Complete Game Notes
RADFORD, Va. - Radford has climbed its way back into third place in the Big South North Division with a pair of consecutive wins over Presbyterian and at VMI. The Highlanders travel to Longwood on Saturday in an effort to sweep the season series from the Lancers and keep the pressure on VMI and High Point above them in the league standings.
SCOUTING THE LANCERS
♦ Longwood enters today's game with a 4-22 overall record and a 1-11 mark in the Big South Conference's North Division.
♦ The Lancers have lost 15 of 16 games, including a 14-game losing streak that was snapped a week ago with their first-ever Big South win at Winthrop, 62-56.
♦ Longwood ranks last in the NCAA (345th) in defensive scoring giving up 81.3 points per game. The Lancers are 344th in field goal percentage defense (49.8) and 341st in three-point field goal percentage defense (39.7). LU is 337th in turnovers per game committing 17.3 per game.
♦ Tristan Carey leads the Lancers at 14.4 points per game. He also leads the Big South in steals at 2.2 per game. Carey had 23 points against the Highlanders the first time these two teams met.
♦ Michael Kessens is the conference's second leading rebounder at 8.8 per game. He also averages 12.6 points per game.
RU SPORTS RADIO NETWORK • BIG SOUTH NETWORK
♦ All Big South Conference 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.
STATS NUGGETS
♦ Radford is 3-10 on the road this season and 2-4 in Big South contests after Wednesday's road victory at VMI, 82-79.
♦ The Highlanders lead the Big South in steals per game at 8.9. That ranks the team 23rd in the nation in that category.
♦ Javonte Green is second in the Big South in steals at 2.1 per game.
♦ Javonte Green recorded his 8th double-double this season with 20 points and a career-high 16 rebounds vs. VMI. That followed a 23-point, 13-rebound performance at Liberty and a 27-point, 13-rebound game vs. Presbyterian. He now has 15 career double-doubles.
♦ R.J. Price leads the Big South in 3-point field goals made per game at 3.0.
♦ Rashun Davis set a career high vs. VMI with 18 points.
♦ Blake Smith currently ranks 4th in career steals at RU with 181 and 9th in defensive rebounds at 289.
♦ Brandon Holcomb tied his career high with 3 blocks vs. Presbyterian.
TIDBITS
♦ Javonte Green and VMI's Stan Okoye were named co-Big South Players of the Week for their respective performances last week.
♦ After making 20-23 and 10-15 free throws vs. Presbyterian and VMI, respectively, the Highlanders raised their shooting percentage from the line nearly 20 percentage points from .618 to .636 on the year.
♦ Radford is 5-0 this season when holding opponents under 60 points.
INDIVIDUAL BIG SOUTH STATS RANKINGS
♦ Javonte Green -- Steals per game (2.1 spg) [2nd]; Field goal percentage (.508) [5th]; Scoring (14.8 ppg) [9th]; Rebounding (8.5 rpg) [3rd]; Blocks (0.7 bpg) [15th]; Offensive rebounds (3.2 orpg) [1st]; Defensive rebounds (5.3 drpg) [5th]
♦ R.J. Price -- 3-point field goals made per game (3.0 fgpg) [1st]; 3-point field goal percentage (.396) [4th]; Scoring (14.3 ppg) [12th].
♦ Jalen Carethers -- Blocks per game (1.2 bpg) [6th].
♦ Brandon Holcomb -- Blocks per game (1.0 bpg) [t-7th].
HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
♦ Javonte Green is averaging 16.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in Big South play.
♦ R.J. Price is averaging 16.0 points per game in conference play (12 games). He is also shooting .415 (39-94) from behind the three-point arc.
STARTING LINEUP
♦ The Highlanders have used five different starting lineups this season.
♦ Javonte Green is the only player that has started every game this season.
♦ The current projected starting lineup of R.J. Price, Ya Ya Anderson, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb started together for the first time at Liberty. Ya Ya Anderson replaced Blake Smith in the starting rotation.
THE SERIES
♦ Radford leads the all-time series 13-4, including an 82-72 win on January 16. The two teams had only met once as Div. I opponents before this season, and that was in Longwood's initial year coming from Div. II in 2004-05. RU won that game in Farmville, 91-81.
♦ RU is 4-4 all-time in games played at Farmville.
♦ Longwood's last victory in the series came in Farmville on this day 29 years and one month ago in 1984. The Lancers defeated the Highlanders 59-56.
♦ Longwood began playing men's basketball in the 1976-77 season as an NCAA Division III school. That year, the Lancers played seven games, including a home-and-home series with the Highlanders. The first time these two teams met, which was just Longwood's third game all-time, RU scored a school record 130 points that still stands today.
SERIES HISTORY vs. Longwood
Overall: Radford leads 13-4
Breakdown: at RU 9-0; at Longwood 4-4; Neutral 0-0
Jones vs. Longwood: 1-0
RU Streak: Won 4
RADFORD IN THE SERIES
01/16/13 at Radford W 82-72
11/23/04 at Farmville W 91-81
02/11/04 at Radford W 84-61
02/08/84 at Radford W 46-45
01/16/84 at Farmville L 56-59
01/17/83 at Radford W 78-70
12/04/82 at Farmville L 70-73
02/17/82 at Radford W 67-64
01/30/82 at Farmville W 72-67
02/20/81 at Farmville L 47-64
01/31/81 at Radford W 58-57
02/14/79 at Radford W 64-56
01/27/79 at Farmville W 88-86 (ot)
02/04/78 at Radford W 111-76
12/10/77 at Farmville L 72-84
02/17/77 at Radford W 113-66
01/25/77 at Farmville W 130-59
