RADFORD PLAYS HOST TO ERSKINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON

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GAME INFORMATION

SETTING THE STAGE

The Highlanders are coming off of a tough 68-95 loss against the Virginia Tech Hokies
The Flying Fleet dropped a 70-61 decision to Barton College in their last outing, but have a chance to get some momentum back before they head to Radford against the University of Mount Olive Friday night
Erskine is the second Division II school to play Radford this season. Georgia Southwestern in the season opener was the first

SERIES HISTORY

Saturday's contest between Radford and Erskine marks the first ever meeting between the two programs

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Record: 4-4 | RPI: 154
Radford is a perfect 3-0 in games following a loss
Radford is 2-0 at home this year and 53-34 in the Dedmon Center across Head Coach Mike Jones' seven seasons here
Against Virginia Tech Wednesday night, junior forward Ed Polite Jr. became the first player to lead the team in points, rebounds and assists in a single game since Cameron Jones posted 19p, 9r, 4a at Liberty on Feb. 18, 2016
Polite Jr. stuffed the stat sheet with 15 points, eight rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks
After scoring in the 70's for their first four games of the season, the Highlanders have been held in the 60's for their last four
Junior guard Caleb Tanner recorded his second double-digit scoring game of the season with 10 points at VT. He knocked down two 3-pointers for the sixth time this season
The Highlanders had their best night of the season from the free throw line in Cassell Coliseum, going 17-for-20 (85%)

SCOUTING THE FLYING FLEET

Record: 3-6
Head Coach Mark Peeler has helmed the men's basketball program for 18 years while serving as Erskine's Director of Athletics for 15 years
The Flying Fleet were picked to finish 8^th out of 9 teams in Conference Carolinas
Erskine's roster features 60 players
Junior Austin Venable leads Erskine with 15.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. He's also added 17 blocks across nine games
The next highest scorer on the team is sophomore Jordan Watson at 8.8 points per game
Erskine is shooting 40.8% from the floor compared to 39.6% by opponents, but is still being outscored, 65.8 to 60.7 this season
A second half team, the Flying Fleet have been outscored 302-242 in the first half before outscoring the opposition 295-283 after halftime

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