INTERDIVISION PLAY BEGINS SATURDAY AS COASTAL CAROLINA VISITS DEDMON

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Cross-divisional play in the Big South Conference begins Saturday, and Radford plays host to Coastal Carolina in an important league matchup between teams that both stand at 3-2 and in second place in their respective divisions. Tip is set for 2:00 p.m. at the Dedmon Center between the Highlanders and the Chanticleers.

SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS
• Coastal has won 3 of 4 with the only loss in overtime vs. Winthrop. The Chants are 10-9 overall and 3-2 in the Big South's South Division.
• Elijah Wilson leads the team in scoring at 15.8 ppg. Josh Cameron (14.6) and Warren Gillis (12.7) also average in double figures.
• El Hadji Ndieguene (8.0) and Michel Enanga (6.4) are two of the league's leading rebounders.

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.

SHOOTING FOR NO. 600
• RU is going for its 600th win in program history (599-531 in 39+ years).

MILESTONES
• Javonte Green became RU's 25th all-time 1,000-point scorer on December 30 vs. Houghton. He now has 1,118 points and 625 rebounds.
• R.J. Price became RU's 26th 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 187 for his career, he moved into 7th place all-time at RU.
• Javonte Green has moved into the Top 10 at RU all-time. He currently has 625 career caroms, which is 10th place all-time.
• Javonte Green ranks 11th all-time at RU with 148 career steals.
• Javonte Green has 20 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 THREE GAMES
• Javonte Green has recorded three straight double-double with his 11-point, 10-rebound performance at Campbell.
• 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.

ACCOLADES
• Javonte Green - 2013-14 Preseason All-Big South Second Team; 2012-13 All-Big South Second Team, becoming the first all-conference selection under Mike Jones.
• R.J. Price - 2013 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic all-tournament team.
• Javonte Green - College Sports Madness Big South Player of the Week (12/30).
• Javonte Green - Choice Hotels Big South Player of the Week (01/02).
• Javonte Green - Choice Hotels Co-Big South Player of the Week (01/21).

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
• This lineup (R.J. Price, Ya Ya Anderson, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb) has started together 23 (14-9) times overall and 18 times (12-6) 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.

SERIES NOTES
• Radford leads the all-time series 36-20. Coastal Carolina vacated a victory from the 1992-93 season.
• Coastal Carolina has won five straight in the series.
• Radford is 20-8 in games played at the Dedmon Center.
• Both teams are charter members of the Big South Conference.

SERIES HISTORY vs. COASTAL CAROLINA
Overall: Radford leads the series 34-20**
Breakdown: at RU 18-8; at Conway 15-12**; Neutral 1-0
Big South Tournament: 1-1
Jones vs. Coastal Carolina: 0-2
RU Streak: Lost 5

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

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

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