RU TAKES WINNING STREAK ON THE ROAD TO CAMPBELL

COMPLETE GAME NOTES

RADFORD, Va. - Fresh off one of the most exciting victories in RU history, the Highlanders remain on the road Wednesday in an important Big South division game at Campbell. The Camels are tied for the North Division lead with VMI, and just a single game ahead of Radford. Tip is set for 7:00 p.m. from Buies Creek, N.C.

THE SERIES
♦ Radford leads the all-time series 17-11. Campbell won last year's only matchup in the Dedmon Center, 73-65. It had been four seasons since the two teams played each other in a non-conference home-at-home series in the 2007-08 and 2006-07 seasons.
♦ The Highlanders are 5-7 in games at Campbell and 0-4 in Buies Creek (previous games were played in Fayetteville), and have dropped four straight to the Fighting Camels on the road. The last win for Radford at Campbell came in the 1991-92 season.
♦ Radford won the first five times these two teams played as the series began in the 1984-85 season a year prior to the beginning of the Big South Conference.
♦ Campbell was a founding member of the Big South until leaving the league after the 1993-94 season. The Camels rejoined the league in the 2011-12 season.

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING CAMELS
♦ Campbell enters Wednesday's game with an overall record of 9-10 and a 4-1 mark in the Big South Conference, which is tied for the lead on the North Division.
♦ The Fighting Camels have won six of their last seven games. The only loss since Christmas is a 19-point loss at VMI a week ago.
♦ The Camels and the Highlanders only had one common non-conference opponent. Both teams fell in the pre-conference season to North Carolina A&T.
♦ Campbell is 6-3 at home this season and 2-0 at home in Big South play.
♦ Campbell's leading scorer, Darren White, who averages 21.8 points per game, has missed the last four games and is listed as out indefinitely with a knee injury. White also leads the team in rebounding at 7.2 rpg.
♦ Trey Freeman is the team's other leading scorer at 14.4 points per game, which ranks ninth in the Big South. He also leads the conference at 6.0 assists per game.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
♦ Radford has won back-to-back Big South games and is above .500 in the league for the first time in three seasons.
♦ With its 52-51 victory at Gardner-Webb, the Highlanders won a one-point game for the first time since 2009 winning at UNC Asheville, 66-65.

STARTING LINEUP
♦ The Highlanders have used four different starting lineups this season.
♦ Blake Smith and Javonte Green have started every game this season.
♦ The current projected starting lineup of R.J. Price, Blake Smith, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb has started 10 games this season and been used in each of the last five games.

STATS NUGGETS
♦ The Highlanders lead the Big South in steals per game at 9.8. That ranks the team 10th in the nation in that category.
♦ Javonte Green leads the Big South in steals at 2.4 per game.
♦ Javonte Green recorded his fifth double-double this season with 13 points and 13 rebounds vs. Longwood. He now has 12 career double-doubles.
♦ R.J. Price leads the Big South in three-point field goals made per game at 2.9.
♦ R.J. Price scored a career-high 30 points vs. Longwood. Price became the first Highlander since Art Parakhouski (2/2/10 vs. VMI) to score 30 points in a game.
♦ R.J. Price's 30-foot buzzer beater for the win at Gardner-Webb gave the Highlanders their first close-game win under Mike Jones. The Highlanders are now 1-0 this season in games decided by 0-3 points and 1-2 overall under Jones.
♦ Ya Ya Anderson has scored in double figures in three straight games off the bench.
♦ Brandon Holcomb grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Gardner-Webb.
♦ Despite being statistically the poorest free throw shooting team in the conference, the Highlanders have responded hitting 27 of their last 32 attempts from the charity stripe. RU has raised its average from the line as a team nearly 30 percentage points in the last two games (20-23 vs. Longwood / 7-9 vs. Gardner-Webb).
♦ Blake Smith currently ranks fourth in career steals at RU with 178.
♦ Jalen Carethers has 12 career steals. All have come as a single theft in 12 separate games.

INDIVIDUAL BIG SOUTH STATS RANKINGS
♦ Javonte Green -- Steals per game (2.4 spg) [1st]; Field goal percentage (.513) [3rd]; Scoring (13.4 ppg) [15th]; Rebounding (8.0 rpg) [4th]; Blocks (0.8 bpg) [12th]; Offensive rebounds (3.1 orpg) [3rd]; Defensive rebounds (4.9 drpg) [6th]
♦ R.J. Price -- 3-point field goals made per game (2.9 fgpg) [1st]; 3-point field goal percentage (.389) [5th]; Assists (2.8 apg) [14th]; Scoring (13.8 ppg) [13th].
♦ Jalen Carethers -- Blocks per game (0.9 bpg) [8th].
♦ Brandon Holcomb -- Blocks per game (0.8 bpg) [11th].

TIDBITS
♦ Radford is 2-7 on the road this season and 1-1 on the road in Big South contests.
♦ RU has won five straight overtime games dating to a 73-71 loss at Navy on 11/29/08.

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.

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