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MBB Fan Guide: High Point

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The UNCW men's basketball team travels to defending Big South Champion High Point for a Saturday afternoon exhibition at the Qubein Center at 1 p.m.
 
GAME COVERAGE
UNCW Seahawks at High Point Panthers
Gametime: 1 p.m.
           
SERIES INFO
The two teams will meet in preseason for the second straight season after playing an exhibition game in Wilmington one year ago.

The Seahawks last played at High Point on Dec. 18, 2021, a 71-69 overtime win in which UNCW great Jaylen Sims sank the game-winner as part of a then-school-record 12-game win streak.

SEAHAWKS TABBED PRESEASON FAVORITE
UNCW was tabbed as the Coastal Athletic Association preseason favorite, while graduate center Patrick Wessler was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year following a vote of the conference's 13 head coaches.

Wessler, the league's lone returning All-CAA player and top returning scorer (13.6 ppg) and rebounder (9.5 rpg), was joined on the Preseason All-CAA First Team by graduate guard CJ Luster II.

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CAA MEDIA DAY REWIND
Watch head coach Takayo Siddle's Field of 68 interview as part of the CAA Media Day and listen to Siddle and Wessler address the conference media cohort.

Siddle on Field of 68

Siddle, Wessler Media

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS REWIND
Seahawk legends Bill Mayew (1993-97), Brett Blizzard (1999-03), Craig Ponder (2011-16) and Shykeim Phillips (2019-24) assembled on the dais for the first time together at UNCW's second annual Night of Champions stewardship event. The luminaries shared stories and interacted with donors in a special night moderated by famed bracketologist Joe Lunardi, who spent the day around the Seahawk program.

Joe Lunardi on ESPN Slack on Sports

Bill Mayew at the Night of Champions

Craig Ponder at the Night of Champions

Shykeim Phillips at the Night of Champions
 
WELCOME BACK
UNCW returns six players from last season's Coastal Athletic Association regular season squad headlined by 2025 All-CAA First Team center Patrick Wessler. Wessler, the league's top returning scorer (13.6), paced the league with 17 double-doubles last season.

Graduate guard CJ Luster II returns to action after missing all of 2025-26 with an injury. A 2025-26 Preseason First Teamer, Luster joined the Seahawks one year ago after an All-CAA season at Stony Brook, where he shot 42.1 percent from three-point range and started all 32 games in 2024-25 for the Seawolves.

Seniors Jahnathan Lamothe and Gavin Walsh are back after missing parts of last season with injury, along with junior Makel Smith and sophomore Matija Prodanovic, to round out the 2026-27 returners.

NEW TO THE NEST
Guards Xavier Brown (South Florida) and Treyvon Maddox (Miami) are part of a six-player transfer class that includes forwards Spencer Elliott (Charlotte) and Tyler Nelson (Navy) along with guards William Kermoury (Northeastern) and Tahlan Pettway (Western Carolina).

Wilmington products Kellum Brown of New Hanover High School and William Seward of John T. Hoggard High School also joined the program as walk-ons.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
High Point went 31-5 last year, including a near-perfect 15-1 conference record, to sweep both the Big South regular season and tournament titles and upset Wisconsin 83-82 in the NCAA First Round.

The Panthers topped the Big South Preseason Poll for the third straight year while Cam'Ron Fletcher was tabbed Preseason Player of the Year.

ON THE DOCKET
UNCW concludes its three-game preseason with a Saturday matinee vs. UNC Greensboro at Noon.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jahnathan Lamothe

#5 Jahnathan Lamothe

G
6' 4"
Senior
CJ Luster II

#3 CJ Luster II

G
6' 3"
Graduate Student
Makel Smith

#12 Makel Smith

G
6' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore
Gavin Walsh

#22 Gavin Walsh

F
6' 8"
Senior
Patrick Wessler

#2 Patrick Wessler

C
7' 0"
Graduate Student
Xavier Brown

#0 Xavier Brown

G
6' 2"
Graduate Student
Tyler Nelson

#1 Tyler Nelson

F
6' 6"
Fifth Year
Treyvon Maddox

#6 Treyvon Maddox

G
6' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
William Kermoury

#7 William Kermoury

G
6' 5"
Senior
Tahlan Pettway

#8 Tahlan Pettway

G
6' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jahnathan Lamothe

#5 Jahnathan Lamothe

6' 4"
Senior
G
CJ Luster II

#3 CJ Luster II

6' 3"
Graduate Student
G
Makel Smith

#12 Makel Smith

6' 0"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Gavin Walsh

#22 Gavin Walsh

6' 8"
Senior
F
Patrick Wessler

#2 Patrick Wessler

7' 0"
Graduate Student
C
Xavier Brown

#0 Xavier Brown

6' 2"
Graduate Student
G
Tyler Nelson

#1 Tyler Nelson

6' 6"
Fifth Year
F
Treyvon Maddox

#6 Treyvon Maddox

6' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
G
William Kermoury

#7 William Kermoury

6' 5"
Senior
G
Tahlan Pettway

#8 Tahlan Pettway

6' 2"
Sophomore
G