NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Interstat) — Radford built a substantial halftime lead and withstood a second-half surge to defeat Charleston Southern 84-75 in a Big South Conference men’s basketball game Thursday night at CSU Field House.

The Highlanders led 44-32 at halftime. The Buccaneers outscored Radford 43-40 after intermission but could not close the gap fully. The win improved Radford to 12-11 overall. Charleston Southern fell to 11-12. An announced crowd of 812 attended.

Radford’s Del Jones, Jaylon Johnson and Dennis Parker were key performers. A’lahn Sumler led Charleston Southern’s effort. The total score did not reach the pregame over/under line.