GAME NOTES: Back in the postseason for the first time since 2007, the Delaware State Hornets are charged with taking on the Radford Highlanders in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational at Memorial Hall Gym on Wednesday night.

Delaware State, which previously appeared in the NIT in both 2006 and 2007 and also made the NCAA Tournament in 2005 after winning the MEAC Tournament, had a shot at making it to the most current edition of the Big Dance but came up short in the conference tourney versus Hampton, 82-61, in Virginia last weekend.

The Hornets had won the first three tests in the MEAC Tournament, beating Savannah State, Howard and NC Central, their win streak reaching five games overall.

As for the Highlanders, members of the Big South Conference, they lost to Winthrop by a single point in the quarterfinals of that league tourney and are now sporting a 21-11 record overall. The team has made it to the postseason for the second year in row, defeating Oregon State on the road in the opening round of the CBI in 2014 for the first postseason win in program history.

The only other meeting between these programs took place during the 1988-89 campaign as Radford crushed the Hornets in a 104-62 final.

The winner of this meeting advances to the quarterfinals on Monday to face the survivor of the Vermont/Hofstra contest.

Leading the way for Radford in both scoring and rebounding on the season was Javonte Green who accounted for 15.1 ppg as he knocked down 54.0 percent of his field goal chances and also generated another 146 points at the free-throw line where his 69.9 percent accuracy ensured that he made far more shots than his closest teammate even attempted. On the glass Green was responsible for 8.8 rpg, while his 56 steals were also at the top of the chart.

R.J. Price, who was one of three players to start every game for the Highlanders, pitched in another 12.6 ppg, knocking down a total of 77 3- pointers, which was more than one-third the team's total in that department. A part-time starter who missed two games, Rashun Davis (7.8 ppg) handled the passing duties with 108 assists, but still that wasn't nearly enough to offset this awful 11-of-59 (.186) beyond the arc.

Delaware State, which was a mere 6-5 at home this season, has one of the top scoring threats in college basketball in Amere May as he scored at least 40 points twice and had another 39-point effort during the campaign. When it was all said and done, he was averaging 21.0 ppg thanks to a total of 89 conversions behind the 3-point line and an impressive 82.1 percent (128- of-156) at the free-throw line.

While May was attacking opponents out on the perimeter, Kendall Gray was doing damage in the paint both with his 11.7 ppg and his 11.8 rpg. One of only a handful of players in the nation to average a double-double, Gray also logged a staggering 95 blocked shots to place himself among the national leaders in that category as well. Toss in Tyshawn Bell with 11.3 ppg and 5.6 rpg and the Hornets have some serious punch in the starting lineup.

As long as May and the rest of the Hornets don't get ahead of themselves and apply what they learned after being blown away by Hampton last weekend, DSU should be able to squeeze out a victory.