SIBLING RIVALRY AWAITS NOREEN, HIGHLANDERS SATURDAY AT WVU

GAME NOTES

RADFORD, Va. - Bragging rights in the family household are on the line Saturday as Radford's Kyle Noreen and the Highlanders travel to Morgantown, W.Va. to face West Virginia and Kyle's older brother Kevin, along with the rest of the Mountaineers. Tip is set for 4:00 p.m. The Highlanders will be looking to snap a three-game losing skid.

THE SERIES
♦ West Virginia leads the all-time series 4-0 and 3-0 all-time in Morgantown. The series began in the 1991-92 season, and the teams last played in the 2008-09 campaign.
♦ The Mountaineers have dominated each of the previous games winning all of them by at least 30 points. The closest contest was played in Radford at the Dedmon Center, a 90-60 victory for the visitors in the 2007-08 season.
♦ This will be the first time Radford is playing West Virginia as an opponent from the Big XII Conference. RU is 0-2 all-time against the Big XII (Colorado 0-1; Kansas 0-1).

RU SPORTS RADIO NETWORK • BIG SOUTH NETWORK
♦ All home games are video streamed live on the Big South Network. The BSN is available at www.radfordathletics.com.
♦ Each Radford men's basketball game can be heard live in the New River Valley on the RU Sports Radio Network on the flagship, WRVU 89.9-FM and on the commercial affiliate, WBLB 1340-AM. The stream can also be heard world-wide on www.radfordathletics.com. Rick Watson handle the play-by-play for the Highlanders. Former Highlander Stephen Barber is the color analyst for home games, while Tom Galbraith adds color commentary for RU road games.

SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS
♦ West Virginia evened its record at 5-5 and snapped a two-game losing skid with a 76-71 victory at home over Oakland on Wednesday.
♦ Juwan Staten is the only Mountaineer averaging in double figures at 10.8 points per game. Staten also leads the team in assists at 2.8 per game. WVU has eight players that average more than 5.0 points per game. Aaric Murray is the second-leading scorer (9.7 ppg) and the leading rebounder (7.3 rpg).
♦ The Mountaineers average 15.8 offensive rebounds per game.
♦ West Virginia is 3-0 at home this season, including a home-opening win over a Big South Conference opponent, VMI, 94-69.

STATS NUGGETS
♦ Javonte Green leads the Big South in steals per game at 2.5.
♦ Javonte Green leads the Big South in field goal percentage at .551 (59-107).
♦ Blake Smith has moved into fourth all-time in RU history with 170 career steals.
♦ Brandon Holcomb set a career high with 6 rebounds vs. Charlotte.
♦ Taj Owens set a career high with 5 rebounds vs. Charlotte.
♦ Jalen Carethers tied a career high with 3 blocked shots vs. Charlotte.

INDIVIDUAL BIG SOUTH STATS RANKINGS
♦ Javonte Green -- Field goal percentage (.551) [1st]; Steals per game (2.5 spg) [1st]; Scoring (13.8 ppg) [Tie-12th]; Rebounding (7.2 rpg) [6th]; Blocked shots (0.7 bpg) [Tie-12th].
♦ R.J. Price -- 3-point field goals made (2.7 fgg) [2nd]; 3-point field goal percentage (.351) [4th]; Scoring (13.1 ppg) [16th].
♦ Brandon Holcomb -- Blocks per game (0.9 bpg) [7th].
♦ Blake Smith -- Steals per game (1.7 spg) [13th].
♦ Jalen Carethers -- Blocks per game (0.7 bpg) [Tie-12th].

TEAM BIG SOUTH STATS RANKINGS
♦ Scoring (67.8 ppg) [8th]; Scoring margin (+0.5) [5th]; Scoring defense (67.3) [6th]
♦ FG percent (.417) [9th]; 3-pt FG percent (.330) [3rd]; FT percent (.622) [11th]
♦ FG percent defense (.458) [11th]; 3-pt FG percent defense (.347) [8th]
♦ Rebound margin (-0.3) [7th]; Turnover margin (+3.0) [2nd]
♦ Assists (10.9 apg) [11th]; Blocks (3.3 bpg) [5th]; Steals (10.1 spg) [1st]

TIDBITS
♦ Radford has won five straight games decided in overtime dating back to a 73-71 loss at Navy on 11/29/08.
♦ Radford has not won a game played in the month of December since an 80-53 victory over George Mason on Dec. 30, 2009.

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