PLENTY ON THE LINE SATURDAY FOR SENIOR DAY VS. LIBERTY

RADFORD, Va. - Radford has hopes of a No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in next week's conference tournament when the Highlanders face arch-rival Liberty at the Dedmon Center on Saturday. The regular season finale and Senior Day is scheduled to begin at 4:30 following the RU women's game vs. Gardner-Webb.

SCOUTING THE FLAMES
♦ Liberty enters today's game in fourth place in the Big South North Division with a 10-20 overall record and a 5-10 mark in the conference. The Flames are 2-11 on the road this season and 1-6 on the road in Big South games.
♦ John Caleb Sanders leads the Flames with a 13.7 point average. He scored 19 points against the Highlanders earlier this season when Liberty won 75-70 over RU.
♦ Tavares Speaks (13.0) and Davon Marshall (12.6) also average double figures for the Flames. JR Coronado is their leading rebounder at 8.5 per game.
♦ The Flames shoot .425 from the floor, .358 from behind the three-point arc, and .707 from the free throw line.
♦ Liberty averages 68.4 points and gives up 71.0 points per game.

THE SERIES
♦ Radford leads the all-time series 32-29. Radford is 21-7 in games played at home against the Flames. Liberty has won five straight in the series.

SENIOR DAY • BLAKE SMITH
♦ Named to the Big South All-Freshman team in 2009-10 season.
♦ Led the Big South in steals and ranked 13th in the nation with 2.4 per game as a sophomore in 2010-11.
♦ Entering today's game: 113 games, 63 starts, 806 points, 377 rebounds, 199 assists, 49 blocked shots, and 182 steals. That places Smith fourth all-time at RU in career steals.

BIG SOUTH - NORTH DIVISION RACE
♦ With a win over Liberty and a High Point win over Campbell today, the Highlanders would be the No. 2 seed in the North Division and receive a first-round bye in next week's tournament. RU can finish at any of the No. 2, 3, or 4 seeds from the North.
♦ If RU beats Liberty and Campbell beats High Point, Radford in the No. 3 seed.
♦ If Liberty beats RU and Longwood beats VMI, Radford in the No. 3 seed.
♦ If Liberty beats RU and VMI beats Longwood, Radford in the No. 4 seed.

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 flagship, WRVU 89.9-FM and on the commercial affiliate, WBLB 1340-AM. Rick Watson handles the play-by-play for the Highlanders.
♦ The stream can also be heard world-wide on www.radfordathletics.com.

STATS NUGGETS
♦ Radford is 8-4 this season at the Dedmon Center and 4-3 in conference games.
♦ Radford is 6-0 this season when holding opponents under 60 points.
♦ The Highlanders are second in the Big South in steals per game at 8.7. That ranks the team 25th in the nation in that category.
♦ 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 2.9.
♦ Rashun Davis finished one point shy of his career high with 17 points at High Point.
♦ Rashun Davis tied a career high with six rebounds at High Point.
♦ Kion Brown tied a career high with 14 points at High Point.
♦ Jalen Carethers tied a career high with four blocks at High Point.
♦ Javonte Green set a career high with three blocks at High Point.
♦ Ya Ya Anderson tied a career high at High Point with four rebounds.
♦ Lucas Dyer tied a career high with four rebounds at Siena.

INDIVIDUAL BIG SOUTH STATS RANKINGS
♦ Javonte Green -- Steals per game (2.0 spg) [3rd]; Field goal percentage (.511) [4th]; Scoring (14.6 ppg) [10th]; Rebounding (8.2 rpg) [4th]; Blocks (0.8 bpg) [13th]; Offensive rebounds (3.0 orpg) [2nd]; Defensive rebounds (5.2 drpg) [5th]
♦ R.J. Price -- 3-point field goals made per game (2.9 fgpg) [1st]; 3-point field goal percentage (.372) [6th]; Scoring (14.2 ppg) [13th].
♦ Jalen Carethers -- Blocks per game (1.2 bpg) [6th].
♦ Brandon Holcomb -- Blocks per game (1.0 bpg) [t-9th].

