RU LOOKS FOR ALL-TIME WIN NO. 600 IN FIRST-PLACE SHOWDOWN AT CAMPBELL

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In its 40th season of varsity competition, the Radford men's basketball program will be seeking its 600th win all-time Wednesday as the Highlanders travel to Campbell with first place on the line in the Big South's North Division. The Highlanders and the Camels both enter the 7:00 p.m. tip with identical 3-1 league records.

SHOOTING FOR NO. 600
• RU is going for its 600th win in program history (599-530 in 39+ years).

SERIES NOTES
• Radford leads the all-time series 17-13.
• Radford is 0-5 all-time in games played in Buies Creek. RU is 5-8 all-time in games played at Campbell, but all five wins came in Fayetteville.
• Campbell has won 3 straight games in the series and 5 of the last 6.
• Radford has not won a game at Campbell since 01/18/92 (the two teams did not play each other from 1994 to 2006).

SCOUTING THE CAMELS
• In Big South Conference games, Campbell leads the league in 3-point fi eld goals made (11.25), assists (17.25), assist-turnover ratio (1.82) and is tied for fewest turnovers per game (9.5).
• Against the Big South, Reco McCarter leads Campbell in scoring (19.3 ppg), followed by Andrew
Ryan (14.3), Leek Leek (12.3) and Darius Leonard (11.5).
• Campbell ranks 6th in the nation in total 3-point field goals attempted (473), 10th in 3-pointers made (164) and 19th in 3s made per game (8.63).

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 campus flagship, WRVU 89.9-FM and on the commercial affiliate, SuperSports 101.7-FM. Rick Watson handles the play-by-play for the Highlanders.

MILESTONES
• Javonte Green became RU's 21st all-time 1,000-point scorer on December 30 vs. Houghton. He now has 1,107 points and 615 rebounds.
• R.J. Price became RU's 22nd all-time 1,000-point scorer on January 15 vs. VMI. He now has 1,018 points.
• R.J. Price is also climbing the ranks in three-point field goals made. Now with 183 for his career, he moved into 7th place all-time at RU.
• R.J. Price has moved into the Top 10 all-time at RU in assists. He currently ranks 10th with 253 career dimes.
• Javonte Green has moved into the Top 10 at RU all-time. He currently has 615 career caroms, which is tied for 10th place all-time.
• Javonte Green ranks 8th all-time at RU with 148 career steals.
• Javonte Green has 19 career double-doubles.

QUICK NOTES
• RU is 3-1 against NCAA Tournament teams from last year. (W vs. Liberty; W vs. North Carolina A&T; W vs. Florida Gulf Coast; L vs. UNLV).
• Prior to this season, RU had never recorded double-digit wins prior to Big South Conference play.
• Radford has matched its season win total (13) from a year ago.
• Kion Brown recorded his first career double-double at Hampton with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

LAST WEEK'S GAMES
• Javonte Green set a career high and posted the most rebounds in a Big South game this season with 19 vs. Longwood.
• Brandon Holcomb set a career high with 14 points vs. Longwood.
• Brandon Holcomb tied a career high with 4 blocked shots vs. Longwood.
• Kyle Noreen recorded back-to-back double-digit scoring games for the first time in his career (12 vs. VMI and 10 vs. Longwood).
• Rashun Davis set a career high with 25 points vs. VMI.
• Kyle Noreen set a career high with 12 points vs. VMI.
• Jalen Carethers tied a career high with 4 blocked shots vs. VMI.
• Brandon Holcomb tied a season high with 10 rebound vs. VMI.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
• This lineup (R.J. Price, Ya Ya Anderson, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb) has started together 22 (14-8) times overall and 17 times (12-5) this season. The group did not start the George Washington and Central Penn games this season. Mike Jones has used three different starting lineups during the 2013-14 season.

ACCOLADES
• Javonte Green - Choice Hotels Co-Big South Player of the Week (01/21).

SERIES HISTORY vs. CAMPBELL
Overall: Radford leads the series 17-13
Breakdown: at RU 10-4; at Campbell 5-8; Neutral 2-1
Big South Tournament: 1-1
Jones vs. Campbell: 0-3
RU Streak: Lost 3

RADFORD IN THE SERIES
02/19/13   at Radford   L   66-72 (ot)
01/23/13   at Buies Creek   L   60-69
01/19/12   at Radford   L   65-73
12/08/07   at Radford   W   75-68
11/24/07   at Buies Creek   L   70-87
12/18/06   at Buies Creek   L   88-101
11/25/06   at Radford   W   87-80
03/04/94   ^ at Charleston, S.C.   L   61-72
02/17/94   at Buies Creek   L   56-73
01/20/94   at Radford   W   79-67
02/04/93   at Radford   L   84-89
01/16/93   at Buies Creek   L   84-87
02/03/92   at Radford   W   80-75
01/18/92   at Fayetteville   W   78-75
02/18/91   at Fayetteville   W   63-60
01/28/91   at Radford   W   66-45
03/01/90   ^ at Rock Hill, S.C.   W   68-44
02/19/90   at Radford   W   72-60
01/29/90   at Fayetteville   L   66-87
02/20/89   at Fayetteville   L   64-90
01/30/89   at Radford   W   71-66
02/22/88   at Radford   W   69-56
02/11/88   at Fayetteville   W   95-84 (3ot)
02/23/87   at Radford   L   77-80
02/02/87   at Fayetteville   L   71-75
02/15/86   at Radford   W   54-47
01/11/86   at Fayetteville   W   60-56
02/23/85   at Radford   W   68-62
01/14/85   at Fayetteville   W   81-57
01/04/85   at Rock Hill, S.C.   W   52-48

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