High Point

Official Name: 
High Point University
Nickname: 
Panthers
Mailing Address: 

HPU Box 3429
Montlieu Avenue
High Point, NC 27262

Telephone: 
(336) 841-9276
Fax: 
(336) 841-9182
Enrollment: 
3,100
Arena: 

Millis Center
Capacity: 1,750
Year Opened: 1992

School Colors: 
Purple and White
Conference: 

Big South (since 2000)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(1) 1965

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

None

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1996 and 1997
2-2 record (.500)

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(8) 1939, 1942, 1946, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1969, and 1979
7-8 record (.467)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jerry Steele (31 years from 1973-2003, 470-424 record, .526)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Gene Littles (2,398 points from 1966-69 when school was classified as a small college)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Pete Collins (1,268 from 1971-74 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Joe Knight (40 points as sophomore at Vanderbilt on 12/15/02)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Arizona Reid* (42 at Virginia Military)
March 1, 2008 (senior/23.9 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time High Point mark set by Kirk Stewart (51 vs. Belmont Abbey, N.C., on 12-14-64).

1

2

Total

High Point

53

46

99

Vmi

47

41

88

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Reid

17-27

3-4

5-7

42

Daniels

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Jefferson

9-16

0-0

1-3

23

Harris

5-7

0-0

7-8

20

Campbell

3-5

0-0

2-2

10

Crowder

2-5

0-0

0-0

4

Burns

0-3

0-0

0-0

0

Appiah

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

36-63

12-22

15-20

99

Percentages

.571

.545

.750

Vmi

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Bell

0-1

0-1

1-2

1

T. Holmes

3-13

0-6

4-6

10

Williams

10-21

2-7

9-12

31

Lonon

0-3

0-1

0-0

0

C. Holmes

10-19

1-9

6-6

27

Brownfield

0-1

0-1

1-2

1

Hunter

3-9

3-9

0-0

9

Josey

4-4

1-1

0-1

9

Totals

30-71

7-35

21-29

88

Percentages

.423

.200

.724

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

J.P. Boylin

4

1928-31

48-34

.585

1928

13-5

Julian Beall

2

1932-33

16-19

.457

1933

10-10

Virgil Yow

21

1934-45, 54-62

315-196

.616

1942

24-1

Ralph James

5

1946-50

80-32

.714

1950

25-2

Bob Davis

3

1951-53

56-34

.622

1952

20-10

Tom Quinn

4

1963-66

95-25

.792

1965

29-4

Bob Vaughan

5

1967-71

73-63

.537

1969

28-3

J.D. Barnett

1

1972

13-16

.448

1972

13-16

Jerry Steele

31

1973-2003

470-424

.526

1979

27-6

Bart Lundy

6

2004-09

96-87

.525

2007

22-10

Scott Cherry

2

2010, 1911

27-34

.443

2010

15-15

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,277-952 (.573) from 1928 through 2011.
  • NOTE: High Point (NC) moved up to major-college status in 1999.