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Fresh off an important Big South road win at Winthrop on Wednesday, the Radford men's basketball team plays host Saturday to Gardner-Webb in another matchup of two programs who are a game back in their respective divisions. Tip is set for 4:00 p.m. at the Dedmon Center.

SCOUTING THE RUNNIN' BULLDOGS
• Gardner-Webb has won 5 straight Big South road games (3-0 in 2013-14).
• Naji Hibbert, a Texas A&M transfer, leads the team with a 13.3 ppg average.
• Tyler Strange ranks 29th in the nation in assist per game (5.6).

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. 601
• With the win on Wednesday at Winthrop, Radford recorded its 600th program victory (600-532 in 39+ years).

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
• This lineup (R.J. Price, Ya Ya Anderson, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb) has started together 25 (15-10) times overall and 20 times (13-7) 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.

MILESTONES
• Javonte Green became RU's 25th all-time 1,000-point scorer on December 30 vs. Houghton. He now has 1,146 points and 638 rebounds.
• R.J. Price became RU's 26th all-time 1,000-point scorer on January 15 vs. VMI. He now has 1,047 points.
• R.J. Price is also climbing the ranks in three-point field goals made. Now with 188 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 638 career caroms, which is 10th place all-time.
• Javonte Green ranks 11th all-time at RU with 152 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 surpassed (14) 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 FIVE GAMES
• For the second time in the span, the Highlanders shot over 90 percent from the free throw line at Winthrop (19-21, .905). RU leads the league in conference play at 82 percent from the charity stripe.
• Javonte Green recorded three straight double-double vs. VMI, Longwood, and Campbell before having that streak snapped vs. Coastal Carolina.
• Javonte Green set a career high with 4 blocked shots vs. Coastal Carolina.
• 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.

SERIES HISTORY vs. Gardner-Webb
Overall: Radford leads the series 6-5    
Breakdown: at RU 1-4; at GWU 5-1; Neutral 0-0    
Big South Tournament:  Never met    
Jones vs. Gardner-Webb: 2-1        
RU Streak: Won 2            

RADFORD IN THE SERIES
01/19/13    at Boiling Springs    W    52-51
02/09/12    at Boiling Springs    W    58-54
12/31/11    at Radford    L    55-61
02/24/11    at Boiling Springs    L    63-71
12/04/10    at Radford    L    52-59
01/28/10    at Boiling Springs    W    80-73
01/04/10    at Radford    W    75-45
01/31/09    at Boiling Springs    W    76-57
12/04/08    at Radford    L    71-91
12/03/07    at Boiling Springs    W    100-97
11/17/07    at Radford    L    83-93