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Tuesday, Feb. 23 -- VS Campbell (14-9) (10-6) (Gore Arena) 7:00 PM on ESPN+

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Wednesday, Feb. 24 – VS Campbell (14-9) (10-6) (Gore Arena) 7:00 PM on ESPN+

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The High Point University men's basketball team (8-11) (6-8) travels to Campbell to take on the Fighting Camels in the final two-game Big South series of the regular season for HPU. The Panthers will play the Fighting Camels on Tuesday and Wednesday night with both games tipping at 7:00 PM. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+.

Matchup History

• HPU is 15-5 against Campbell since becoming a D-1 program in 1999. The Panthers are 6-5 on the road in Buies Creek all-time against the Fighting Camels.
• Coach Tubby Smith is 3-1 all-time against Campbell
• The last time these two sides met was on January 30th, 2020, where the Panthers rallied back to beat Campbell overcoming a 15-point halftime deficit. John-Michael Wright led the Panthers in scoring as he dropped 30 points in the victory.

Across the Bench

• Campbell comes into the series against HPU red hot as they have won six straight games.
• The Camels are led by head coach Kevin McGeehan who is in his eighth, McGeehan has won well over 100 games as the head coach of Campbell.
• Cedric Henderson Jr. leads Campbell in scoring the junior from Memphis, Tennessee averages 15.8 points per game which ranks him sixth overall in the Big South.

Panther Notes

Make it Wright

John-Michael Wright is coming off of two impressive performances against the top in the Big South in Winthrop. On Thursday against Winthrop Wright finished the game with his first double-double of the season, scoring 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. The 27 points were two shy of tying Wright's season-high, while the 10 boards were the most the Fayetteville, N.C. native has collected this season. On Friday against Winthrop JMW tied a season-high with 29 points on the evening. Wright scored 19 of his points in the second half and consistently fueled the Panthers' offensive output. Wright averaged 28 points over the two games against the first-place Eagles.

Panther Block Party

HPU is 96th in the nation in block shots as they average 3.7 per contest. HPU is coming off of a seven-block performance as a team against the Eagles of Winthrop on Friday.

Seeing Double

Wright recorded his first double-double of the season on Thursday evening against Winthrop. The sophomore scored 27 points and brought down ten boards. It was Wright's fourth double-double of his HPU career.

Buzzer Beating Bryson

In the game on Thursday night on ESPNU against Winthrop Childress provided a spark, coming into the game and knocking down a three-pointer to stretch High Point's lead to five. Childress didn't stop there, knocking down a shot from nearly half court as time expired in the first to put the Panthers up six at the half. HPU's 40-34 lead left the Eagles trailing at half for only the fourth time this season.

Panther Dunk Counter

Throughout the entire 2019-20 season, the Panthers totaled 24 dunks. After seventeen games, the Panthers already have surpassed that total with 36 jams on this season.

Flydell

Elmore has 20 dunks so far this season for The Purple and White, which leads the squad for jams made.

Tubby All-Time Wins Tracker

Coach Smith has 630 wins which currently ranks him 35th all-time in wins amongst D-1 coaches.

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