HIGHHIGH POINT POINT BASKETBALLBASKETBALL 2019-20 Men’s Basketball Prospectus & Record Book #1 JOHN-MICHAEL WRIGHT #2 DENNY SLAY II #3 JAMAL WRIGHT #4 BRENDAN QUINLAN-HUERTAS Fr. • G • 6-1 Jr. • G • 5-11 Sr. • G • 5-11 Jr. • G • 5-11 Fayetteville, N.C. Woodbridge, Va. Upper Marlboro, Md. Norwalk, Conn #5 CURTIS HOLLAND III #10 EMMANUEL IZUNABOR #11 BRYANT RANDLEMAN #13 CAMERON BILLUPS So. • G • 6-2 Fr. • F/C • 6-9 Fr. • G • 6-4 Fr. • F • 6-3 Churchton, Md. Fayettetville, N.C. Durham, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. #14 OTHELLO SMITH #15 CLIFF THOMAS JR. #20 ERIC COLEMAN JR. #21 RYAN AYERS R-Fr. • C • 6-10 R-Jr. • F • 6-8 Fr. • F • 6-8 Fr. • F • 6-6 Brooklyn, N.Y. Montgomery, Ala. Bufford, Ga. Clemmons, N.C. #22 ROB PETERSON III #32 JOHN-MICHAEL HUGHES #35 CADEN SANCHEZ So. • F • 6-4 R-Fr. • G • 6-1 R-So. • F • 6-8 Charlotte, N.C. Ligonier, Pa. Columbus, Ohio WWW.HIGHPOINTPANTHERS.COM HIGH POINT BASKETBALL 2019-20 Men’s Basketball Prospectus & Record Book 2019-20 HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL Quick Facts High Point University Basketball Staff Location ........................................................................................High Point, N.C. Head Coach ........................................ Tubby Smith (High Point ‘73), 2nd season Founded .........................................................................................................1924 HPU/Career record ................................................16-15/613-317, 28 seasons Enrollment .....................................................................................................5,500 Associate Head Coach ..................................................G.G. Smith (Georgia ‘99) Nickname ................................................................................................. Panthers Assistant Coach .....................................................Eric Gabriel (West Liberty ’04) Colors ......................................................................................... Purple and White Assistant Coach ........................................................... Keith Gatlin (Maryland ‘88) Conference .......................................................................Big South (NCAA Div. I) Director of Operations ................................................Scott Lombardi (UMBC ‘07) President ............................................................ Dr. Nido Qubein (High Point ’70) Asst AD/Sports Medicine ..........................................Josh Geruso (High Point ‘03) Athletic Director ............................................ Dan Hauser (Appalachian State ‘92) Strength & Conditioning Coach ........................Andrew Crossley (Tennessee ‘04) Facility ....................................................... Millis Athletic and Convocation Center Director of Player Development....................Steven “Zo” Goodson (Kentucky ‘05) Capacity .........................................................................................................1,750 Director of Video Operations...................................Ricky Hewell (Texas Tech ‘11) Team Information Athletic Communications Staff 2018-19 Overall Record ................................................................................16-15 Assistant AD/MBB Contact .........................TJ Garske (St. Joseph’s of Maine ‘12) 2018-19 Big South Record ................................................................................9-7 Office/Cell phone ................................................(336) 841-4605 / (336) 862-3157 2018-19 Big South Finish ...............................................................................T-5th Email ..................................................................................tgarske@highpoint.edu 2018-19 Postseason ....................................................0-1 Big South Tournament Assistant Director ....................................................... Joe Templin (Michigian ‘18) Big South Regular Season Championships .....................2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Office/Cell phone ................................................(336) 841-4638 / (336) 862-3505 Post-Season Appearances ............... 4 (2016 NIT, 2015 CIT, 2014 NIT, 2013 CIT) Email .................................................................................jtemplin@highpoint.edu Letterwinners Returning/Lost .............................................................................9/4 Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................................................4/1 Assistant Director ................................................Kevin McMahon Jr. (High Point ‘19) Newcomers ...........................................................................................................4 Office/Cell phone ................................................(336) 841-4640 / (336) 848-0221 Players to watch ..............................................................Curtis Holland II (So., G) Email ............................................................................kmcmaho1@highpoint.edu ............................................................................................. Jamal Wright (Sr., G) .............................................................................................. Denny Slay II (Jr., G) Multimedia Production Coordinator ......................... Nicole Frechette (Stetson‘15) First year of varsity basketball ...................................................................1927-28 Office/Cell phone ................................................(336) 841-4540 / (336) 848-9699 Program record ....................................................................................1,400-1,057 Email ............................................................................. [email protected] All-time record at the Millis Center .............................................................242-100 SID fax ........................................................................................... (336) 841-9182 Broadcast Information Mailing Address ....................................................Athletic Communications Office Internet Audio (Road Games) ...........................................HighPointPanthers.com .......................................................................................... 1 University Parkway Video Streaming (Home Games) ...............................................................ESPN+ .......................................................................................High Point, N.C. 27268 Play-by-Play ................................................Daron Vaught (Emory and Henry ‘12) Website .............................................................................HighPointPanthers.com WWW.HIGHPOINTPANTHERS.COM 1 HIGH POINT BASKETBALL 2019-20 Men’s Basketball Prospectus & Record Book 2019-20 Season Preview Denny Slay II The High Point University basketball program begins the second season in the Tubby Smith era in 2019-20 and final season in Millis Center before the opening of the Qubein Center. The Panthers return a slew of veterans from the 2018-19 squad last season while a crop of newcomers come in and look to make an immediate impact. PANTHER NOTES Head Coach Tubby Smith returns for his second season at his alma mater. Last season the legendary coach won his 600th career game as an NCAA DI head coach as High Point beat East Carolina, 55-52 on Nov. 24, 2018. Coach Smith has added two familiar faces to his staff, adding Steven “Zo” Goodson as Director of Player Development and Ricky Hewell as Director of Video Operations. Goodson has been with Smith since Kentucky, where he served as an undergraduate manager before being elevated to a graduate assistant. He then followed Smith to Minnesota (special assistant), Texas Tech (director of operations) and Memphis (director of operations). Hewell served under Smith’s staff at Texas Tech as a graduate assistant and video coordinator. from North Carolina. High Point will be led by its lone senior Jamal Wright, who appeared in 29 games last season with 11 starts. The Upper THE RETURNERS Marlboro, Md. Native has 40 career starts to his name with Sophomore Curtis Holland III returns as the Panthers 434 career points. leading scorer, averaging 7.6 points last season as a freshman in 25 games with 20 starts. Holland chipped in Jamal Wright The Panthers had with 64 rebounds and 31 assists last season. the second-best scoring defense in Redshirt sophomore Caden Sanchez returns with 31 games the Big South last of experience in the paint for the Purple and White. Sanchez season, allowing had 78 rebounds last season for High Point as well as 103 68.3 points a points on the season. Sanchez shot 51% from the field contest. HPU was doing a majority of his scoring in the key. third in rebounding last season Redshirt junior Cliff Thomas Jr. returns after an injury- averaging over 38 plaqued season in 2018-19 and will look to contribute to rebounds a game. the squad as an experienced veteran in his third full season The Panthers also for the Panthers. led the conference in rebounding High Point also returns junior Denny Slay II, and sophomore defense last season Rob Peterson III. These four provided terrific contributions only allowing their last year as key players off of the bench. opponents an average of 31.5 High Point has two redshirt freshman this season John- rebounds a game. Michael Hughes and Othello Smith. Hughes went to IMG academy in Florida he was named the IMG Academy Boys