HIGH POINT, N.C. — The High Point University Panthers welcome La Salle University to the Qubein Center for the first time in program history and for the second matchup between the teams. The game is set for 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 19 with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. 

Men's Basketball- vs La Salle University
Friday, December 19 | 7:00 p.m. | High Point, N.C. | Qubein Center
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Records: High Point 8-3, La Salle 4-7
Last Meeting: November 26, 1999 | Result: La Salle won 85-62
All-Time Record: La Salle leads 1-0

The Matchup
High Point and La Salle have met one time in program history, at a neutral site in Alabama in HPU's first season as Division I in 1999. The Panthers fell to the Explorer's 85-62. La Salle competes in the Atlantic 10 conference and enters Friday's match with a 4-7 overall record, coming in off a loss to LIU on Saturday, 70-60 in Brooklyn, N.Y. La Salle is led by Jaeden Marshall averaging 11.7 points per game and 2.5 rebounds. On the boards Josiah Harris and Justin Archer lead the team with just over 5.0 rebounds per game. As a team, the Explorer's are averaging 67.3 points per game and shooting 43.2% from the field. La Salle is coached by Darris Nichols who is in his first season at the helm after leaving Big South foe, Radford last season.

Last time out
On Tuesday night, the High Point University men's basketball team defeated Division III Mary Baldwin in high scoring fashion, breaking the largest margin of victory record in program history with a 129-47 win. The 129 points scored was the most points scored in Division I program history. High Point was led by Cam'Ron Fletcher with 24 points after shooting 9-for-11 from the field and a career-high 5-for-5 from three-point range. He added seven rebounds, four steals and a block. Leading the team on the boards was freshman forward Caden Miller with a season-high 11. Vincent Brady II made his home court debut since battling an injury and produced 14 points off a 5-9 shooting night from the field and dished out a career-high seven assists.
 

Notable Player & Team Notes

Largest Margin of Victory
The Panthers defeated the Fighting Squirrels in high scoring fashion, breaking the largest margin of victory record in program history with a 129-47 win. High Point led 66-19 at the half which is the third most points scored in a half and the second largest first-half margin in program history.
 
Most Points Scored in D1 Era
HPU defeated Mary Baldwin 129-47, registering the most points scored in Division I program history.
 
Martinez the Distributor
Conrad Martinez dished out 11 assists against App State, which was the first time a player has had 10+ assists since 2014, when Haiishen McIntyre produced 10 assists at Clemson. Martinez recorded his first career double-double with 10 points.
 
Both Basketball Teams Ranked in CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Rankings
Both the High Point men's and women's basketball teams are currently ranked in the CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Rankings. The Panthers are 1 of 7 schools with their men's and women's teams in the rankings. The men have the second longest ranking streak in Big South history sitting at 42 consecutive weeks and rank 12th as of December 15. The No. 5 ranking early in the season matched High Point's highest ever ranking which occurred during the 2023-24 season. 

Panthers in the Rankings
High Point ranks in the Top-25 in multiple stat categories across all Division I teams, including, 11th in assist/turnover ratio (1.89), 11th in offensive rebounds per game (19.00), 23rd in bench points (35.83), 17th in effective field goal percentage (58.6%), 3rd in fastbreak points (22.17), 23rd in field goal percentage (51.0%), 25th in free throws made (19.7), 6th in scoring margin (23.2), 7th in scoring offense (94.2), 2nd in steals per game (11.9), and 7th in turnovers forced (17.83).

Fletcher on the Rise – Tournament MVP x Player of the Week
Cam'Ron Fletcher averaged 19.0 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game and 1.3 steals per game the week before Thanksgiving. Overall, he was very efficient on the offense and shot 62.5% from the field after going 20-for-32, 38.5% from three-point range, knocking down 5-for-13 and went a perfect 12-for-12 at the free throw line. In game one at the Boardwalk Battle, he led the team with a career-high 27 points on a 75% shooting clip. In the Boardwalk Battle Championships game, he registered his third double-double of the season scoring 18 points with 10 rebounds and was named the Tournament MVP. Since the MTE, Fletcher recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 22 points and 10 rebounds against Western Carolina. Currently, Fletcher is third in the Big South in scoring, averaging 17.2 points with a 56.8 shooting percentage.

