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87
Winner Cleveland St. CSU 2-3,0-0 Horizon
82
Radford Rad 2-3,0-0 Big South
Winner
Cleveland St. CSU
2-3,0-0 Horizon
87
Final
82
Radford Rad
2-3,0-0 Big South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cleveland St. CSU 36 51 87
Radford Rad 49 33 82

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Second Half Slip Sees Men’s Basketball Fall Against Cleveland State

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – The Radford men's basketball program led big at the halftime break Sunday afternoon in their Greenbrier Tip-Off finale but ultimately fell after a big Cleveland State comeback in the 87-82 final.
 
KEY STATS
  • Radford began the game shooting 4-of-7 from three but went 2-of-23 the rest of the way.
  • Due to foul troubles Radford went to the bench and got a valuable 13 points and six rebounds from Lukas Walls in 21 minutes.
  • Del Jones led the scoring efforts with 19 points and five assists. 13 of those points came in a heavy workload in the first half.
  • Tyson Brown recorded his first double-double as a Highlander with a season-high 13 rebounds and 11 points.
  • The contest marked the fourth time this season a Radford opponent has taken 20+ free throw attempts, and third straight with 25+ attempts.
 
PLAY BY PLAY
After Cleveland State came out with a 5-0 lead, Radford showcased a renewed energy scoring 15 unanswered points. Mari Jordan got things started with 4 quick points as Jaylon Johnson, Dennis Parker Jr. and Jones all added makes in the run. A tough and-one look from Brennan Rigsby Jr. kept things chugging along and a tip-in by Rigsby Jr. made it 22-10 Radford.
 
Jones scored four of Radford's next five points while Walls hit his first triple of the game making it a 30-15 lead. Free throws took over the next segment of the game as the next six points came from the charity stripe. Layups by Brown and Parker Jr. got Radford back in rhythm until the under four media.
 
Up 41-29 after another three from Rigsby Jr., Radford got another run going thanks to six paint points from Jones and Jordan. Radford's lead was now 49-32, their biggest of the day, only slightly cut down by a three from the Vikings at the very end of the half.
 
Out of the break, Radford reestablished its 17-point lead thanks to free throws from Parker Jr. and a second chance make from Brown. At the 16:11 mark another second chance make from Brown put Radford up 57-41. For the next five minutes, though, Radford had its first crucial scoring drought of the second half.
 
The Vikings clawed back into the game with six unanswered points primarily coming from the free throw line. Radford's next floor make wouldn't come until the 11:53 mark as Brown added more points that had Radford up 60-50. A three by Walls would seemingly swing the momentum back in Radford's favor as Radford would hold a commanding lead until the under eight-minute media.
 
A free throw by Parker Jr. put Radford up 74-64 with 5:14 to play, their last double-digit lead of the game. A 9-0 run by the Vikings pulled the game to its closest margin since the opening minutes. A quick three and jumper gave Cleveland State its first lead also for the first time since the opening minutes. Radford would get multiple looks in the final minutes of the game to try and salvage the final, but Cleveland State made it out on top in the 87-82 finish.
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders will end their four-game road trip with another quick turn around this upcoming Tuesday, November 18th at South Carolina. Action is slated to tip off at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+.

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