RU HITS NATION-WIDE ESPNU AUDIENCE AT HIGH POINT FRIDAY

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Radford (11-5, 1-0) meets High Point (4-10, 0-1) in a Big South matchup that will be nationally-televised on ESPNU Friday at 7:00 p.m. from the Millis Center in High Point, N.C. The Highlanders are coming off a league-opening victory over Liberty at the Dedmon Center on Wednesday and will be trying to get to 2-0 in conference play for the first time since starting 4-0 in the 2009-10 season.

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.

SERIES NOTES
• Radford leads the all-time series 19-16.
• Radford is 7-10 in games played at High Point against the Panthers.
• Radford has won 3 of the last 4 games in the series, including a season sweep a year ago.
• Mike Jones is 3-1 against the Panthers.

BIG SOUTH ROAD OPENER
• Radford is 11-17 all-time in Big South road openers and has lost three straight. The last win was in 2009-10 at Winthrop, 61-59.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
• High Point enters Friday's game having dropped 8 of 9 games since losing the services of second-leading scorer and leading rebounder, Allan Chaney (15.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg) for the season.
• The Panthers are 4-10 and 0-1 in the Big South after dropping a 74-71 decision at Campbell to open league play.
• John Brown, the Preseason Big South Player of the Year, leads the team in scoring (17.9) and rebounding among active players (7.9).
• High Point is the defending North Division champion in Big South play.
• The Panthers are 3-2 this season at the Millis Center.

MILESTONES
• Javonte Green became RU's 20th all-time 1,000-point scorer with his 7th point of 22 vs. Houghton. He now has 1,047 points and 574 rebounds.
• R.J. Price needs 16 (984) points to become the 21st member of the 1,000-point club.

HIGHLANDER QUICK NOTES
• Radford won its first Big South opener in four seasons with Wednesday's 72-63 win over Liberty.
• Prior to this season, RU had never recorded double-digit wins prior to Big South Conference play.
• Radford has won 11 of its first 16 games for the first time in 20 years (1993-94 season).
• 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.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
• The projected starting lineup (R.J. Price, Ya Ya Anderson, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb) has started together 19 (12-7) times overall and 14 times (10-4) 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 HISTORY vs. High Point
Overall: Radford leads 19-16
Big South Tournament: High Point leads 3-1
Breakdown: at RU 12-5; at HPU 7-10; Neutral 0-1
Jones vs. High Point: 3-1
RU Streak: Won 2

RADFORD IN THE SERIES
02/27/13   at High Point   W   63-58
01/09/13   at Radford   W   59-54
02/14/12   at High Point   L   62-71
01/17/12   at Radford   W   85-66
02/05/11   at High Point   L   70-72
01/08/11   at Radford   (Vacated)    64-59
02/07/10   at Radford   W   77-63
01/09/10   at High Point   L   77-83
03/03/09   ^ at Radford   W   82-58
02/25/09   at Radford   W   69-64
01/17/09   at High Point   W   65-52
02/27/08   at High Point   L   54-77
01/28/08   at Radford   L   68-70
02/27/07   ^ at High Point   L   73-90
01/31/07   at High Point   L   65-75
01/06/07   at Radford   L   74-81
02/28/06   ^ at Radford   L   84-87
02/01/06   at High Point   L   62-76
01/18/06   at Radford   W   96-76
02/23/05   at High Point   W   92-87 (2ot)
01/22/05   at Radford   W   85-83 (ot)
02/21/04   at Radford   L   57-58
01/17/04   at High Point   L   67-72
02/02/03   at High Point   L   64-75
01/04/03   at Radford   L   67-81
03/01/02   ^ at Roanoke, Va.   L   70-72 (ot)
02/13/02   at High Point   W   78-60
01/19/02   at Radford   W   78-77 (ot)
02/21/01   at Radford   W   79-61
12/04/00   at High Point   W   66-56
02/24/00   at High Point   W   74-65
01/27/00   at Radford   W   96-74
02/11/99   at Radford   W   88-70
01/27/99   at High Point   W   76-66
02/20/80   at Radford   W   76-67
01/15/80   at High Point   L   40-59

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