HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Nick Barbour scored 16 points and High Point held on for a 66-64 victory over Gardner-Webb despite missing three free throws in the final 34 seconds on Thursday night.
High Point (3-3) won its Big South Conference opener to improve to 3-0 at home.
The Panthers took a 66-64 lead on Tehran Cox’s free throw with 34 seconds left, but he missed the second and Shay Shine missed two free throws with 2 seconds to play. Gardner-Webb (5-4, 0-1) missed a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining and another at the buzzer.
Shine’s jumper gave High Point a 65-63 lead with 1:31 left, but Gardner-Webb’s Stefon Johnson missed an opportunity for the tie by missing the second of two free throw attempts with 41 seconds left.
