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Men’s Hoops is Back at Home to Face USC Upstate

RADFORD, Va. – It has been nearly one month since the Radford men's basketball team has played inside the Dedmon Center, but that all changes when USC Upstate travels to the Dedmon Center for a back-to-back series on Thursday and Friday. Both games are set for 6 p.m.
 
Radford (11-7, 10-2 Big South) enters currently in second place in the Big South standings. The Highlanders split with UNC Asheville in their last outing. The first saw a 17-point lead disappear in an overtime loss, while the second saw Radford lead from tip to the final horn in a 10-point victory.
 
Radford capped off January on a high-note as it finished the month with a 7-1 record. During the month, the team outscored their opponents 607-534 and averaged 75.9 points, while holding opponents to 66.8 points.
 
The Highlanders have an astonishing 28-7 record over the last four seasons during the month of January. Overall, in Jones' tenure Radford has a 52-35 record with 22 of the wins coming this year and the two previous years combined. All of them, except for one, has been against a Big South foe.
 
Xavier Lipscomb was a star in the last two outings against UNC Asheville. The freshman notched a season-high 14 in the two games, and was one rebound shy of a double-double in the series opener. Chyree Walker leads the league in rebounding with 7.8 per game and is averaging a Big South best 8.2 boards in conference only games.
 
USC Upstate enters with a 3-11 record, with all three wins coming against Big South competition. The Spartans swept Longwood and took one from High Point, winning three of its last five games.
 
In six out of seven games this season the Spartans have had at least one player come off the bench to score double-figures. Tommy Bruner scored a season best 19 points off the bench in a loss to Eastern Kentucky earlier in the season. He leads the Spartan offense with 14.5 points per game this season. Bruner also leads the team in steals (18), assists (59).
 
Bruner, along with Everette Hammond were named to the Preseason All-Conference team. It was the first time USC Upstate had two players with preseason honors since 2013. Hammond is averaging 12.1 points per game and is second on the team in steals (15) and third on the team in assists (33).
 
The former Big South Player of the Week, Dalvin White, is averaging 9.5 points per game and a is second on the team with 44 assists. Nevin Zink leads the team with 77 total rebounds. 
 
Due to COVID-19 concerns USC Upstate head coach Dave Dickerson will not attend games or practice in person this season. Upstate assistant coach Stacey Palmore has been the acting head coach at both practice and games this season since mid-November.
 
Radford has never lost to USC Upstate in the lone three meetings between the two schools. The Spartans are traveling to the NRV for the second time and lost 81-60 in its lone meeting inside the Dedmon Center on Jan. 22, 2020. That was the largest margin of victory in the all-time series between the two. The smallest came earlier that year in Spartanburg (63-59), while the first-ever meeting was a seven-point margin, 79-72.
 
The games can be seen on ESPN+ or heard on WRAD 101.7 FM or WVRU 89.9 FM.
 
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Players Mentioned

Chyree Walker

#14 Chyree Walker

F
6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
Xavier Lipscomb

#45 Xavier Lipscomb

G
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Chyree Walker

#14 Chyree Walker

6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
F
Xavier Lipscomb

#45 Xavier Lipscomb

6' 2"
Freshman
G