Radford vs. North Carolina-Asheville: Full Game Preview
By on January 12, 2013
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Radford
(7-9, 1-6 away)
UNC Asheville
(7-9, 4-2 home)
Venue: Kimmel Arena
2:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT, January 12, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radford | J Green 13.5 | J Green 7.7 | R Price 2.7 |
| UNC Asheville | J Atkinson 17.1 | J Atkinson 7.7 | T Meyer 4.1 |
The Bulldogs were defeated by Gardner-Webb 78-71 on January 9th despite 27 points and 8 rebounds from Will Weeks. He contributes 5.0 rebounds per game in addition to his 9.2 points per game. In a 59-54 victory over High Point on January 9th, Javonte Green put up 14 points and 8 rebounds for the Highlanders. He puts up a team-leading 13.5 points per game, 7.7 rebounds per game, and 2.3 steals per game.
Radford StatSmack
- We're so much better than you, we get lazy. North Carolina-Asheville has come back to win after being down at half against Radford 4 times since 1996.
- The North Carolina-Asheville assist leader (Trent Meyer) has more assists than the Radford assist leader (Kyle Noreen).
- The North Carolina-Asheville scoring leader (Jeremy Atkinson) has more points than the Radford scoring leader (Javonte Green).
- Keith Hornsby is ranked 8th in the Big South in points and 4th in the Big South in three-pointers.
- You'll do better on next semester's exams, right? North Carolina-Asheville currently has a higher Academic Progress Rate (954 to 929) than Radford, per the NCAA.
- We just win. North Carolina-Asheville has more wins over the last 5 years than Radford (103 vs 67).
- North Carolina-Asheville is taller. The average height of the top 8 players on North Carolina-Asheville is 77.2 inches compared to 75.9 inches for Radford.
- At least you keep showing up. North Carolina-Asheville has an average margin of victory of 10 over Radford in 31 wins since 1985.
- You get an A for effort, but North Carolina-Asheville has emerged victorious against Radford the last 5 times they've played.
- D.J. Cunningham is ranked 26th nationally in blocks.
- It must sting. North Carolina-Asheville has blown out Radford by 20 points or more on 4 occasions since 2010.
| RAD Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C+ | Javonte Green | 27 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| C | R.J. Price | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C- | Ya Ya Anderson | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Kyle Noreen | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Blake Smith | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Kion Brown | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Rashun Davis | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| D | Jalen Carethers | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Brandon Holcomb | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D- | Juwan Wells | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Lucas Dyer | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Taj Owens | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Allen Dickerson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | Matt Murphy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNCA Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Jeremy Atkinson | 33 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| B- | Keith Hornsby | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C | Will Weeks | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Trent Meyer | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| C | D.J. Cunningham | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| C- | Jon Nwannunu | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Josh Seligson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D- | Marcus Neely | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Sam Hughes | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Zack Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | Jaleel Roberts | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F | Drew Combs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | C. Littlejohn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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