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HIGHLANDERS COMPLETE SOUTH CAROLINA SWING SATURDAY AT PRESBYTERIAN

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After starting its two-game road swing through South Carolina on Wednesday with an 82-76 win at Charleston Southern, Radford looks for its sixth victory of the season in an opponent's gym Saturday. The Highlanders travel to Clinton, S.C. to face Presbyterian for a 2:00 p.m. start at the Templeton Center.

SERIES NOTES
• Radford leads the all-time series, 6-5.
• Radford is 2-3 all-time in games played in Clinton, S.C. The Highlanders have lost two straight at PC. The last win at PC for RU came on December 5, 2009.
• Last year's victory at the Dedmon Center by the Highlanders snapped a four-game winning streak by the Blue Hose in the series.


SCOUTING THE BLUE HOSE
• PC is 5-19 overall 1-8 in the league after a 77-62 win over Longwood in its last game
• Jordan Downing leads the team in scoring with 19.3 ppg,
• William Truss leads the team on the boards at 8.6 per game.


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 27 (16-11) times overall and 22 times (14-8) this season. The group did not start the George Washington and Central Penn games this season. This lineup has made 17 straight starts together beginning with the North Carolina A&T game on Dec. 7.
• 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 1,195 points and 656 rebounds.
• R.J. Price became RU's 26th all-time 1,000-point scorer on January 15 vs. VMI. He now has 1,080 points.
• R.J. Price is also climbing the ranks in three-point field goals made. Now with 193 for his career, he is tied for 6th place all-time at RU.
• Javonte Green has moved into the Top 10 at RU all-time. He currently has 656 career caroms, which is 9th place all-time.
• Javonte Green ranks 11th all-time at RU with 156 career steals.
• Javonte Green has 21 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 (15) 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 TWO GAMES
• Javonte Green set a career high with 33 points at Charleston Southern.
• Javonte Green recorded his 21st career double-double at Charleston Southern (33p, 11r).
• Javonte Green tied a season high with 4 steals at Charleston Southern.
• Kyle Noreen tied a season high with 7 rebounds at Charleston Southern.
• Jalen Carethers set a career high with 16 points vs. Gardner-Webb.
• R.J. Price set a career high with 7 rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb.
• Ya Ya Anderson set a career high for minutes played vs. Gardner-Webb with 39.
• The Highlanders set a season high with 10 blocked shots vs. Gardner-Webb. Javonte Green, Brandon Holcomb, and Jalen Carethers each had 3 blocks.
• Radford tied a season low with only 8 turnovers vs. Gardner-Webb.

ACCOLADES
• Javonte Green - 2013-14 Preseason All-Big South Second Team; 2012-13 All-Big South Second Team, becoming the first all-conference selection under Mike Jones.
• R.J. Price - 2013 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic all-tournament team.
• Javonte Green - College Sports Madness Big South Player of the Week (12/30).
• Javonte Green - Choice Hotels Big South Player of the Week (01/02).
• Javonte Green - Choice Hotels Co-Big South Player of the Week (01/21).

SERIES HISTORY vs. PRESBYTERIAN
Overall: Radford leads the series 6-5    
Breakdown: at RU 4-2; at PC 2-3; Neutral 0-0    
Big South Tournament: Never Met   
Jones vs. Presbyterian: 1-2    
RU Streak: Won 1   


RADFORD IN THE SERIES
02/09/13    at Radford    W    76-65
02/23/12    at Radford    L    64-77
12/03/11    at Clinton    L    64-72
02/15/11    at Radford    L    49-52
01/22/11    at Clinton    L    61-67
02/25/10    at Radford    W    75-58
12/05/09    at Clinton    W    61-57
02/07/09    at Radford    W    78-61
01/03/09    at Clinton    W    65-55
12/01/07    at Clinton    L    60-62
11/14/07    at Radford    W    68-54

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