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The game: High Point University (6-13, 3-7 Big South) hosts Charleston Southern (12-10, 6-4 Big South) on Saturday in the second of five-straight games at the Millis Center. The Panthers took an 82-58 loss to Coastal Carolina on Thursday while Charleston Southern beat Radford, 70-62, in overtime. HPU will be looking to avenge a 77-69 loss to CSU in the teams' earlier meeting this season. In that game, the Panthers had Charleston Southern's lead down to three (43-40) in the second half but the Buccaneers went on a 16-5 lead to put the game away. The Panthers have played Charleston Southern 26 times and the series record is tied, 13-13. High Point is 9-4 all-time against Charleston Southern at the Millis Center, including a 73-68 win in the most recent matchup on Feb. 13, 2010.

Last time out: HPU trailed conference leader Coastal Carolina by just two late in the first half but a 24-6 run by the Chanticleers spanning both halves put the game out of reach as the Panthers fell to Coastal by a score of 82-58 Thursday night. Nick Barbour came off the bench to lead HPU with 14 points and five rebounds and Shay Shine scored 10 points for his fifth game in a row scoring in double-figures. The Chanticleers' Desmond Holloway and Chad Gray each scored 17 to lead all scorers for Coastal. Sam McLaurin had a double-double (13 points, 10 rebounds) for Coastal.

The opponent: Charleston Southern is 6-4 in Big South play after beating Radford, 70-62, in overtime on Thursday night. Kelvin Martin scored five points in the last 33 seconds to lead CSU to the win. The Buccaneers are led in scoring by Jamarco Warren, who is averaging 16.7 points overall and 18.1 in Big South play. Martin is scoring 12.2 points per game and averaging 9.2 rebounds.

Campbell nets season high: Senior guard David Campbell started his third-straight game and scored a season-high nine points on 4-for-5 shooting to go along with four rebounds against Coastal Carolina on Thursday. He is HPU's most experienced player with 107 career games and has career averages of 3.8 points and 2.9 rebounds.

Maxwell named Freshman of the Week: HPU freshman forward Du'Vaughn Maxwell averaged 11.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and was a perfect 11-for-11 from the field in two games last week to earn his first Big South Freshman of the Week honor. He scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked two shots and was 6-of-6 shooting in the Panthers' 64-60 overtime win at Presbyterian College. That included consecutive baskets in overtime that gave the Panthers the lead for good. At Winthrop on Saturday, Maxwell was 5-of-5 from the floor and finished with 10 points, six boards and one block. On the season, Maxwell is averaging 7.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and a team-best 1.5 blocks.
•Maxwell makes 14 straight: Du'Vaughn Maxwell hit 14 consecutive field-goal attempts stretching from his final two against VMI on Jan. 15 to a 6-for-6 performance at Presbyterian to a 5-for-5 night at Winthrop and his first basket against Coastal Carolina on Thursday. He missed his second attempt vs. Coastal but finished 3-for-5 in the game.

Panthers fall to Winthrop: High Point got 13 points and nine rebounds from Shay Shine and 10 points and six boards from Du'Vaughn Maxwell, but took a 77-49 loss to Winthrop on Jan. 22 in Rock Hill, S.C. Maxwell shot 5-for-5 from the floor, the second game in a row he shot 100 percent. Winthrop held High Point under 32 percent shooting in the first half and at 37.3 percent in the game while the Eagles were able to make 60.4 percent (29-of-48) of their shots from the floor. Winthrop led the entire 40 minutes. The Eagles spread their scoring around with four players in double-figures led by George Valentine's 13. He also grabbed 11 rebounds for a double-double while Andre Jones scored 11 and Charles Corbin and Reggie Middleton each scored 10.

Martin making an impact: Freshman guard Xavier Martin played 29 minutes in both games last week, crushing his previous career high of 16. He scored 11 points, including a trey in overtime, and had two rebounds and two steals at Presbyterian. At Winthrop, Martin scored nine points. He played 19 minutes and scored six points against Coastal Carolina on Thursday. Martin is averaging 5.2 points in 19 games and 5.6 points in 10 Big South games this season.

Panthers top Presby in OT: Junior Shay Shine scored a career-high 27 points, including an HPU single-game record for three-point percentage (6-for-6), as High Point beat Presbyterian, 64-60, in overtime on Jan. 20 in Clinton, S.C. It ended an eight-game losing streak for the Panthers. Shine hit two treys in overtime and freshman Du'Vaughn Maxwell hit consecutive baskets that gave HPU the lead the rest of the way. Shine added six rebounds and three assists, Maxwell added 12 points and four rebounds and freshman Xavier Martin scored 11 points in a career-high 29 minutes. Presbyterian's Khalid Mutakabbir scored 15 points and Walt Allen had a double-double (14 points, 13 rebounds).