Terry Being Scary
Graduate student Terry Anderson has been on the rise so far in non-conference action. He is averaging 13.4 points per game and has grabbed another 5.2 rebounds a contest. Anderson has eight double-digit scoring games this season with two of his last five being over 20 points. In the Boardwalk Battle Championship, Anderson finished with a season-high 23 points and shot a stellar 10-12 from the floor. He recorded a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Southern Illinois.

Boardwalk Battle CHAMPS
High Point won the Boardwalk Battle MTE in Daytona Beach, Florida, winning the program's first MTE since the 2022 season after defeating the University of Incarnate Word 91-80 in the Championship game. Cam'Ron Fletcher was named the Tournament MVP and Terry Anderson was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Largest Margin of Victory Over D1 Opponent
With the 93-50 win over Canisius, HPU recorded the largest margin of victory over a D1 opponent in program history. The record was set in 2023-24 with the 93-51 win over Coppin State.

1st Player of the Week Honors
Cam'Ron Fletcher was named the Big South Player of the Week for the first week of college hoops. He averaged 18.0 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game after posting a double-double on opening night at the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon with 11 points and 10 rebounds, before recording a new career-high with 25 points against Averett and one rebound shy from another double-double performance. Across both games, he shot 65.2% from the field and 67% from the line.

Field of 68 MM Coach of the Week
Coach Clayman was named the Field of 68 Mid-Major Coach of the Week after picking up two wins against Furman and Averett.

1st Win for Clayman Era
High Point defeated Furman in the season-opener at the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon, 97-71 for first-year head coach Flynn Clayman's first win.

Continuing Success After Change
Coming off the most successful season ever for the Panthers after making it to March Madness the team's energy has never been higher. The energy for this season all stems with the new first-year Head Coach Flynn Clayman who was appointed in April of 2025 after serving as the Associate Head Coach under Alan Huss last season.

Preseason Awards
High Point was picked again as the number one-ranked team in the Big South Preseason Poll for the second consecutive season and the fifth time in program history (2007-08, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2024-25, 2025-26). Rob Martin and Scotty Washington were picked to be on the First Team All-Conference as well. In the Blue-Ribbon Forecast HPU was picked preseason No. 1 and Martin was selected as the Preseason Newcomer of the Year. In two other preseason polls, High Point was picked fourth in the Field of 68 Mid-Major poll and eighth in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25® poll. Since cracking the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25® on December 26, 2023, High Point has remained in the top 25 for 36 consecutive weeks. The highest ranking that HPU received in program history was No. 5 on February 5, 2024.

Notable Transfers, Returning Players, and New Freshman
This season, the Panthers have a totally new squad and lineup looking to continue the standard of success they have created after making a tournament appearance. There are eight transfers that have made High Point their new home. Cam'Ron Fletcher, a graduate student who has played at Kentucky, Florida State and Xavier, is bringing experienced veteran leadership to the team. He has already won a transfer award back in 2021-2022 as the ACC Impact Transfer per CBS Sports. Rob Martin who started at Indiana State and then Southeastern Missouri State University, is a senior who also brings some veteran leadership and was named to the Big South Preseason First-Team All-Conference selection. Another leader for the Panthers is Owen Aquino, who is coming to HPU after playing at Eastern Florida State and Liberty, a team that also won its league title and made the 2024-25 NCAA Tournament. Aquino a native of Spain, shares the court alongside Spain native Conrad Martinez, who spent his first two seasons at the University of Arizona. Scotty Washingtonis a senior transfer that played for CBU and CSUN, where he grabbed a 2024-2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention and was named to the Big South First-Team All-Conference selection. Vincent Brady II and Youssouf Singare are the last two transfers for the Panthers that also help strengthen the new identity and game plan that the Panthers have for this season. Singare transferred from the University of Connecticut and Brady II joins the Panthers from Missouri State University.

2024-25 Historic Season
High Point made history during the 2024-25 season by winning its first-ever Big South Tournament title and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. HPU finished with an overall record of 29-6, which tied for the most wins in Big South program history (Winthrop, 2006-07) and the most wins in HPU program history. The Panthers finished the regular season with a 26-5 record and a 14-2 league record. The 26 regular-season wins is the most in program history and tied the Big South regular-season wins record with Coastal Carolina's 2010-11 season (26-4). High Point's offense finished 3rd in the NCAA in KenPom rankings for raw offensive efficiency, trailing only Duke and Gonzaga, and were ahead of 2025 NCAA National Champion Florida.