Travis Fields had 15 points in Radford University’s exhibition win over Randolph College Saturday at the Dedmon Center.
Leroy Butts IV scored a game-high 17 points and Travis Fields Jr. added 15 to help lead the Radford University men’s basketball team to a 75-48 win over Randolph College in an exhibition Saturday evening at the Dedmon Center.
The two Highlander guards were the leading scorers in the contest as Radford had six players chip in six or more points in the contest. Devonnte Holland grabbed a game-high nine rebounds and scored eight points.
Radford seized control of the game early, jumping out with a 34-8 run that spanned the first 12:43 of action, giving the Highlanders a lead they never relinquished. Butts had 15 of his 17 points in the first half, while the Highlanders forced nine first-half turnovers on the defensive end and had a 24-13 advantage in rebounds in the opening 20 minutes.
Randolph used a second-half surge to pull within 14 points at 54-40 midway through the second half, but 3-pointers by Donald Hicks and Fields sandwiched by a Devin Hutchinson floater, sparked a 13-0 run. A late 3-pointer by local product Miles Jones, who scored seven points in the final four minutes, brought the crowd to its feet one last time late in the game, as the Highlanders closed out a 27-point win in their final tune-up before the regular season begins.
Radford’s stifling defense limited Randolph to 32 percent shooting from the field and a 24 percent shooting from behind the arc. The Highlanders had a 44-29 edge in rebounding and forced 18 Wildcat turnovers.
Former Radford High star Quinton Morton-Robertson led all players with seven assists.
–RU Athletics
