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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: UIC Flames

    Thu, Nov 20 • Boardwalk Battle (Daytona Beach, FL) • 2:30 PM 📍🏝️ Series & Setting High Point heads to Daytona for a neutral-site matchup against UIC — the first meeting between the programs. The backdrop feels fitting: two teams that both prefer to push pace meeting in the shadow of Daytona’s speedway, where quick…

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  • 🐾 Panther’s Toothsayer: Canisius Golden Griffins

    Mon, Nov 17 • Qubein Center 📍 Series & Setting High Point and Canisius have met only once, a 78–70 Panther win in 2023 — and they enter Monday’s matchup carrying wildly different trajectories.  Canisius, the only Griffins in the D1 ranks, arrives from Buffalo at 2–2, picked last in the MAAC (13th of 13),…

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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: UNC Wilmington Seahawks

    🔍 Overview The reigning CAA Tournament Champions, UNC Wilmington enters 2025–26 fresh off its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017. Head coach Takayo Siddle, now in his sixth season, has built a culture centered on relentless tempo, discipline, and unselfish play. His 106–47 record (.693) and 2022 CAA Coach of the Year honor underline one…

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  • 2025–26 High Point Panthers Season Preview: Reloaded and Ready to Roar

    High Point Panthers basketball is back and aiming even higher after a record-breaking 29-win season and the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. With Flynn Clayman now promoted to head coach, a new era kicks off in 2025–26. Known for orchestrating one of the nation’s most explosive offenses last season, Clayman wasted no time retooling the…

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  • Huss Leaves but the Momentum Continues

    It’s been a while since our last post—but it’s time to get back in the game. In October 2023, this site called High Point a sleeping giant among mid-majors. Since then, there’s no doubt: the giant has awoken. Alan Huss came to HPU with a vision of taking the program to new heights, and there’s…

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