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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: High Point vs Longwood

    Nido & Mariana Qubein Arena | 2pm | Big South Play 📍 Where We Stand High Point opens the home portion of Big South play riding the momentum of a historic 2025. The calendar year closed with a statement road win in Asheville on New Year’s Eve, a fitting punctuation mark on a season that…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: The Non-Conference Reckoning

    High Point Basketball at the Turn toward Big South Play 📍 Where We Stand High Point enters Big South play at 11–3, ranked top-100 nationally across most advanced models, with one of the most efficient offenses in the country and a roster that—on paper and often on the floor—looks capable of running away with the…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: UNC Asheville Bulldogs

    Big South OpenerWed, Dec. 31 • Kimmel Arena • Asheville, NC 📍 Context & Stakes: The One Place That Still Bites Since the Huss and now Clayman era began, High Point Panthers have largely owned the Big South. But there is a consistent exception. The UNC Asheville Bulldogs. HPU is 2–2 against Asheville over the…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: La Salle Explorers

    Fri, Dec 19 • Qubein Center • High Point, NC 📍 Context & Stakes: Familiar Faces, Different Jerseys High Point returns home after a record-setting victory over Mary Baldwin, sitting at 9–3—a record that, oddly, still feels a bit hollow. For a roster this talented, losses to Southern Illinois and App State linger. Those were…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: Southern Illinois Salukis

    Wed, Dec 3 • Qubein Center • High Point, NC 📍 Series & Setting High Point continues its homestand now sitting at 7–1 with elite national metrics, especially on the offensive side. Many of HPU’s recent opponents have wanted to play in a similar mold: fast, furious, and with an emphasis on the three. This…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: Western Carolina Catamounts

    Sat, Nov 29 • Qubein Center • High Point, NC 📍 Series & SettingHigh Point returns home at 6–1, fresh off a Boardwalk Battle championship where the Panthers were tested by a couple quality mid-majors but took home the title by playing some of their cleanest, most balanced basketball of the season. Awaiting them is…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: Incarnate Word Cardinals

    Sat, Nov 22 • Boardwalk Battle — Daytona Beach, FL 📍 Series & Setting Another first-time matchup for High Point, this time against Incarnate Word (3–2) out of the Southland — and with a championship on the line. The Panthers enter the Boardwalk Battle finale at 5–1 with a chance to stabilize their non-conference momentum…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: UAB Blazers

    Fri, Nov 14 • Bartow Arena (Birmingham, AL) 📍 Series & Setting Second-ever meeting; High Point won the first last season at the Qubein Center, 68–65. This time it’s HPU’s first true road test. Expect juice in the building: Andy Kennedy has never won fewer than 22 games at UAB, and Blazer fans want payback.…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: Furman Paladins

    Mon, Nov 3 • Neutral site (Rock Hill) • Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon 📍 Series & Setting Almost 200 miles and a straight shot down I-85 separate these two “purple bloods,” and the parallels run well beyond color and “P” mascots. Furman has been a consistent SoCon winner and finally broke through in…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: North Carolina A&T Aggies

    📍 History Between the Programs High Point and North Carolina A&T may be neighbors, separated by just 18 miles, but they’ve rarely crossed paths. The Panthers are 4–1 all-time against the Aggies and have won the last three meetings in this US-29 Derby.  After more than 15 years without a matchup, the rivalry reignited in…

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