Holcomb-Faye, Fox Earn Big South Weekly Awards

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Radford guard Whit Holcomb-Faye (Winston-Salem, N.C.) has been selected as the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Player of the Week for men’s basketball, while teammate Josh Fox (Staunton, Va.) received New Balance Freshman of the Week honors, it was announced today by the League office.

Holcomb-Faye averaged 19.5 points in leading Radford to a pair of Conference wins last week. He led the Highs with 20 points at VMI Wednesday, and finished with 19 points against High Point Saturday night -- including a half-court buzzer-beater in overtime to lift RU to an 85-83 win over the Panthers. Holcomb-Faye averaged .500 from three-point range (4-of-8) and was near-perfect from the charity stripe, hitting 13-of-14 free throws ( .929), in addition to 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game.

Fox averaged 11.5 points in Radford’s two wins, scoring nine points at VMI and adding a career-high 14 against High Point. Against the Panthers, he was 5-of-7 from the field, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. One of those triples tied the High point game with eight seconds left in regulation, sending the game to overtime. Fox finished the week averaging .643 from the floor (9-of-14).

Holcomb-Faye and Fox are the second and third RU players to earn awards this season. Sophomore Chris Oliver (Kernersville, N.C.) was named this season’s first Choice Hotels Player of the Week.

The Highlanders (8-9 overall, 3-3 Big South) are on a two-game winning streak and travel to UNC Asheville tomorrow to face the Bulldogs at 7:00 pm.