RADFORD TRAVELS TO COASTAL AIMING FOR 2-0 LEAGUE START SUNDAY

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SETTING THE STAGE

After pulling out a four-point victory in its Big South opener, the Radford men's basketball team looks for a 2-0 conference start when it travels to Coastal Carolina for a Sunday afternoon matchup.
Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside The HTC Center as the Highlanders play their final conference game in Conway, S.C.
Series: Radford leads, 34-23
Last meeting: Coastal Carolina 65, Radford 59 (Feb. 16, 2015)
Coastal has won the last seven meetings in the series with Radford's last victory coming at Coastal in 2010. The Highlanders are 15-13 in Conway.
The Highlanders have started 2-0 in league play just once since the 2009-10 campaign.
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Record: 5-3, 1-0 Big South
Rashun Davis and YaYa Anderson are each on the cusp of reaching the 1,000-career point mark. Boosted by his team-high 16.1 points per game this season, Davis now has 998, while Anderson stands at 994. They would become the 28th and 29th Highlanders achieve the milestone.
Davis also continues to lead the Big South in assists, now at 5.9 per game. With 14 more, he will tie R.J. Price for fifth in program history.
Ed Polite, Jr. recorded his sixth straight double-figure scoring games Thursday against Liberty, keeping his average for the season at 10.3.
The freshman tops RU in rebounding at 5.9 per contest and grabbed four more offensive boards against the Flames to retake the Big South lead with 27.
As a team, Radford racked up a season-high 18 offensive rebounds in Thursday night's win, upping its conference-best average to 13.6.
The Highlanders have had their lowest turnover totals of the season in the last two games, committing just eight and nine, respectively.
Led by Polite, Jr. and Darius Bolstad, RU's bench has contributed at least 21 points each in the last seven games and is averaging 28.8 overall.
Radford is 2-1 in true road games this season (Georgetown, VCU and Penn State), averaging 80.7 points per game, compared to just 64.0 at home.
The Highlanders are 4-11 in its road conference openers, with just one win in its last five.

SCOUTING COASTAL CAROLINA

Record: 3-4, 0-1 Big South
Coastal Carolina has dropped its last two games, losing its conference opener at Campbell on Nov. 28 before falling to Auburn 81-78 at home on Wednesday.
The Chanticleers also started the season with back-to-back losses before winning three in a row, capped by a six-point victory over College of Charleston.
Coastal returns four starters from last year's squad that won a second straight Big South Tournament title, but lost its top two scorers.
Junior Elijah Wilson has led the way this season with 15.4 points per game and is coming off a 25-point outing against Auburn that included six 3-pointers. He is shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc.
Senior forward Badou Diagne is third on the team in scoring (12.6 ppg) and leads the team in rebounding (6.7 per game).
Point guard Shivaughn Wiggins has averaged 13.6 points while missing two games.
Jaylen Shaw, a transfer from South Carolina, has filled in for Wiggins and is contributing 10.3 points and a team-best 4.3 assists.
Coastal entered play Saturday leading the Big South in rebounding at 41.7 per game and rebounding margin (+6.4). The Chanticleers are shooting 47 percent as a team.

UP NEXT

Radford returns home to host a New River Valley showdown against Virginia Tech for the first time on Wednesday night.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Dedmon Center.

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