Radford holds off High Point 64-59
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Johnathan Edwards and Jeremy Robinson each scored 11 points and Radford withstood a late rally to defeat High Point 64-59 on Saturday night.
Radford (4-11, 1-4 Big South Conference) mounted its biggest lead of the game, an eight-point advantage, with 47 seconds left. Then Nick Barbour nearly singlehandedly rallied the Panthers (5-9, 2-3) into the lead. He hit back-to-back 3-pointers and added two free throws to bring High Point to within 60-59.
But Robinson, who scored all his points by making 11 of 14 free-throw tries, sank two at the line. Evan Faulkner added two more free throws to close out the scoring.
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Barbour finished with 22 points.
High Point committed 21 turnovers, leading to 25 Radford points. That helped the Highlanders overcome the Panthers' 25-20 halftime advantage.