WHEN: Thursday, January 18, 2018
WHERE: High Point, N.C. | Millis Center (1,750)
RECORDS: High Point (8-9, 3-3 Big South) | Liberty (12-7, 3-3 Big South)
SERIES RECORD: 40th meeting, Liberty leads, 23-16
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AUDIO: High Point Panther Radio Network
VIDEO: Big South Network
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HIGH POINT, N.C.— The High Point University men's basketball team (8-9, 3-3 Big South) hosts Liberty Wednesday evening (Jan. 18). Tip-off at the Millis Center is set for 7 p.m.
 
Kevin Burke and Stafford Stephenson will be back on the call on for the High Point Panthers Radio Network, with coverage starting at approximately 6:30 p.m.
 
PAW PRINTS
• This will be the 40th all-time meeting between the two squads, with Liberty leading, 23-16. The Flames have won the last four meetings, including 55-52 in Lynchburg, Va., on Feb. 14, 2017 in the last meeting.
 
• The Panthers are coming off of a 73-49 win over Presbyterian on Monday night (Jan. 15) at the Millis Center. Five Panthers scored in double figures, while the HPU defense held the Blue Hose to 30.6 percent. It was the second time this season, High Point has had five players in double figures (Toccoa Falls on Dec. 10).
 
• Junior Ricky Madison recorded the first double-double of his career with 11 points and a career-high 13 rebounds (including seven offensive rebounds).
 
• The Panthers return to the friendly confines of the Millis Center, where they are 7-1 this season. The Panthers are averaging 82.8 point per Division I game at home (89.1 overall) and are shooting 50.7 percent from the floor and 47.4 percent behind the arc at the Millis Center.
 
• Conversely, HPU is 1-8 away from the Millis Center this season. On the road, HPU is shooting 39.2 percent (32.1 percent from three) and is averaging 60.2 points per contest.
 
• At the Millis Center, HPU has a +7.8 rebounding margin per game, while on the road, they have a -1.1 rebounding margin.
 
• In his eight games back in action after missing five games due to an ankle injury, Proctor is averaging 15.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Proctor had five assists against Presbyterian and in games with four or more assists this season, HPU is 6-1.
 
• The biggest beneficiary of Proctor's presence in the lineup is junior Andre Fox. In the five games without Proctor, Fox averaged 14.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game and shot 43.5 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from 3-point range. However, with Proctor in action, Fox is shooting 52.7 percent from the field and 52.8 percent from three and is averaging 18.3 points and 5.8 rebounds.
 
• Fox is currently third in the Big South in scoring at 17.3 points per game and field goal percentage at 49.7 percent. He is currently shooting 52.8 percent from 3-point range, which is on pace to break the single-season school record of 52.1 percent, set by Jarius Simms in 2009-10.
 
HISTORY vs. LIBERTY
High Point has dropped its last four meetings with Liberty and is now 16-23 in 39 all-time meetings with the Flames. The last time the two teams met, the Flames were victorious, 55-52, on Feb. 14, 2017 in Lynchburg, Va. Miles Bowman Jr., Andre Fox and Ricky Madison combined to score 42 of the Panthers' 52 points in the game. Ryan Kemrite scored a game-high 21 points for Liberty and hit a three with 10 seconds left to give the Flames a 55-50 lead.
 
A LOOK AT THE FLAMES (12-7, 3-3 BIG SOUTH)
Liberty comes into the game at 12-7 on the season (3-3 in Big South play) following a 59-57 overtime loss at Radford on Friday night (Jan. 15). Lovell Cabbil leads the Flames with 12.5 points per game, while Scottie James and Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz averaged 11.2 and 10.9 points, respectively. James is second in the Big South with 9.0 rebounds per game, while Pacheco-Ortiz leads the conference with a 92.1 free throw percentage.
 
HISTORY vs. OPPONENTS FROM VIRGINIA
High Point has complied a 78-73 (.517) record all-time against Division I programs hailing from the Old Dominion State. HPU's most common opponents are Radford (20-23, .465), Liberty (16-23, .410) and Longwood (21-7, .750). High Point is 57-53 (.518) against Big South programs from Virginia and 20-20 (.500) against the rest of the state's Division I teams. HPU is 1-0 against teams from Virginia this season after defeating William & Mary, 100-66, on Nov. 10, 2017.
 
NEXT UP
The Panthers continue Big South play on Sunday (Jan. 21) when they travel to Farmville, Va., to take on Longwood at 3 p.m.