25 season 14–17, 10–6 in Big South play, to finish in a tie for third place.^[1] They defeated Gardner–Webb,^[2] before falling to Longwood in the semifinals of the Big South tournament.^[3]

Preseason

On October 15, 2025, the Big South Conference released their preseason poll. Radford was picked to finish third in the conference, with one first-place vote.^[4]

Preseason rankings

Big South Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	High Point	77 (6)
2	Longwood	69 (1)
3	Radford	67 (1)
4	Winthrop	48
5	Charleston Southern	41
6	USC Upstate	33
7	Gardner–Webb	25
8	Presbyterian	23
9	UNC Asheville	22 (1)
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-Big South Teams

Preseason All-Big South Teams
Team	Player	Year	Position
First	Joi Williams	Junior	Guard
First	Cate Carlson	Junior	Guard

Source:^[5]

Roster

2025–26 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	2	Anna Chacha	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Mountain Mission School	Dodoma, Tanzania
G	4	Joi Williams	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Virginia Academy	Leesburg, Virginia
G	5	Kirah Dandridge	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	St. Bonaventure	Richmond, Virginia
G	8	Cate Carlson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	William & Mary	Virginia Beach, Virginia
G	11	Ava Sawi	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Episcopal High School	Springfield, Virginia
C	14	Lindsee Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Minford High School	Lucasville, Ohio
G	15	Cherish Haywood	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Mustang High School	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
G	21	Adelyn Traylor-Walker	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS So	Franklin Community High School	Franklin, Indiana
F	22	Amanda Mitchell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Willow Spring High School	Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
F	23	Georgia Simonsen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Robinson Secondary School	Fairfax, Virginia
F	24	Anna Stromberg	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Legacy Christian Academy	Andover, Minnesota
G	32	Angelina Nice	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Woodgrove High School	Round Hill, Virginia
G	33	Ellie Taylor	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Northern Kentucky	Bardstown, Kentucky
F	44	Anaiah Jenkins	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Towson	Odenton, Maryland

Head coach

Mike McGuire (Roanoke)

Assistant coach(es)

Jessica Jackson (Western Carolina)
Alley Odell (Concord)
Ben Edelburg (UW–Stout)
Joe Reid (New River CC)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 1, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2025* 7:00 pm		Lynchburg	W 93–37	–	Dedmon Center Radford, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 5:00 pm, ACCNX		at Wake Forest	L 64–71	0–1	LJVM Coliseum (1,043) Winston-Salem, NC
November 6, 2025* 10:00 am, ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 36–82	0–2	McCamish Pavilion (5,467) Atlanta, GA
November 8, 2025* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Emory & Henry	W 69–36	1–2	Dedmon Center (1,257) Radford, VA
November 11, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Loyola (MD)	W 59–50	2–2	Dedmon Center (2,700) Radford, VA
November 16, 2025* 2:00 pm, ACCNX		at Virginia	L 46−77	2−3	John Paul Jones Arena (3,754) Charlottesville, VA
November 19, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Furman	W 68−50	3−3	Dedmon Center (1,293) Radford, VA
November 22, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Niagara	W 80–58	4–3	Dedmon Center (1,078) Radford, VA
November 26, 2025* 3:00 pm, YouTube		vs. Valparaiso CSU Invitational	W 68–61	5–3	Woodling Gym (237) Cleveland, OH
November 28, 2025* 4:00 pm, YouTube		vs. St. Bonaventure CSU Invitational	L 45–55	5–4	Woodling Gym (354) Cleveland, OH
November 29, 2025* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cleveland State CSU Invitational	L 59–62 ^OT	5–5	Woodling Gym (334) Cleveland, OH
December 4, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Navy	W 97–84 ^2OT	6–5	Dedmon Center (1,224) Radford, VA
December 13, 2025* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Ohio	L 67−72	6−6	Dedmon Center (629) Radford, VA
December 15, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Concord	W 100–48	7–6	Dedmon Center (561) Radford, VA
December 18, 2025* 11:00 am, FloCollege		at Hampton	W 73–67 ^OT	8–6	Hampton Convocation Center (1,072) Hampton, VA
December 21, 2025* 12:00 pm, ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	L 47–79	8–7	Cassell Coliseum (4,443) Blacksburg, VA
Big South regular season
December 31, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Presbyterian	W 75–32	9–7 (1–0)	Templeton Center (224) Clinton, SC
January 3, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Charleston Southern	L 59–63	9–8 (1–1)	Dedmon Center (597) Radford, VA
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at High Point	L 40–78	9–9 (1–2)	Qubein Center (1,613) High Point, NC
January 14, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Gardner–Webb	W 53–38	10–9 (2–2)	Dedmon Center (572) Radford, VA
January 17, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Winthrop	W 67–65	11–9 (3–2)	Winthrop Coliseum (282) Rock Hill, SC
January 21, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Longwood	W 78–63	12–9 (4–2)	Dedmon Center (591) Radford, VA
January 23, 2026 4:30 pm, ESPN+		UNC Asheville	W 64–52	13–9 (5–2)	Dedmon Center (591) Radford, VA
January 28, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at USC Upstate	W 67–29	14–9 (6–2)	G. B. Hodge Center (219) Spartanburg, SC
January 31, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Winthrop	W 61–57	15–9 (7–2)	Dedmon Center (447) Radford, VA
February 4, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Longwood	L 73–88 ^OT	15–10 (7–3)	Joan Perry Brock Center (1,042) Farmville, VA
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		High Point	W 72–57	16–10 (8–3)	Dedmon Center (886) Radford, VA
February 11, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at UNC Asheville	W 73–45	17–10 (9–3)	Kimmel Arena (373) Asheville, NC
February 18, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		USC Upstate	L 52–57	17–11 (9–4)	Dedmon Center (568) Radford, VA
February 21, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Charleston Southern	W 92–78	18–11 (10–4)	Buccaneer Field House (278) North Charleston, SC
February 25, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Presbyterian	W 95–54	19–11 (11–4)	Dedmon Center (563) Radford, VA
February 28, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Gardner–Webb	W 65–59	20–11 (12–4)	Paul Porter Arena (379) Boiling Springs, NC
Big South tournament
March 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) Charleston Southern Quarterfinals	W 86–67	21–11	Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN
March 7, 2026 8:30 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (3) Longwood Semifinals			Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[6]^[7]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Big South Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
^ "Big South Women's Tournament: Radford downs Gardner-Webb 69-63, advances to semifinals". WSLS. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
^ "Championship Bound: Longwood Women's Basketball defeats in-state rival Radford in Big South Semifinal". The Rotunda. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
^ ^a ^b "High Point Voted 2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". Big South Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
^ "Big South Announces 2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Honors". Big South Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Radford University Athletics. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
^ "Radford Highlanders 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Big South Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[2] "Big South Women's Tournament: Radford downs Gardner-Webb 69-63, advances to semifinals". WSLS. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[3] "Championship Bound: Longwood Women's Basketball defeats in-state rival Radford in Big South Semifinal". The Rotunda. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[poll-4] "High Point Voted 2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". Big South Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[5] "Big South Announces 2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Honors". Big South Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[6] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Radford University Athletics. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[7] "Radford Highlanders 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

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Radford Highlanders women's basketball
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