TEXAS TWO-STEP: RADFORD HEADS TO TCU WEDNESDAY IN 2ND STEP OF CORPUS COASTAL CLASSIC

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Radford heads to the Lone Star State for the first time in 28 years as the Highlanders play the first of three games in Texas as part of the Corpus Christi Coastal Classic. RU already defeated Catawba at home in the first game of the Classic, and now will travel to Fort Worth to face TCU on Wednesday night before continuing to Corpus Christi for games on Friday and Saturday.

RADFORD TRAVELING WEST
Radford is 7-12 all-time in games played west of the Mississippi River
2013-14: W at Oregon State / W vs. Florida Gulf Coast* / W vs. Sacred Heart* / L at UNLV / L at Santa Clara
2006-07: L at Air Force
2005-06: L vs. Texas-Arlington** / W vs. Dartmouth**
2004-05: L vs. UC-Davis*** / L at St. Mary's / L at Colorado
2001-02: L vs. Butler**** / L vs. Wichita State**** / W at Alaska-Anchorage
2000-01: W vs. Portland***** / L at Montana State
1997-98: W vs. Cal State Stanislaus****** / L at Utah State
1986-87: L at SMU
     Neutral Site Games
     * = Las Vegas, Nev. / ** = Albuquerque, N.M.
     *** = Moraga, Calif. / **** = Anchorage, Alaska
     ***** = Bozeman, Mont. / ****** = Logan, Utah

RADFORD VS. TEXAS TEAMS
Radford is 0-2 all-time vs. teams from the state of Texas.
L vs. Texas-Arlington, 66-83 (12/28/05) in Albuquerque, N.M.
L at Southern Methodist, 61-82 (11/29/86)

THE SERIES
Radford and TCU have never met prior to Wendesday's game. RU is 0-6 all-time against current members of the Big XII Conference (0-1 vs. Kansas; 0-5 vs. West Virginia).

ON THE AIR
Each RU 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. The live stream can also be heard world-wide on www.radfordathletics.com.

SCOUTING THE HORNED FROGS
TCU is 4-0 after a 106-53 drubbing of Mississippi Valley State on Monday.
- Scoring Leader: Kyan Anderson (13.5 ppg)
- Rebounding Leader: Karviar Shepherd (9.0 rpg)
- Assists Leader: Kyan Anderson (4.5 apg)

THE HIGHLANDERS
Radford evened its record at 2-2 with back-to-back home victories last week.
- Scoring Leader: Javonte Green (15.8 ppg)
- Rebounding Leader: Javonte Green (10.0 rpg)
- Assists Leader: Rashun Davis (3.8 apg)
- Javonte Green needs 8 steals to become the RU all-time career leader. He currently has 185 career thefts.
- Javonte Green needs 51 points (1,449) and 3 rebounds (797) to become the 2nd RU player in history to reach 1,500 points and 800 rebounds (Chris Oliver: 1,659 p / 845 r).
- Green needs 49 to break Oliver's RU career rebound mark.
- Rashun Davis set a career high with 4 steals vs. Catawba.
- Taj Owens scored in double figures for the first time in his career with 11 points vs. Howard.
- R.J. Price needs 44 points (1,269) to move into the RU career top 10 ranks (Tyrone Travis / David Smith - 1,313, tied for 9th).

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