High Point's Alan Huss Named ESPN Coach of the Week in Men's Power Rankings
By High Point Athletics
ESPN announced High Point Men's Basketball Head Coach
Alan Huss as the Coach of the Week in the Men's Power Rankings on Monday morning. HPU continued its hot streak going 2-0 last week with wins over USC Upstate and Winthrop, led by junior guard
Kezza Giffa with a career-high 37 points over the Eagles. The team remains the only unbeaten team in league play with a 7-0 start, recording the programs best start to conference since becoming Division I in 1999. The Panthers boasts a 10-game win streak, the longest win streak in program history in the DI era.
ESPN wrote:
"In a season with several first-year head coaches doing remarkable jobs, Huss is near the top of the list. High Point was picked seventh in the nine-team Big South preseason poll after finishing below .500 in league play in each of the past four seasons. However, the Panthers improved to 18-4 on the season after erasing a 17-point second-half deficit on the road at Winthrop on Saturday. They are 7-0 in conference play and are tied for the nation's second-longest winning streak (10).
Huss spent the past six seasons as an assistant coach under Greg McDermott at Creighton, so the Panthers' offensive prowess shouldn't come as a surprise. While we're talking High Point, it would be negligent not to mention guard Kezza Giffa, who has emerged as one of the best mid-major scorers in the country since the calendar flipped to 2024. He had 37 points in the win over Winthrop on Saturday and is averaging 29.7 points in three games as a starter."
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High Point's national recognition continues Thursday night with a game against Longwood on ESPNU. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.