Shine sets HPU 3-point record: Junior Shay Shine went 6-for-6 from three-point range against Presbyterian College on Jan. 20, setting an HPU Div. I-era record of 1.000 for three-point percentage in a game. Nick Barbour formerly held the record at .909 (10-for-11), which he set against UNC Pembroke on Nov. 14, 2009 at the Millis Center. Players must make at least six three-pointers to qualify for the HPU single-game record.
•Career-high 27 for Shine: Shay Shine scored 27 points in HPU's overtime win over Presbyterian College, crushing his previous career high of 19 points from the Panthers' 76-73 win over UNC Asheville on Dec. 4. He shot 8-for-14 from the floor in the game, including 6-for-6 from three-point range. Shine nailed three treys in the first half, one in the second half and two in overtime.
•Shine in Big South play: Shay Shine has posted improved numbers in nine Big South games this season – he's averaging 14.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Overall, Shine is averaging 13.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals. He has led the Panthers in scoring seven times and scored in double-digits 15 times.

Tight margins: Nine of High Point's 19 games this season have been decided by eight points or less, with the Panthers going 3-6 in those games. The Panthers recently beat Presbyterian College by four points in overtime. In three losses prior to that, the Panthers were within two points or fewer in the closing minutes and lost the games by an average of 5.3 points.

Cox pulling in season highs: Senior guard Tehran Cox tallied a season-high six rebounds on Jan. 20 against Presbyterian after dishing out a season-high six assists against VMI on Jan. 15. He is averaging 7.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists on the season. The scoring average is a significant uptick over last season, when he averaged 4.2 points. Cox is shooting 36.6 percent (13-for-39) from three-point range. In Big South games, Cox is averaging 8.5 points on 41.2 percent field-goal shooting. After scoring in double-digits just once in 2009-10, he has scored in double-figures six times this season.

VMI outruns Panthers: HPU was within two points when Shay Shine hit a free throw with 2:37 left in the game, but couldn't close the gap and took a 97-91 loss to VMI on Jan. 15 at the Millis Center. Nick Barbour scored a season-high 32 points. High Point had two players with double-doubles in a game for the first time this season. Du'Vaughn Maxwell had season highs of 15 points and 10 rebounds and Corey Law scored 10 points and got 12 boards. VMI's Austin Kenon scored a game-high 33 points, Keith Gabriel scored 20 and sophomore forward Stan Okoye had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Double-double-doubles: High Point had two players with double-doubles for the first time this season on Jan. 22 against VMI. Freshman Du'Vaughn Maxwell had the first of his career with 15 points and 10 rebounds – both career highs. Corey Law had 10 points and 12 rebounds for his third double-double of the season and eighth of his career. He has grabbed 12 rebounds three times this season.

Barbour scores 32: Junior Nick Barbour scored 32 points in HPU's loss to VMI on Jan. 15 – a season high for any HPU player. It was the sixth time in his career he scored over 30 points and the 29th time he scored over 20. He is averaging 15.8 points and 3.0 rebounds in 17 games this season. Barbour ranks 20th in HPU history with 1,243 career points, an average of 16.4 over his three seasons.

Season-high points: HPU scored a season-high 91 points on Jan. 15 against VMI. It's no surprise since VMI has the nation's top scoring offense (91.8 ppg) but ranks 331 out of 336 teams in scoring defense (82.8 ppg).

Bridges makes impact in few minutes: Senior forward Earnest Bridges has missed three of the last eight games with an injury, but in the games he played, he made a strong impact. He grabbed a team-high nine rebounds in 19 minutes against Radford on Jan. 3, missed the game against Liberty, then had eight points and three rebounds in 12 minutes against VMI on Jan. 15. In 15 games this season, Bridges is averaging 4.8 points and 4.1 rebounds.

Panthers fall to Liberty: HPU took its first lead of the game with under five minutes to play but eventually lost to Liberty, 66-60, on Jan. 13 at the Millis Center. Freshman Du'Vaughn Maxwell tipped in a shot that made it 47-46 HPU, but Liberty scored on its final 10 possessions to pull away for the win. HPU's Nick Barbour led all scorers with 21 points – including 17 in the second half – Shay Shine scored 14 points and Corey Law scored 10 for the Panthers. Liberty was led by John Brown's 14 points and 10 rebounds. Jesse Sanders scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds and David Minaya scored 12 with seven boards.

Big South start: HPU won its first two Big South games for the first time since 2006-07, when the team started 5-0 in league play. The Panthers opened with a 66-64 win over Gardner-Webb behind 16 points from Nick Barbour and 15 each from Tehran Cox and Shay Shine on Dec. 2 at the Millis Center. Two nights later, the Panthers scored a 76-73 win over UNC Asheville, finishing the game on a 21-9 run. Shine led HPU with 19 points, seven steals and six assists while Corey Law had a double-double (19 points, 12 rebounds).

Massoda contributing down low: Freshman forward Georges Massoda has come off the bench to provide strong minutes for the HPU. He hit both of his field-goal attempts against Wake Forest for a season-best four points in 13 minutes after getting two blocks, two rebounds, two points and a steal against Coastal Carolina on Jan. 2. At Georgia on Dec. 21, Massoda grabbed a season-high seven rebounds.

HPU sets defensive record: High Point held Hampton to 15.8 percent field goal shooting (3-for-19) in the second half on Nov. 28, the lowest HPU has held a Div. I opponent since the Panthers joined NCAA Div. I in 1999-2000. The previous lowest for a half was 20.0 percent (6-for-30) by Charleston Southern in the first half on Dec. 1, 2008.