WHEN: Monday, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Talmadge L. Hill Field House – Baltimore, Md.
RECORDS: High Point (3-3), Morgan State (2-4)
SERIES RECORD: Morgan State leads, 2-1
LAST MEETING: High Point def. Morgan State, 82-72, on Nov. 28, 2015
LIVE AUDIO: High Point Panthers Radio Network
GAME NOTES: Click here (PDF)
 
HIGH POINT, N.C. - The High Point University men's basketball team (3-3) heads north to face off with the Morgan State Bears (2-4) out of the MEAC on Monday in Baltimore, Md.
 
Tip-off between the Panthers and Bears is set for 7 p.m. Kevin Burke will be back on the call on the High Point Panthers Radio Network, with pre-game coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m.
 
PAW PRINTS
• High Point is coming off a nine-point loss at Clemson on Friday. Sophomore Andre Fox led the Panthers with 22 points, his fourth 22 game of the season.
 
•  Prior to its game at Clemson, High Point hosted the first HPU Classic Nov. 18-20. The Panthers posted a 2-1 record, with wins over rival UNCG (63-57) and Navy (69-62).
 
•  Fox was named the Big South Player of the Week on Nov. 21 after averaging 18.5 points and shooting 57.1 percent from the field over four games last week.
 
• Fox is third in the Big South in scoring (18.3 ppg) and seventh in field goal percentage (.478). He has posted 20+ points in four of six games, tops in the conference.
 
• Redshirt-senior Miles Bowman Jr. is one of just 38 players nationally to have posted three double-doubles in 2016-17. He is second in the Big South and 50th nationally in rebounds/game (9.3).
 
• HPU has shot at least 38 percent from 3-point range in all six games this season. The Panthers lead the Big South and are 44th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.398).
 
• The Panthers are excelling from beyond the arc, but rank just 241st nationally in overall field goal percentage (.425).
 
• Freshman point guard Jamal Wright is second in the Big South in assists per game (3.8) and has dished out 23 assists while committing just 12 turnovers (1.9 A/TO ratio, 6th in BSC).
 
•  The Panthers are second in the Big South in scoring defense (68.7 ppg) and have limited opponents to 70 or fewer points in three of six games in 2016-17.
 
• HPU is 17-14 (.548) in its last 31 road games dating back to the 2014-15 season. The Panthers won a school record seven Big South away contests last season.
 
• High Point is playing its first game against a MEAC opponent this season on Monday when the team takes on Morgan State.
 
HISTORY vs. MORGAN STATE
Monday's game marks the fourth-ever meeting between High Point and Morgan State in men's basketball. The two teams first met on Feb. 23, 2013 in a Bracket Buster contest at the Millis Center. The Bears won the first two meetings between the two sides before HPU picked up its first win in the series exactly one year ago with an 82-72 home win.
 
HISTORY vs. MEAC OPPONENTS
The Panthers are 12-9 (.571) all time against current members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. HPU's most common opponents are North Carolina Central (5-0), North Carolina A&T (1-3), Savannah State (2-1) & Morgan State (1-2). In the most recent meeting with a MEAC program, HPU defeated the Bears, 82-72, exactly on year ago (Nov. 28, 2015). John Brown led the Panthers with 30 points in the contest. On March 18, 2015, HPU upended MEAC foe Maryland Eastern Shore, 70-64, in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The win marked HPU's first ever Div. I postseason victory.
 
A LOOK AT THE BEARS (2-4, 0-0 MEAC)
Morgan State was picked to finish ninth out of 13 teams in the 2016-17 MEAC preseason poll. The Bears dropped their first two games of the season to Houston and Towson before bouncing back with back-to-back home wins over Wilmington University and Campbell. The Bears have since dropped two-straight on the road at Brown and Bowling Green and sit at 2-4 entering the week. Morgan State is led by a high-scoring pair of players in Tiwian Kendley and Philip Carr. Kendley ranks second in the MEAC and 49th in the nation in scoring at 21.3 points per game while Carr is fifth at 17.0 points per game. Carr also leads the league with 8.7 rebounds per game while Martez Cameron is tops on the Bears with 3.3 assists per game.
 
UP NEXT
HPU is back in the Millis Center this weekend as the Panthers play host to Drexel at the Millis Center on Saturday, Dec. 3. Tip-off in the contest is scheduled for 7 p.m.
 
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