The Radford Highlanders will hit the floor running against the visiting Charleston Southern Buccaneers Saturday, looking to improve their record and boost wagering bankrolls in the process.

This season, the Highlanders are 6-8 overall and 0-0 ATS ATS, while the Buccaneers are 5-6 and 0-0 ATS against the number. As for the totals, Radford boasts a 0-0 on the OU, and Charleston Southern is 0-0.



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Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 229 (Highlanders) and the No. 27 (Buccaneers) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 80-72 result in favor of the Buccaneers has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Radford's No. 128 nationally ranked offense (70 points per game) against a Buccaneers defense that sits as the No. 170 at 66 PPG. The Highlanders have been averaging 42.7% from the field, less than the Buccaneers have managed so far this season (43.8% on average).

Defensively, Charleston Southern features the nation's No. 79-rated defense on the road, allowing 65 points per game. Radford, meanwhile, comes in at No. 128 nationally in scoring at home.

Charleston Southern was a 105-59 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against Virginia Intermont. The battle between the Buccaneers and Cobras didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as Virginia Intermont was handed a 105-59 defeat on Saturday at CSU Field House.

Radford was an 81-77 loser in its last match on the road against North Carolina A&T. Ya Ya Anderson scored 21 points in a futile effort to lead the Highlanders to a win (they lost 81-77 to North Carolina A&T at Corbett Center on Wednesday).

Next up:
Charleston Southern home to Winthrop, Wednesday, January 9
Radford home to High Point, Wednesday, January 9