MEN'S BASKETBALL MAKES ROAD TRIP TO OHIO STATE

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GAME INFORMATION

SETTING THE STAGE

The Highlanders are coming off of a season-opening victory against the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes, 72-63, Friday night
The Buckeyes are also coming off of a Friday night victory, stomping Robert Morris, 95-64, in Value City Arena
Sunday's game marks the first road trip of the season for Radford

SERIES HISTORY

Ohio State, a member of the Big Ten conference, leads the all-time series against Radford, 2-0
The last meeting between the two sides came on December 23, 2002 when the Buckeyes earned a 96-80 victory over the Highlanders in Columbus
The only other contest to pit Ohio State and Radford against each other took place on January 9, 1989. The Buckeyes came out with a 108-61 win
The Highlanders are 1-6 all-time against Big Ten opposition with the one win coming against Penn State just two seasons ago

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Record: 1-0 (0-0 Big South)
Junior forward Ed Polite, Jr. recorded his first double-double of the 2017-18 season Friday night, posting 12 points and 11 rebounds
Redshirt freshman guard Carlik Jones had a stellar collegiate debut, leading all scorers with 15 points while adding four rebounds all off the bench
Radford dominated on the boards against Georgia Southwestern, out-rebounding the Hurricanes, 45-28, including 23 on the offensive end
Senior center Randy Phillips was a big part of that rebounding effort; he pulled down nine with six coming off the offensive glass
The Highlanders showed good ball movement at times Friday night, tallying 10 assists on 27 made field goals. Those 10 assists came from eight different players
A big second half effort was key against GSW. Radford trailed by two going into the halftime break, but went on to outscore the Hurricanes, 42-31, in the second stanza
Travis Fields, Jr., who transferred to Radford from Old Dominion this offseason, made his Highlander debut Friday night. He notched six points and four rebounds off the bench

SCOUTING THE BUCKEYES

Record: 1-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
Ohio State put its dominance on display Friday night when it handled Robert Morris, 95-64, in the season opener
It was the first win for head coach Chris Holtmann who joined the Buckeyes in June. You may recognize the name from when he coached fellow Big South team Gardner-Webb from 2010-13
Four different Buckeyes provided double-digit scoring, led by redshirt junior forward Keita Bates-Diop's 19 points
Bates-Diop also added 11 rebounds to secure a double-double in his first game back since a stress fracture kept him out of the final 21 games of last season
Senior forward Jae'Sean Tate, who led the Buckeyes with 14.3 points per game in 2016-17, went for seven points and eight rebounds

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