Dustin Van Weerdhuizen tied a career-high with 26 points and the Panthers shot 50 percent in the second half to take care of rival Elon, 73-63, Saturday afternoon at the Millis Center.

The victory helped High Point complete a doubleheader sweep of the Phoenix following the HPU women's 83-82 win earlier in the day.

High Point (8-11, 4-3 Big South) has won two straight, and overcame a 28-25 halftime deficit to continue its climb up the Big South leaderboard. Joe Knight (14 points) and Brent Halsch (11 points) also reached double-figures in scoring for the Panthers, who had led only briefly in the game until Halsch's free throw with 16:31 to play gave HPU a 35-34 advantage which the Phoenix weren't able to retake.

John Stonehocker tied a career-high for High Point with nine points and four blocked shots.

Gary Marsh led Elon with 16 points, while Brendon Rowell added 13 off the bench for the Phoenix (8-11, 4-3).

Elon (63) - Marsh 8-15 0-2 16, Hall 2-12 0-0 5, Adams 1-1 0-0 2, Harvin 2-5 0-0 5, Newton 4-10 0-0 9, Rowell 3-8 6-6 13, Sims 1-5 0-0 2, Johnson 2-8 0-0 4, Kirby 0-0 0-0 0, Atoyebi 3-9 1-2 7.

High Point (73) - Halsch 4-5 3-4 11, Barrow 3-7 2-2 8, Knight 4-12 4-7 14, Alves 1-4 2-4 5, Van Weerdhuizen 8-19 7-8 26, Ignatavicius 0-0 0-0 0, Wallace 0-3 0-0 0, Stonehocker 4-8 1-1 9.

Elon                                           28  35  63 High Point                                25  48  73

3-Point Goals- Elon 4-21 (Rowell 1-2, Harvin 1-4, Hall 1-6, Newton 1-6, Sims 0-3), High Point 6-18 (Van Weerdhuizen 3-9, Knigh 2-6, Alves 1-3). Fouled out- Elon (Marsh). Rebounds- Elon 45 (Hall 9), High Point 41 (Van Weerdhuizen 10). Assists- Elon 7 (Hall, Harvin, Rowell 2), High Point 15 (Alves 4).