BIG SOUTH PLAY OPENS WEDNESDAY AT DEDMON VS. LIBERTY

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For this first time in Radford men's basketball history, the Highlanders open Big South Conference play against one of their biggest rivals, the Liberty Flames. Radford will put its perfect 6-0 home record on the line Wednesday at the Dedmon Center for a 7:00 p.m. tip to the conference season. As part of faculty/staff appreciation, all RU employees receive free admission to the game with their identification.

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.

BIG SOUTH NETWORK
• The video feed of Radford men's basketball home game is also carried live on the Big South Network, which is a free service this year.

SERIES NOTES
• Radford leads the all-time series 32-30.
• Radford is 21-8 in games played at home against the Flames.
• Liberty has won six straight games in the series. The last RU win in the series was at the Vines Center, 74-69, in 2010.
• Liberty has won five straight at the Dedmon Center. The last RU win at home in the series was a one-point win, 89-88, in 2008.

SCOUTING THE FLAMES
• Liberty enters Wednesday's game with a 6-9 record and having lost two straight and three of its las four games.
• The defending Big South Tournament champions are 0-6 on the road in 2013-14.
• Antwan Burrus leads the Flames in scoring (13.4 ppg) and is second in rebounding (5.4 rpg).
• Three other players average double digits in scoring: John Caleb Sanders (12.2), Davon Marshall (10.7), and Tomasz Gielo (10.3).
• J.R. Coronado leads the team in rebounding at 5.8 per game.

HIGHLANDER QUICK NOTES
• Radford is 11-17 all-time in Big South openers and has lost three straight.
• Radford is 6-0 at home this season. The last team to defeat the Highlanders at the Dedmon Center was Liberty in last season's regular-season finale.
• Mike Jones is 19-16 in home games in his third season.
• Prior to this season, RU has never had double-digit wins prior to Big South Conference play.
• Kion Brown recorded his first career double-double at Hampton with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
• Javonte Green ranks 5th all-time with 215 career offensive rebounds.
• Javonte Green has 17 career double-doubles.
• Brandon Holcomb set a career high with 10 points at Santa Clara and tied a season high with 10 rebounds at UNLV on the West Coast road trip.
• R.J. Price ranks 8th all-time in career three-point field goals made with 177. He tied career highs with 30 points and 6 three-pointers vs. Sacred Heart.
• Rashun Davis set a career high with 20 points vs. Sacred Heart.
• Jalen Carethers tied a career high with 12 points vs. Sacred Heart and tied a season-high with 3 blocks vs. The Citadel.
• Kyle Noreen has dished out 21 assists with just 3 turnovers this season. That's a 7.0 assist-to-turnover ratio. The national statistical leader is at 5.0 (Noreen does not qualify for the national rankings based on number of assists per game).
• Allen Dickerson had his first block since his freshman year in the win over Houghton.

MILESTONES
• Javonte Green became RU's 20th all-time 1,000-point scorer with his 7th point of 22 vs. Houghton. He now has 1,035 points and 566 rebounds.
• R.J. Price needs 34 (966) points to become the 21st member of the 1,000-point club.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
• This lineup (R.J. Price, Ya Ya Anderson, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb) has started together 18 (11-7) times overall and 13 times (9-4) this season.

SERIES HISTORY vs. LIBERTY
Overall: Radford leads the series 32-30
Breakdown: at RU 21-8; at Lynchburg 10-22; Neutral 1-0
Big South Tournament: 2-1

RADFORD IN THE SERIES
03/02/13   at Radford   L   56-73
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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