Complete Game Notes
RADFORD, Va. - Radford returns home Saturday for a 2:00 p.m. tip at the Dedmon Center against Presbyterian. The Highlanders are looking to snap a three-game losing streak in the process and build on their 7-3 home record this season.
SCOUTING THE BLUE HOSE
♦ Presbyterian enters Saturday's game with a 6-18 overall record and a 3-7 mark in the Big South Conference South Division race.
♦ The Blue Hose had one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. The preseason lineup included road games againsth the likes of Clemson, Georgia Tech, Creighton, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and South Carolina.
♦ Presbyterian is 1-11 on the road this season. The lone victory as the visitor came at Longwood, 82-71.
♦ PC is coming into this game having beaten Gardner-Webb on Wednesday night, 57-54.
♦ Khalid Mutakabbir leads the team in scoring at 15.6 ppg. He has stepped that average up to 17.1 per game in 10 conference games. He ranks fifth in the Big South in scoring.
♦ Presbyterian is one of th top free throw shooting teams in the nation. The Blue Hose hit .769 from the charity stripe, which ranks them atop the Big South and seventh in the NCAA.
♦ Khalid Mutakabbir has made 37 of 38 free throw attempts in 10 Big South games (97.4 percent).
♦ Jordan Downing averages 13.5 ppg and leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage (.446).
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 7-3 at home this season and 3-2 at home in Big South contests.
♦ The Highlanders lead the Big South in steals per game at 9.1. That ranks the team 13th in the nation in that category.
♦ Javonte Green ranks 2nd in the Big South in steals at 2.2 per game.
♦ Javonte Green recorded his 6th double-double this season with 23 points and 13 rebounds at Liberty. He now has 13 career double-doubles.
♦ Javonte Green currently ranks 7th all-time at RU in offensive rebounds with 161.
♦ Javonte Green tied a career high with 13 rebounds at Liberty.
♦ R.J. Price leads the Big South in 3-point field goals made per game at 3.0.
♦ R.J. Price has moved into 10th place all-time at RU with 128 career 3-pointers.
♦ Blake Smith currently ranks 4th in career steals at RU with 181 and 9th in defensive rebounds at 289.
♦ Jalen Carethers had a career-high 8 rebounds and a career-high RU season-high 4 blocked shots at Coastal Carolina.
♦ Lucas Dyer scored a career-high 8 points at Coastal Carolina.
INDIVIDUAL BIG SOUTH STATS RANKINGS
♦ Javonte Green -- Steals per game (2.2 spg) [2nd]; Field goal percentage (.506) [4th]; Scoring (14.1 ppg) [13th]; Rebounding (8.0 rpg) [4th]; Blocks (0.7 bpg) [t-13th]; Offensive rebounds (3.0 orpg) [2nd]; Defensive rebounds (5.0 drpg) [5th]
♦ R.J. Price -- 3-point field goals made per game (3.0 fgpg) [1st]; 3-point field goal percentage (.386) [5th]; Scoring (14.4 ppg) [12th].
♦ Jalen Carethers -- Blocks per game (1.1 bpg) [6th].
♦ Brandon Holcomb -- Blocks per game (0.9 bpg) [11th].
HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS
♦ R.J. Price is averaging 16.6 points per game in conference play (10 games). He is also shooting .398 (32-77) from behind the three-point arc.
♦ Javonte Green is averaging 15.2 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in Big South play.
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.
♦ Ya Ya Anderson made his first career start at Liberty in the Highlanders' last game.
♦ Kion Brown has started nine games this season as a freshman.
♦ Jalen Carethers made his only career start at Charlotte.
♦ Rashun Davis started three games while R.J. Price was injured.
♦ 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
♦ The series between Radford and Presbyterian is tied 5-5.
♦ The Blue Hose have won 4 straight games against the Highlanders.
♦ The two teams began playing each other in the 2007-08 season, a year prior to PC joining the league.
♦ Radford is 3-2 all-time vs. the Blue Hose at the Dedmon Center, but have dropped the last two.
SERIES HISTORY vs. PRESBYTERIAN
Overall: Series is tied 5-5
Breakdown: at RU 3-2; at PC 2-3; Neutral 0-0
Big South Tournament: Never Met
Jones vs. Presbyterian: 0-2
RU Streak: Lost 4
RADFORD IN THE SERIES
02/23/12 at Radford L 64-77
12/03/11 at Clinton L 64-72
02/15/11 at Radford L 49-52
01/22/11 at Clinton L 61-67
02/25/10 at Radford W 75-58
12/05/09 at Clinton W 61-57
02/07/09 at Radford W 78-61
01/03/09 at Clinton W 65-55
12/01/07 at Clinton L 60-62
11/14/07 at Radford W 68-54
