High Point University 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Game Notes HPU vs. Liberty • Feb. 16, 2013 • Vines Center (Lynchburg, Va.) The game: High Point University (14-10, 9-3 Big South) looks 2012-13 Panthers Schedule to stretch its Big South North Division lead when it takes on Record: 14-10 (9-3 Big South) Liberty (9-17, 5-7 Big South) on Saturday night at the Vines vs. Date Opponent Time/Result Center in Lynchburg, Va. The game will be televised on MASN 11/3 Mars Hill (exhib.) 96-62 W and carried on ESPN3. The Panthers are 2-1/2 games ahead High Point: 14-10, 9-3 Big South 11/9 UNC Greensboro 81-73 W of VMI (6-5) in the division standings and tied with UNC Liberty: 9-17, 5-7 Big South 11/13 at Appalachian State 86-64 W Asheville (9-3) for the overall Big South lead. High Point is On the air: 1230 AM-WFMR 11/17 William & Mary 61-83 L looking for its second-ever regular-season sweep of Liberty. The and highpointpanthers.com 11/21 St. Andrews University 93-62 W only previous time came in 2001-02 and also included a dou- Play-by-Play: Evan Lepler 11/25 at Indiana State 62-76 L ble-overtime win at the Millis Center. The Panthers are 12-18 Color: Stafford Stephenson 11/29 at Western Michigan 53-54 L all-time against Liberty including a 2-13 record in Lynchburg. 12/2 Johnson & Wales 99-36 W The Panthers’ last win at the Vines Center was a 66-60 decision On TV: MASN, ESPN3 12/5 at Wake Forest ESPN3 60-71 L in the Big South quarterfinals on March 1, 2011. HPU Media Contact: Jon Litchfield 12/16 Western Michigan 64-70 L 12/21 Eastern Kentucky 70-73 L O-(336) 841-4605 C-(336) 848-1918 12/28 at Chattanooga# 61-68 L Notable records: High Point has gone 10-3 in its last 13 E-mail: [email protected] 12/29 vs. Austin Peay# 76-74 W games, the Panthers’ best 13-game stretch since going 11-2 1/5 at Winthrop* 74-61 W from Dec. 4, 2006 through Jan. 22, 2007 ... The Panthers have 1/9 at Radford* 54-59 L won five games in a row for the first time since Dec. 29, 2009 HPU’s Probable Starters Pos. ## Name PPG RPG APG 1/12 Gardner-Webb* 70-64 W through Jan. 11, 2010. The last time HPU had a longer win- G 1 Dejuan McGaughy 6.8 1.8 2.6 1/16 Liberty* 77-72 (2OT) W ning streak was an eight-game winning streak Dec. 22, 2006 G 2 Derrell Edwards 5.5 2.0 1.7 1/19 at Charleston Southern* 75-83 L through Jan. 22, 2007 ... High Point’s 9-3 Big South record is G 22 Adam Weary 10.0 3.0 2.2 1/23 VMI* 96-69 W its second-best ever through 12 games. HPU started 10-2 in 1/26 at UNC Asheville* 58-69 L F 0 John Brown 16.6 6.3 0.7 2006-07 en route to an 11-3 conference record. The 11 wins in 1/30 Longwood* 88-60 W F 13 Allan Chaney 14.3 7.7 1.5 2/2 Presbyterian* ESPN3 78-68 W 2006-07 were HPU’s most in Big South play. High Point University Reserves 2/6 at Campbell* 58-52 W 2/9 Coastal Carolina* 74-62 W The opponent: Liberty is coming off an 82-80 road win over G 5 Devante Wallace 5.4 3.3 1.9 2/13 at Longwood* 82-53 W Campbell on Wednesday that was the Flames’ fourth win in its F 20 Corey Law 5.3 4.0 0.3 2/16 at Liberty* MASN/ESPN3 6 p.m. last seven games. Tavares Speaks led the team with 28 points on F 15 Lorenzo Cugini 4.1 3.0 1.0 2/19 at VMI* 7 p.m. 9-for-18 field-goal shooting and 10-for-13 free-throw shooting F 41 Branimir Mikulic 3.1 2.7 0.2 2/23 Morgan State^ 7 p.m. in the win. Sanders scored 18 points. Sanders leads the team at G 23 Jairus Simms 2.1 1.4 3.7 2/27 Radford* 7 p.m. 12.7 ppg followed by Davon Marshall (12.4 ppg) and Speaks G 3 Justin Cheek 2.1 0.9 0.5 3/2 Campbell* 4 p.m. (12.3 ppg). JR Coronado leads the team with 8.7 rebounds F 40 Landon Harris 1.4 1.1 0.0 3/5 Big South First Round TBA per game. G 11 Haiishen McIntyre 1.3 1.0 0.5 3/7 Big South Quarterfinals TBA G 12 Tre Duncan 1.3 0.4 0.4 3/9 Big South Semis ESPN3 TBA G 21 Quincy Drye 0.6 0.0 0.0 Last time out: High Point outscored Longwood 53-30 in the 3/10 Big South Final ESPN2 12 p.m. F 4 Cliff Cornish -- -- -- 3/19-4/8 NCAA Tournament TBA second half en route to an 82-53 win on Wednesday night in * Big South Conference game Farmville, Va. Senior Branimir Mikulic led HPU with a career- # Dr. Pepper Classic (Chattanooga, Tenn.) high 15 points and went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. Fresh- Series Information ^ ESPN BracketBuster game man guard Adam Weary scored 14 points with six rebounds Record vs. Liberty: 12-18 VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Tournament at and four assists and junior Derrell Edwards scored 10 points First meeting: 1/23/99 (HPU, 93-89 OT) The HTC Center (Conway, S.C.) with a pair of three-pointers. Longwood was led by freshman Last meeting: 11/16/13 (HPU, 77-72 2OT) Last Liberty win: 1/21/12 (Liberty, 84-78) 2012-13 Big South Conference Standings Last 10: HPU trails, 4-6 NORTH DIV. --------------- Big South ---------------- ---------------------- Overall ---------------------- Current streak: Won 1 Team Record Pct. Home Away Streak Record Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak High Point 9-3 .750 6-0 3-3 W5 14-10 .583 9-3 4-7 1-0 W5 Around the league... VMI 6-5 .545 3-3 3-2 L2 11-12 .478 6-4 5-7 0-1 L2 Wednesday’s games Radford 6-6 .500 4-2 2-4 W2 12-14 .462 8-3 3-10 1-1 W2 Winthrop 70, Charleston Southern 65 Liberty 5-7 .417 4-2 1-5 W1 9-17 .346 7-5 2-10 0-2 W1 Radford 82, VMI 79 Campbell 5-7 .417 3-3 2-4 L6 10-16 .385 7-6 3-8 0-2 L6 Liberty 82, Campbell 80 Longwood 1-11 .083 0-6 1-4 L1 4-22 .154 2-9 1-11 1-1 L1 Gardner-Webb 67, UNC Asheville 65 Coastal Carolina 60, Presbyterian 53 SOUTH DIV. --------------- Big South ---------------- ---------------------- Overall ---------------------- High Point 82, Longwood 53 Team Record Pct. Home Away Streak Record Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak UNC Asheville 9-3 .750 5-1 4-2 L1 15-11 .577 9-2 6-6 0-3 L1 Saturday’s games Charleston Southern 8-3 .727 4-1 4-2 L1 13-9 .591 9-3 4-6 0-0 L1 Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 2 p.m. Gardner-Webb 7-5 .583 4-1 3-4 W2 15-11 .577 9-2 4-9 2-0 W2 VMI at Campbell, 2 p.m. Radford at Longwood, 2 p.m. Coastal Carolina 7-5 .583 5-0 2-5 W1 12-11 .522 10-2 2-9 0-0 W1 High Point at Liberty, 6 p.m. Winthrop 5-7 .417 5-2 0-5 W1 11-13 .458 9-4 2-9 0-0 W1 Gardner-Webb at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. Presbyterian 3-9 .250 2-5 1-4 L2 6-20 .231 5-6 1-12 0-2 L2 Winthrop at Presbyterian, 7 p.m. 2012-13 High Point University Men’s Basketball www.highpointpanthers.com 2012-13 High Point University Men’s Basketball forward Michael Kessens, who scored 14 points HPU vs. LIBERTY with 14 rebounds. The Panthers shot 64.7 per- Quick Facts Record vs. Liberty: 12-18 cent (22-for-34) from the floor, 100 percent (8- at High Point: 10-5; at Lynchburg: 2-13 High Point University for-8) from three-point range and 100 percent Neutral: 0-0; Current streak: Won 1 Location ............................................High Point, N.C. (6-for-6) from the line, while outrebounding Founded ...............................................................1924 Longwood 17-9 in the second half. Date W/L Score Site 1/23/99 W 93-89 (OT) HPU Enrollment ..........................................................4,400 •3-Point highs: High Point went 9-for-13 from 2/13/99 L 55-72 LU Nickname........................................................Panthers three-point range against Longwood. The nine 2/1/00 L 63-88 LU Colors .............................................. Purple and White three-pointers matched HPU’s season high and 2/16/00 W 74-65 HPU Conference ........................... Big South (NCAA Div. I) the Panthers’ 69.2 three-point percentage was a 1/31/01 L 61-65 HPU President ................Dr. Nido Qubein (High Point ’70) season high. 2/17/01 L 72-77 LU 1/24/02 W 73-58 LU Athletic Director . Craig Keilitz (Central Michigan ’91) 2/16/02 W 99-98 (2OT) HPU Facility ..........