High Point Panthers @ Liberty Flames
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
HPU | 33 | 39 | 72 |
LIB | 26 | 27 | 53 |
Wallace leads High Point past Liberty, 72-53
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Devante Wallace hit 5 of 7 3-pointers and scored 19 points to help High Point beat Liberty 72-53 and move to 8-2 in Big South Conference play for the first time in program history on Thursday night.
Adam Weary added 17 points and Jorge Perez-Laham scored 12 for High Point (17-5, 8-2), which made a season-high 11 3-point shots.
Wallace, who moved into a fourth-place tie on the school's career list for 3-pointers made with 163, scored eight during a 16-1 run that gave High Point a 55-33 lead with 8:18 left.
Liberty (6-16, 0-9), which lost its ninth straight and hasn't won since beating NAIA-member Cincinnati Christian on Dec. 28, trailed by at least 19 the rest of the way.
Theo Johnson led the Flames, which made just 5 of 19 (26 percent) from 3-point range, with 12 points.
Game Information
Lynchburg, VA
Referee:Jerry Heater
Referee:Tony Chiazza
Referee:Mike Lazo
2025-26 Standings
| Big South Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
| Conference USA | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 17-3 | - | 26-8 |
| Sam Houston | 13-7 | 4 | 22-12 |
| Louisiana Tech | 11-9 | 6 | 20-14 |
| Western Kentucky | 11-9 | 6 | 18-14 |
| Middle Tennessee | 11-9 | 6 | 17-15 |
| Kennesaw State | 10-10 | 7 | 21-14 |
| Jacksonville State | 10-10 | 7 | 15-17 |
| New Mexico State | 8-12 | 9 | 16-16 |
| Missouri State | 8-12 | 9 | 16-18 |
| Florida International | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
| UTEP | 7-13 | 10 | 11-20 |
| Delaware | 6-14 | 11 | 10-21 |
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