Men's Basketball 12/21/2013 7:02:00 PM

LAS VEGAS CLASSIC CONTINUES SUNDAY VS. SACRED HEART

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LAS VEGAS - Game three for the Radford men's basketball team in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic tips Sunday at 3:00 p.m. (ET) as the Highlanders face Sacred Heart in a neutral site contest at the Orleans Arena.

SERIES NOTES
• This will be the first meeting all-time between RU and Sacred Heart.
• Radford is 3-11 in games played west of the Mississippi River.
L at UNLV, L at Santa Clara (13-14); L at Air Force (06-07); L vs. UC-Davis*, L at St. Mary's, L at Colorado (04-05); L vs. Butler*, L vs. Wichita State*, W at Alaska-Anchorage (01-02); W vs. Portland*, L at Montana State (00-01); W vs. Cal State-Stanislaus*, L at Utah State (97-98); L at SMU (86-87). * = Neutral site games
• Radford is 5-5 all-time against current members of the NEC (2-0 vs. Central Connecticut; 0-1 vs. LIU; 2-2 vs. Mt. St. Mary's; 1-1 vs. Robert Morris; 0-1 vs. St. Francis)

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
• Sacred Heart has dropped four straight games, including a 70-61 loss at Santa Clara in its first game and an 82-50 loss Friday in the second game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic. The Pioneers are 2-10 on the season.
• Louis Montes scored his 1,000th career point in the Santa Clara game.
• Chris Evans has scored in double digits in 6 consective games, and 9 of his last 10.
• De'Von Barnett was named NEC Rookie of the Week two weeks ago.
• Evan Kelley has put in double digit points in the past 5 games games. He poured in a team-high 20 points against Santa Clara and is the Pioneers' top scorer, averaging 15.3 points per game.

MILESTONES
• With 8 rebounds at Binghamton, Javonte Green surpassed 500 for his career. He now has 534 (12th all-time in RU history).
• Countdown to 1,000 career points: Javonte Green needs 48 (952), R.J. Price needs 107 (893). There are currently 19 members of the 1,000-point club in Radford basketball history.

QUICK NOTES
• Javonte Green ranks 5th all-time at RU with 204 career offensive rebounds and tied for 7th all-time with 330 defensive rebounds.
• Javonte Green has 16 career double-doubles.
• Brandon Holcomb set a career high with 10 points at Santa Clara on Monday and tied a season high with 10 rebounds at UNLV on Wednesday.
• R.J. Price ranks 8th all-time in career three-point field goals made with 166.
• R.J. Price tied a career high with 4 steals at UNLV on Wednesday.
• Ya Ya Anderson, who set a career high with 33 points on 9-11 shooting from behind the arc against Central Penn, ranks first in the Big South and 7th in the country in three-point shooting percentage (56.4% at the last ranking thru 12/15).
• As a team, the Highlanders rank 21st in the country averaging 9.0 steals per game.
• RU is 1-4 all-time in neutral site games under Mike Jones with its victory coming last season over Kennesaw State at the Eastern Kentucky Invitational in Richmond, Ky.

ACCOLADES
• Javonte Green - 2013-14 Preseason All-Big South Second Team; 2012-13 All-Big South Second Team, becoming the first all-conference selection under Mike Jones.

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