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Radford ends its regular season on the road Saturday at rival Liberty looking for its first 20-win season under head coach Mike Jones and its first since the 2008-09 season (21-12). Tip is set for 4:30 p.m. at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Va. The Highlanders have clinched the No. 3 seed from the North Division for next week's Big South Tournament.
SERIES NOTES
• Radford leads the all-time series 32-30.
• Radford is 10-22 in games played in Lynchburg against the Flames.
• Radford's win earlier in the season snapped a six-game losing streak to the Flames. The last RU win in the series prior to that was at the Vines Center, 74-69, in 2010.
• Liberty has won three straight at the Vines Center over Radford.
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.
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
• This lineup (R.J. Price, Ya Ya Anderson, Kyle Noreen, Javonte Green, and Brandon Holcomb) has started together 32 (19-13) times overall and 27 times (17-10) this season. The group did not start the George Washington, Central Penn, and Campbell games this season. This lineup had made 22 straight starts together before Allen Dickerson started for Senior Day vs. Campbell replacing Noreen.
• Mike Jones has used four different starting lineups during the 2013-14 season.
EARLIER MATCHUP VS. THE FLAMES
• Radford overcame Liberty scoring the game's first nine points and a13-point deficit to snap a six-game losing streak to the Flames in the Big South opener at the Dedmon Center. RU won 72-63.
TOURNAMENT MATCHUP
• Radford is assured the No. 3 seed from the North Division and will play the No. 6 seed from the South, Presbyterian on Wednesday in the Big South opening round. Game time is still to be determined.
MILESTONES
• Javonte Green became RU's 26th all-time 1,000-point scorer on December 30 vs. Houghton. He now has 1,296 points (10th all-time at RU) and 713 rebounds (9th all-time at RU).
• R.J. Price became RU's 27th all-time 1,000-point scorer on January 15 vs. VMI. He now has 1,158 points (18th all-time at RU).
• R.J. Price is also climbing the ranks in three-point field goals made. Now with 209 for his career, he is in 5th place all-time at RU.
• Javonte Green ranks 5th all-time at RU with 170 career steals.
• Javonte Green has 24 career double-doubles.
TEAM QUICK NOTES
• Radford is assured of its 29th winning season out of 40 years as a program.
• Radford assured itself of its 16th winning season in Big South play (30 seasons).
• 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.
INDIVIDUAL QUICK NOTES
• Javonte Green had his 14-game streak of double figure scoring snapped against Campbell (9 point).
• R.J. Price has 5 games scoring at least 20 points this season, including 2 of his last 4 games (28 at Longwood; 24 vs. Campbell).
• R.J. Price and Brandon Holcomb are the only players to start all 30 games.
• Ya Ya Anderson's 9 three-pointers vs. Central Penn is the highest single-game total in the Big South this season.
• Javonte Green leads the Big South in steals per game (2.0).
SERIES HISTORY vs. LIBERTY
Overall: Radford leads the series 33-30Â Â Â
Breakdown: at RU 22-8; at Lynchburg 10-22; Neutral 1-0Â Â Â
Big South Tournament: 2-1Â Â Â Â
Jones vs. Liberty: 1-4Â Â Â Â
RU Streak: Won 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
RADFORD IN THE SERIES
01/08/14   at Radford   W   72-63
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
