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First Big South championship in 11 years earns Radford NCAA tourney trip

Associated Press

Saturday, March 7, 2009

RADFORD, Va. -- Artsiom Parakhouski said he took a chance by coming to Radford hoping to "make something happen" at a school where the men's basketball team had just gone 10-20. The 6-foot-11 Belorussian by way of an Idaho junior college made sure it happened on Saturday, getting 26 points and 18 rebounds as the Highlanders beat Virginia Military Institute 108-94 to win their first Big South Conference championship in 11 years. "We know that we have to dominate the paint to win this game," Par ...

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