High Point Panthers
HIGH POINT PANTHERS
* Coach: Bart Lundy (202-107 overall, 87-66 in five seasons at High Point)
* Home court: Millis Center, High Point
* 2007-08: 17-14, 8-6 Big South (3rd)
* Projected starters: G Eugene Harris, 6-2, Jr. (12.5 ppg, 2.5 apg); G David Campbell, 6-4, So. (4.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg); C Cruz Daniels, 6-11, Jr. (5.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg); G David Singleton, 6-3, Fr. (Coatesville, Pa.); F Steadman Short, 6-9, Fr. (Simpsonville, S.C.).
* Also returning: G-F Melvin Crowder, 6-4, Sr. (1.8 ppg); G Ibrahim Appiah, 6-5, So. (1.6 ppg, 1.3 rpg); F Earnest Bridges, 6-5, So. (2.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg); G Sam Vickery, 6-1, R-Fr.
* Newcomers: G Nick Barbour, 6-2 (Danville, Va.); G Jacob Iati, 5-11 (York, Pa.); G Joe Stroman, 6-1 (Gastonia); G Alquan Mendenhall, 5-11 (Camden, Ala.); F Corey Law, 6-5 (Chesapeake, Va.); F Jourdan Mouris, 6-7 (Bowie, Md.); C Rob Huntington, 6-9 (Perth, Australia).
* Projection: The Panthers lost only two starters, but those two were Arizona Reid, arguably the school's greatest player, and all-time assists leader Mike Jefferson. Harris is an underrated talent, but the youth will show this season. Lundy's troops are at least a year away from competing in the Big South, where High Point finishes 5-12 (13-17 overall) and exits in the first round of the tournament.
-- BRAD HOWELL, Special to the News & Record
PANTHERS INFO
SCHEDULE
November
Nov. 14, at Duquesne, L 84-55; today, Atlanta Christian, 7; Saturday, at N.C. State, 7; 25, at South Florida, 7; 28 Montreat, 7.
December
1, Charleston Southern, 7:30; 3, at N.C. Central, 7:30; 6, Presbyterian, 7; 10, Limestone, 7; 13, Towson, 7; 19, Youngstown State, 7; 28, at Minnesota, 6 (ESPNU).
January
3, at Coastal Carolina, 4:30; 7, at Winthrop, 7; 10, Gardner-Webb, 7; 13, at UNC-Asheville, 7; 17, Radford, 7; 20, Liberty, 7; 24, at VMI, 1; 27, at Liberty, 7; 31, at Presbyterian, 7.
February
2, at Charleston Southern, 7:30; 7, Coastal Carolina, 7; 11, Winthrop, 7; 14, at Gardner-Webb, 8:30; 18, UNC-Asheville, 7; 23, Longwood, 7; 25, at Radford, 7; 28, VMI, 7.
* Tickets: $5-$12. Call 841-9276.
* Local radio: WBLO-790, WIST-98.3
* Official athletics Web site: highpointpanthers.com
