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RADFORD 77, HIGH POINT 63: Blake Smith scored 15 points and Art Parakhouski grabbed 17 rebounds to help Radford defeat High Point 77-63 on Sunday in Radford, Va.

The Highlanders (13-10, 9-4 Big South Conference) shot 52.9 percent (27 of 51), while holding the Panthers (11-12, 6-6) to 30.3 percent shooting (20-for-66).

High Point made just seven field goals in the second half after leading 38-37 at halftime.

"I'm proud of my guys, they played hard, but we just had that stretch in the second half where we didn't score," said High Point coach Scott Cherry. "Some of it was turnovers but I thought we got some decent looks. We just didn't make them. You can't shoot 30 percent as a team and 20 percent in the second half and expect to win."

Nick Barbour made three free throws with 1 second left in the first half to put the Panthers up by one. High Point then took a 41-39 lead on a 3 by Eugene Harris with 18:22 to go.

Radford answered with a 9-2 run and took the lead for good, 48-43, on Smith's free throw with 15:17 remaining.

Parakhouski, who had six blocks, also had 12 points for his 19th double-double of the season.

Harris and Barbour finished with 19 points each for the Panthers, who were outscored 40-25 in the second half.

Four of the Panthers' next six games will be played at home in the Millis Center, starting with Coastal Carolina on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Charleston Southern on Saturday at 6 p.m. High Point will look for redemption against both schools. Big South-leading Coastal Carolina beat High Point 75-58, and Charleston Southern beat the Panthers 73-69 in January.

HIGH POINT (11-12) — Law 3-8 2-4 8, Daniels 2-7 0-2 4, Barbour 5-17 5-5 19, Cox 3-6 0-0 6, Harris 5-20 5-7 19, Singleton 1-3 0-2 2, Campbell 1-3 0-0 3, Simms 0-1 0-0 0, Bridges 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 20-66 14-22 63.

RADFORD (13-10) — Trifunovic 5-9 2-2 12, Lynch-Flohr 4-9 2-4 10, Parakhouski 4-9 4-8 12, Johnson 2-4 3-4 8, Smith 5-10 3-3 15, Robinson 0-0 1-2 1, Faulkner 0-1 0-0 0, Sonmez 5-6 0-1 12, Martin 2-3 3-3 7. Totals 27-51 18-27 77.

Halftime—High Point 38-37. 3-point goals—High Point 9-25 (Barbour 4-9, Harris 4-11, Campbell 1-3, Simms 0-1, Cox 0-1), Radford 5-8 (Sonmez 2-2, Smith 2-3, Johnson 1-1, Martin 0-1, Faulkner 0-1). Fouled out—Lynch-Flohr. Rebounds—High Point 34 (Law 10), Radford 42 (Parakhouski 17). Assists—High Point 8 (Cox 3), Radford 15 (Johnson 7). Total fouls—High Point 20, Radford 15. Technical—Radford Bench. A—1,219.