CALIFORNIA DREAMING: MBB HEADS TO BAY AREA TO FACE SANTA CLARA

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For only the second time in program history, the Radford men's basketball team travels to the Golden State to begin a four-game West Coast swing as part of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. The Highlanders face Santa Clara on Monday at 10:00 p.m. (ET) to open the tournament before heading to Vegas next week.

SERIES NOTES
• This will be the first meeting all-time between Radford and Santa Clara.
• Radford is 0-2 playing in the state of California (0-1 at St. Mary's; 0-1 vs. UC-Davis). Those two games are the only time the Highlanders have played a school from the state of California in their history. Both games were played in Moraga, Calif.
• Radford is 0-1 all-time vs. current members of the West Coast Conference (L at St. Mary's in 2004-05 season).

RU SPORTS RADIO NETWORK
• Each Radford men's basketball game can be heard live in the New River Valley on the RU Sports Radio Network on the campus flagship, WRVU 89.9-FM and on the commercial affiliate, SuperSports 101.7-FM. Rick Watson handles the play-by-play for the Highlanders.

SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
• Santa Clara currently stands at 3-5 on the season with a game pending Saturday against La Sierra College prior to playing the Highlanders on Monday.
• The Broncos are 2-2 at home this season with wins over Bethesda and San Jose State. The losses came to North Dakota State and Rice.
• SC has dropped 4 of its last 5 games heading into the home matchup with La Sierra.
• Brandon Clark leads the team in scoring (16.9), assists (3.5), and steals (1.1).
• SC is averaging under 10 turnovers per game as a team (9.88), which ranks 19th best in the nation.

MILESTONES
• With 8 rebounds at Binghamton, Javonte Green surpassed 500 for his career. He now has 522.
• Countdown to 1,000 career points: Javonte Green needs 78 (922), R.J. Price needs 132 (868).

QUICK NOTES
• Javonte Green ranks 6th all-time at RU with 198 career offensive rebounds.
• Javonte Green ranks tied for fourth all-time at Radford with a career rebounding average of 7.4 per game.
• R.J. Price ranks 8th all-time in career three-point field goals made with 163.
• Radford is 6-2 for the first time since the 1993-94 season when RU defeated LSU on the road to move to 6-2 on the season.
• RU's two losses have come to teams who are a combined 16-4 on the season (George Washington 9-1; Virginia Tech 7-3).
• Ya Ya Anderson, who set a career high last week with 33 points on 9-11 shooting from behind the arc, ranks first in the Big South and 8th in the country in three-point shooting percentage (56.4%).

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