RU TRAVELS TO COASTAL LOOKING TO GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS

Complete Game Notes

RADFORD, Va. - Radford will look to bounce back Saturday after a tough loss to VMI earlier in the week. The Highlanders head to Coastal Carolina for a 2:00 p.m. tip at the brand new HTC Center, which will host this year's Big South Tournament.

SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS
♦ Coastal Carolina enters Saturday's game with a 9-10 overall record and a 4-4 mark in the Big South Conference.
♦ The Chanticleers are 8-2 at home this season and 3-0 in conference games at the new HTC Center, which will be the home of the 2013 Big South Tournament.
♦ CCU is the league's top rebounding team with a +6.0 rebound per game average over its opponents.
♦ Anthony Raffa leads the team in scoring at 19.1 ppg. That ranks him second in the Big South in points per game. Raffa also ranks fourth in the league in steals at 1.9 per game.
♦ Kierre Greenwood averages 13.0 points per game. He is also fourth in the conference in assists at 4.4 per game. He is tied with Raffa at 1.9 steals per game and shoots 84.0 percent from the free throw line.
♦ El Hadji Ndieguene leads the team in rebounding at 7.2 per game, which ranks seventh in the Big South.

STATS NUGGETS
♦ The Highlanders lead the Big South in steals per game at 9.6. That ranks the team 13th in the nation in that category.
♦ Javonte Green leads the Big South in steals at 2.3 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 3.1.
♦ 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 was just the first of his game-winners in RU one-point victories. Price also hit the final shot with just under a minute to play in the Highlanders' 58-57 win over Winthrop.
♦ Brandon Holcomb grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Gardner-Webb.
♦ Blake Smith currently ranks fourth in career steals at RU with 181. He is just two steals from tying for third all-time.
♦ Rashun Davis dished out a Radford season-high and career-high eight assists at Campbell.

INDIVIDUAL BIG SOUTH STATS RANKINGS
♦ Javonte Green -- Steals per game (2.3 spg) [1st]; Field goal percentage (.504) [4th]; Scoring (13.8 ppg) [13th]; Rebounding (7.9 rpg) [4th]; Blocks (0.7 bpg) [12th]; Offensive rebounds (3.0 orpg) [2nd]; Defensive rebounds (4.9 drpg) [5th]
♦ R.J. Price -- 3-point field goals made per game (3.1 fgpg) [1st]; 3-point field goal percentage (.400) [5th]; Scoring (14.8 ppg) [7th].
♦ Jalen Carethers -- Blocks per game (1.0 bpg) [8th].
♦ Brandon Holcomb -- Blocks per game (0.9 bpg) [10th].

TIDBITS
♦ Ya Ya Anderson has missed the last two games since turning an ankle vs. Campbell.
♦ Radford is 2-1 against the Big South's South Divsion this season.
♦ Radford is 2-8 on the road this season and 1-2 as the visitor in Big South contests.
♦ RU has won five straight overtime games dating to a 73-71 loss at Navy on 11/29/08.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
♦ R.J. Price is averaging 18.0 points per game in conference play (8 games). He is also shooting .433 (29-67) from behind the three-point arc.
♦ Javonte Green is averaging 14.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in Big South play.

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 of R.J. Price, Blake Smith, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb has started 13 games this season and been used in each of the last eight games.

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.

THE SERIES
♦ Radford leads the all-time series 36-19. Coastal Carolina vacated a victory from the 1992-93 season.
♦ Coastal Carolina has won four straight in the series.
♦ The Highlanders are 15-11 all-time in games played at Coastal Carolina.
♦ Radford is 20-8 in games at Radford and 1-0 in the only neutral site game.
♦ The series began exactly 28 years ago tonight in the 1984-85 season.
♦ Both teams are charter members of the Big South Conference, which began in 1985-86.
♦ These two teams have met four times in the Big South Tournament with the Highlanders holding a 3-1 advantage in those games.
♦ In the series history, there have been six overtime games.

SERIES HISTORY vs. COASTAL CAROLINA
Overall: Radford leads the series 36-19**
Breakdown: at RU 20-8; at Conway 15-11**; Neutral 1-0
Big South Tournament: 3-1
Jones vs. Coastal Carolina: 0-1
RU Streak: Lost 4

RADFORD IN THE SERIES
1/21/12   at Conway   L   62-82
1/29/11   at Radford   L   63-86
12/31/10   at Conway   L   59-77
2/13/10   at Radford   L   51-52
1/14/10   at Conway   W   62-52
2/9/09   at Radford   W   71-67 (ot)
1/5/09   at Conway   W   68-52
2/11/08   at Radford   L   61-65
1/12/08   at Conway   L   75-76
2/5/07   at Conway   L   67-85
1/13/07   at Radford   W   80-76
2/25/06   at Radford   L   75-84
1/21/06   at Conway   W   70-69 (ot)
2/7/05   at Conway   L   61-79
1/8/05   at Radford   W   93-82
3/2/04   ^ at Conway   L   62-67
2/16/04   at Conway   W   84-75
1/24/04   at Radford   W   77-76 (ot)
3/4/03   ^ at Radford   W   65-62
2/15/03   at Radford   W   65-58
1/27/03   at Conway   W   77-73
2/28/02   ^ at Roanoke, Va.   W   81-66
2/4/02   at Radford   W   76-60
1/12/02   at Conway   W   82-71
2/5/01   at Conway   W   77-74
1/13/01   at Radford   W   104-97 (2ot)
2/14/00   at Radford   W   73-72
1/24/00   at Conway   W   67-65
2/6/99   at Conway   W   82-67
1/18/99   at Radford   W   104-75
2/25/98   ^ at Radford   W   75-68
2/16/98   at Radford   W   81-64
1/24/98   at Conway   L   55-61
2/17/97   at Conway   W   73-62
1/25/97   at Radford   W   77-72
2/16/96   at Radford   W   87-68
1/20/96   at Conway   W   64-55
2/18/95   at Conway   W   63-61
1/21/95   at Radford   W   88-84
2/19/94   at Radford   W   80-64
1/22/94   at Conway   W   69-56
1/30/93   at Conway   (L)**   94-96 (ot)
1/11/93   at Radford   W   84-83
2/1/92   at Radford   W   68-65
1/20/92   at Conway   W   58-56
2/9/91   at Radford   L   66-84
1/26/91   at Conway   L   76-78 (ot)
2/10/90   at Conway   L   78-92
1/27/90   at Radford   L   53-63
2/11/89   at Radford   L   67-73
1/28/89   at Conway   L   56-94
2/13/88   at Conway   L   63-79
1/30/88   at Radford   W   87-78
2/14/87   at Radford   L   70-73
1/31/87   at Conway   W   82-73
2/2/85   at Radford   W   71-69

^ Big South Conference Tournament game
** Vacated win by Coastal Carolina

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