High Point, N.C. – The High Point University men's basketball team returned to the Qubein Center after a long trip at the Gulf Coast and hosted Mount Olive on Sunday, November 26th. Playing steady through the full 40 minutes, HPU took care of business with a win, 122-73 over the Trojans.
With the 122 points scored in the game, the Panthers recorded the second most points scored in a single game in program history. Overall, the team shot and shared the ball exceptionally well, shooting 57.7% from the field, 44.4% from the three-point line and 77.4% from the free throw line while totaling 24 assists as a team.
"I thought the guys did a good job waking up in the second half," head coach
Alan Huss stated. "We've practiced really hard since we got back from our long trip to Florida and I thought it showed a little bit in our legs in the first half but I thought we did a nice job finding that rhythm in the second and we really shared the ball. I thought we really did a good job not fouling, it's been something we've been trying to work on to keep the game moving at a faster pace up and down the court."
Site: Qubein Center
Score: High Point 122, Mount Olive 77
Records: High Point (4-3), Mount Olive (1-6)
High Point took the lead from the start and never looked back. Opening the game with back-to-back threes and an alley-oop dunk from
Juslin Bodo Bodo, the Panthers pushed to an early seven-point lead. Before the end of the first half, HPU extended their lead to 20+.
High Point continued to dominate through the last half of the game. Between the halves, HPU knocked down 16 total threes as a team, recording the second most threes in a single game in program history. The Panthers recently broke the program record at the start of the season with 21 against St. Andrews.
Trae Benham and
Bryson Childress led the way from three-point range, combining for seven of the teams 16. Benham knocked in two back-to-back threes early in the first half while Childress dropped in three straight around the nine-minute mark in the second half.
Five Panthers finished in double figures led by
Duke Miles with 20. Benham scored a season-high 12 along with
Titas Sargiunas who added in 10.
In the last four minutes of play,
AJ Hoynack entered the game and knocked down a corner three. He later was fouled and knocked in both free throws to finish the game with five points.
Defensively the team registered 45 rebounds, led by Bodo Bodo with 11 which was a season high. Bodo Bodo and Benham also picked up two blocks.
Up Next:
High Point remains home on Wednesday, November 29th for a match up with Morgan State at 7:00 pm.
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