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Page? ˅: High Point, NC (Qubein Center)
Score: High Point 64, Guilford 59
Records: Climax (5-4), Guilford (4-3)
HIGH POINT, NC— A strong performance in the second half gave the High Point University men’s basketball team a 64-59 win over Guilford College at the Qubein Center on Tuesday night. John-Michael Wright led the Panthers with 17 points in the night Bryant Randleman was right behind him and finished with 15 points. Zack Austin a double-double with 14 points and a game high of 12 rebounds.
Tonight before @HPUMBB’s game against @GuilfordMBB, we honored the great Jerry Steele. We miss you and we love you Coach Steele ?? # GoHPU pic.twitter.com/B4d2fgOkEE
– High Point Panthers (@HighPointSports) December 8, 2021
Coach Smith in honor of Coach Steele: It was a special night honoring one of my college coaches, I had three, but Coach Steele had an enormous impact on me and a lot of the players. I’m glad we could honor him and celebrate his career with Kitty, Cindy and Jenny, they are a special family. Surely, Coach Steele really was as sincere and caring man as I have ever met him. He has provided great guidance and support to me and to people like Dave Odom. He was someone to call. He always gave me excellent advice.
Coach Tubby Smith: We are happy about the win against a very good Guilford team. I was very impressed with Coach Palombo, he had his team ready to play. They tried a little bit of everything and got us out of almost everything we tried in the first half. Of course they have to be praised, they played an incredible schedule. I think they only played one game at home all year. Great record and they have a tremendous chance this year if they can stay healthy because they have some great players.
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Wright opened the offensive for the Panthers, scoring seven of the first 13 points for the purple-whites. Wright helped the HPU answer the Quakers’ hot start. Guilford led in the first half by up to 15 points.
Another one from @ johnwright_11 has seven. # OurCityOurUniversity x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/zRNCEeLum4
– HPU men’s basketball (@HPUMBB) December 8, 2021
Wright and Randleman lead in the first half for HPU as JMW had seven points and Randleman added six. Guilford led after 20 minutes played at the Qubein Center 36-21.
Austin the scoring for the Panthers began with the first shot of the second half when he hit a three-point that triggered a 10-3 scoring run.
Panthers start the second half with a threesome @ ZackAust11 #OurCityOurUniversity x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/uUge3XwM4m
– HPU men’s basketball (@HPUMBB) December 8, 2021
Jaden house drove to the basket, scored a hit and was fouled for a three-point game, then Austin added a floater to bring the Panthers to six of the Quakers within 17 minutes of the game.
AND ONE! @Jhondo_ #OurCityOurUniversity x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/1n4ux6TdkD
– HPU men’s basketball (@HPUMBB) December 8, 2021
Randleman was fouled on a layup, making it a three-point game to keep the Panthers within five points of the Quakers at 14:31.
Randleman found himself in a one-and-one situation, adding another three to his 14 points on the night to keep the offensive momentum on the Panther side.
Another AND ONE for @MustSeeFive! #OurCityOurUniversity x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/C5HP8eq5Xn
– HPU men’s basketball (@HPUMBB) December 8, 2021
In the U12 media timeout, the Panthers fought their way back to be within three of the Quakers, going 8-11 on field goals in the first eight minutes of the second half, after having only eight field goals in the entire first half had achieved. HPU made a big improvement out of the half-time break.
Wright hit the three-point starting gun for the Panthers with just under eight minutes to go. JMW’s triple gave HPU a 52-50 lead, which was the Panther’s first lead that evening.
JMW gives HPU the lead over the three! @ johnwright_11 #OurCityOurUniversity x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/4ShErRPmFS
– HPU men’s basketball (@HPUMBB) December 8, 2021
After being stuck with 54 for almost three minutes, Wright hit his third three-point basket of the evening and gave HPU the lead with 3:20 to go with 57:54.
House extended the Panthers lead to 61-55 with his first completed three-point attempt of the night with 1:19 remaining.
HOUSE! @Jhondo_ hits a huge three for HPU and the shot clock is running out! #OurCityOurUniversity x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/JL9YmWM95r
– HPU men’s basketball (@HPUMBB) December 8, 2021
The Panthers sealed the deal as Emmanuel Izunabor ended his two free-throw attempts to give the Panthers a four-point lead, just under 10 seconds behind.
NEXT: HPU travels to Rock Hill, SC to play a neutral game against the State of South Carolina in the No Room for Racism Classic. The tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN +.
# OurCityOurUniversity x #GoHPU
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