Freddy Hicks and No. 4 seed Arkansas Staet will take the court against Abdoulaye Thiam and No. 1 seed High Point Tuesday.
The No. 4 seed in the College Basketball Invitational, Arkansas State, will take on No. 1-seeded High Point at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida Tuesday. The Red Wolves finished their season with 16 losses, double High Point’s season total. After upsetting the conference’s No. 1 seed Appalachian State in the Sun Belt Championship, they lost to James Madison in the final game, losing their opportunity at an NCAA Tournament birth. They entered this tournament with a matchup against Bethune-Cookman. They were able to pull away a one-point win to advance to the quarterfinals. Freddy Hicks led the team with 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting and nine rebounds. In the next round, they took on No. 5 seed Montana and picked up another win by 13 points this time. Izaiyah Nelson led the team in that game with 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and 12 rebounds.
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Game Date: Mar. 26, 2024
Game Time: 7 p.m. ET
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The Panthers of High Point only have eight losses this season which is including losing to Longwood, the team who won the conference, in the Big South semifinals. They opened up play in the CBI tournament with a win over Cleveland State in the semifinals by almost 20 points 93-64.
Abdoulaye Thiam led the team in scoring with 27 points on 8-of-12 shooting with five rebounds. Four of the five starters ended in double figures. Thiam was followed by Kezza Giffa who had 18 points and four rebounds in the win. Duke Miles also came off the bench and had 13 points and six assists in 23 minutes.
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