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41
RADFORD RADFORD 1-2
88
Winner AKRON AKRON 2-1
RADFORD RADFORD
1-2
41
Final
88
AKRON AKRON
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
RADFORD RADFORD 14 27 41
AKRON AKRON 29 59 88

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

AKRON HANDS HIGHLANDERS CONVINCING ROAD DEFEAT



Box Score (PDF)

GAME INFORMATION
  • Score: Akron 88, Radford 41
  • Records: Radford (1-2) | Akron (2-1)
  • Location: Rhodes Arena | Akron, Ohio.
 
AKRON, Ohio. – The Radford men's basketball team got off to a rough start on its four-game road trip Sunday night, falling to perennial Mid-American Conference power Akron 88-41.
 
Playing in front of a hostile environment, the youthful Highlanders started the game with five missed shots and five turnovers before getting on the board on a jumper by Devin Cooper at the 13:38 mark of the half. By the point, Akron led 7-0 and the Zips steadily built on their advantage from there, led by 11 points from leading scorer Isaiah Johnson. Radford trailed 29-14 at halftime after connecting on just 5 of 23 field-goal attempts and committing 11 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.
 
The second half also began poorly for Radford as Akron scored the first 10 points as part of a 17-3 run in the first six minutes for a 49-17 margin. The Zips went on to shoot 67 percent in the second half, including 8 of 15 3-pointers, en route to their second straight victory.
 
Radford will look to rebound as it heads south to Macon, Ga. for a Tuesday night game at Mercer. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will air on ASN.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Caleb Tanner and Christian Bradford each scored eight points to lead Radford. Tanner had the team's only two 3-pointers, while Bradford made 4 of 10 shots.
  • Devonnte Holland, who entered the game 10 of 10 from the field on the season, was 3 of 4 in the game for seven points, to go along with six rebounds. He connected on a putback basket on his first attempt before his first miss in three games came late in the first half.
  • After missing one game, Ed Polite, Jr. returned to the lineup and totaled a team-high eight rebounds. He scored three points on 1 of 4 from the field.
  • The Highlanders' shooting improved to 40 percent in the second half to finish at 31 percent for the game.
  • The 41 points scored is the lowest for Radford since Clemson limited the 1998 team to 38.
  • Sterling Christy sat out for the second straight contest.
  • Johnson led four Akron players in double figures with 15 points.
  • The Zips shot 57 percent from the field overall, totaled 13 3-pointers and scored 24 points off of 22 Radford turnovers.
 
QUOTABLE
  • "I really thought our defense played well in the first half. The fact that we held that team to 29 points still gave us a chance, even though we couldn't get our offense going and make open shots. But this is only one game of a long season. We'll take away the things we need to learn from and then throw away the rest and look ahead to Mercer." ~ Radford head coach Mike Jones
 
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