Radford men's basketball falls to San Francisco 76-62 in opener

The Radford Highlanders lost their season opener 76-62 to the San Francisco Dons on Monday night at The Sobrato Center in San Francisco. The Dons, also playing their first game, led throughout.

San Francisco led 37-30 at halftime and outscored Radford 39-32 in the second half. The Dons' largest lead was 14 points, and Radford never led. Attendance was 948.

How it played out

Frederik Erichsen led Radford with 12 points and 7 rebounds, shooting 4-of-9 from the field. Mathieu Grujicic scored 11 points and Ja'Corey Robinson added 10 points and a team-high 5 assists. Warren Keel Jr. scored 9 points off the bench and Parby Kabamba added 7.

Radford shot 22-of-50 from the field (44 percent) and 7-of-21 from three-point range. The Highlanders made 11 of 16 free throws.

Turnovers hurt Radford. The Highlanders gave the ball away 19 times, compared with 9 for San Francisco, and the Dons scored 21 points off those turnovers to Radford's 8. Robinson and Grujicic each had 6 turnovers.

San Francisco's edge

Dylan Bordon led the Dons with 20 points and 7 assists. Ismaila Diagne had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Gustav Knudsen scored 13. Ben Oosterbaan added 10 points and 3 steals.

San Francisco shot 24-of-57 (42 percent) and made 7 of 26 threes, but it won the rebounding battle 39-32, including 16 offensive rebounds to Radford's 8. The Dons also outscored the Highlanders 32-24 in the paint and went to the line 35 times, making 21. Radford was whistled for 29 fouls to San Francisco's 16. Erichsen, Gabriel Ferreira and Keel each finished with 5 fouls.

Radford did block 5 shots, 3 of them by Ferreira.

Up next

Radford, now 0-1, plays at California on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, at 9:00 p.m. ET.