HIGHLANDERS IN THE CAREER AND SEASON RECORD BOOKS
♦ Blake Smith currently ranks 4th in career steals at RU with 182 and 9th in defensive rebounds at 290.
♦ Javonte Green ranks 7th all-time at RU with 179 offensive rebounds. For the 2012-13 season, Green ranks on the single-season charts as well: 7th with 59 steals, 9th with 156 defensive rebounds, 9th with 91 offensive rebounds, and 9th with 247 total rebounds.
♦ R.J. Price ranks 9th all-time in three-point field goals made with 142.

HARD TO BELIEVE STAT
♦ Jalen Carethers has 17 career steals in his two years as a Highlander. They have all come one at a time in 17 different games.

STARTING LINEUP
♦ The Highlanders have used six different starting lineups this season.
♦ Javonte Green is the only player that has started every game this season.

SERIES HISTORY vs. LIBERTY
Overall: Radford leads the series 32-29
Breakdown: at RU 21-7; at Lynchburg 10-22; Neutral 1-0
Big South Tournament: 2-1
Jones vs. Liberty: 0-3
RU Streak: Lost 5

RADFORD IN THE SERIES
02/05/13   at Lynchburg   L   70-75
01/28/12   at Radford   L   65-67
01/12/12   at Lynchburg   L   64-69
02/10/11   at Lynchburg   L   71-79
01/15/11   at Radford   L   53-61
02/16/10   at Lynchburg   W   74-69
01/23/10   at Radford   L   55-60
02/28/09   at Radford   L   85-92
01/24/09   at Lynchburg   W   94-82 (2ot)
03/01/08   at Lynchburg   L   71-78
02/02/08   at Radford   W   89-88
02/24/07   at Radford   L   48-64
01/09/07   at Lychburg   L   66-80
02/18/06   at Radford   W   69-54
01/07/06   at Lynchburg   W   60-50
02/19/05   at Lynchburg   L   62-70
01/29/05   at Radford   W   69-64
02/28/04   at Lynchburg   L   49-50
01/14/04   at Radford   W   83-76
03/07/03   ^ at Lynchburg   W   55-52
02/28/03   at Radford   W   81-56
01/18/03   at Lynchburg   L   66-81
02/23/02   at Lynchburg   L   69-78
01/26/02   at Radford   W   79-60
02/24/01   at Radford   W   94-77
01/27/01   at Lynchburg   W   77-57
02/26/00   at Lynchburg   W   68-62
01/29/00   at Radford   W   85-66
02/20/99   at Radford   W   97-68
01/30/99   at Lynchburg   W   86-60
02/21/98   at Lynchburg   W   91-82
01/31/98   at Radford   W   77-59
02/27/97   ^ at Lynchburg   L   73-85
02/22/97   at Radford   L   75-89
02/01/97   at Lynchburg   L   63-70
02/03/96   at Lynchburg   L   50-53
01/15/96   at Radford   W   71-65 (ot)
02/25/95   at Radford   L   57-68
01/14/95   at Lynchburg   L   52-64
02/26/94   at Lynchburg   L   73-75
01/15/94   at Radford   W   82-68
03/03/93   ^ at Charleston, S.C.   W   73-69
02/27/93   at Radford   W   79-74
01/28/93   at Lynchburg   L   74-94
01/27/92   at Lynchburg   L   77-92
01/16/92   at Radford   W   76-74
02/13/84   at Lynchburg   L   48-53
01/14/84   at Radford   W   81-70
02/14/83   at Lynchburg   L   63-67 (ot)
01/19/83   at Radford   W   71-63
02/20/82   at Radford   W   72-63
12/14/81   at Lynchburg   W   61-52
02/24/81   at Radford   W   79-71 (ot)
12/16/80   at Lynchburg   W   61-60
02/05/80   at Radford   W   79-61
12/17/79   at Lynchburg   L   70-79
02/06/79   at Lynchburg   L   67-68
12/18/78   at Radford   W   88-86
02/12/76   at Radford   W   80-76
01/24/76   at Lynchburg   L   73-85
01/28/75   at Lynchburg   L   85-99

^ Big South Conference Tournament game

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