Post by The Cats on Dec 5, 2023 8:33:31 GMT -5
Who: High Point Panthers
When: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Time: 7 pm
Where: Qubein Center, High Point, NC
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
TV/Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: HPU Live Stats
Conference: Big South Conference (BS)
Location: High Point, NC
Enrollment: 5,850
Nickname: Panthers
Mascot: Prowler the Panther
Colors: Purple and White
Message Board: High Point Panthers
Head Coach: Alan Huss - 1st season at HP
Current Record (GWU): 6-3 overall, 3-0 home, 1-2 away, 2-1 neutral, 0-0 conference
Last Seasons Record (GWU): 14-17 overall, 10-5 home, 2-11 away, 2-1 neutral, 6-12 conference
The Series: Western owns a 20-39 overall record with HP, going 2-8 in the last 10 games played. The Cats have lost 8 of the last 9 games against the Panthers, and are on a two game skid with HPU.
The Catamounts travel to High point for the second game of a four-game stretch of Big South Conference opponents. High Point was picked to finish seventh in the 9 team Big South preseason poll.
Nine games into the season, High Point owns a 6-3 out of conference record going into the Western Carolina game, and has a perfect 3 game string of wins in the Qubein Center. The Panther losses have come to Wofford, Queens, and Hofstra
High Point (6-3) is riding a three-game winning streak and has victories in four of its last five games. The current streak includes home wins over Mount Olive (122-73) and Morgan State (77-59), and a 86-79 victory at North Florida in Jacksonville on Saturday. Averaging nearly 90 points per game, thanks in part to its season-high 122 points against UMO, four Panthers are averaging double figures, HPU’s Duke Miles leads the Big South in scoring at 18.2 points per game. He’s flanked by a trio of teammates averaging 13 points per game in Kimani Hamilton (13.6 ppg), Abdoulaye Thiam (13.4 ppg), and Kezza Giffa (13.1 ppg). Hamilton paces the Panthers with 7.9 rebounds per game with 29 of his 71 boards coming on the offensive end. Miles collected Big South Player of the Week honors on Nov. 27, while freshman forward Juslin Bodo was named the league’s top freshman at the same time.
