Katie Feenstra scored 29 points and added 12 rebounds to help Liberty hold off a High Point rally and down the Panthers, 70-64, Saturday afternoon at the Millis Center.

The win for the Lady Flames (20-6, 12-0 Big South) was their 35th straight against Big South opponents. The Panthers erased an 11-point halftime deficit, but couldn't hang on and dropped to 13-12 (7-5 in League play) and into a second-place tie with UNC Asheville.

Charlena Martin led the Panthers with 18 points, while Chan Ingram tallied a career-high 17 points off the bench for HPU.

Kristina Palaimaite (11 points) also reached double-figures for the Lady Flames, whose six-point margin of victory was their closest of the Conference season.

The matchup of the top two teams in the Big South featured 11 lead changes, with nine coming in the first 20 minutes. High Point used a 6-0 run to grab a 20-19 lead at the 5:02 mark on an Ingram jumper.

But the Lady Flames scored the next 12 points to surge ahead to a 31-20 lead, capped off by two of Feenstra's 13 first-half points. Liberty led 35-24 at intermission.

Liberty held a 10-point lead (56-46) at the 6:59 mark and looked to be in control before the Panthers exploded for an 11-0 run (featuring six points for Ingram and five for Martin) to take a 57-56 advantage with 3:50 to play.

But Feenstra hit one of two free throws, LU grabbed an important offensive rebound, and back-to-back Feenstra layups gave Liberty a 61-57 lead.

High Point freshman Tonya Tripp responded with an old-fashioned three-point play at the 2:27 mark to pull the Panthers within 61-60, but Dania Staugaitiene drove for a layup at the other end and a three-point Liberty lead (63-60).

After Ingram scored again to get HPU within 63-62 with 1:47 to play, Aundrea Dawson hit one of two free throws and Monique Leonard converted a pair to push the LU cushion to 68-62 with 33.0 seconds left. Emily Mills scored on a layup to pull the Panthers within 68-64 with 21.9 seconds to go.

Leonard was fouled and missed two free throws with 20.0 seconds left on the clock and Tripp pulled down the board for HPU. Martin was fouled with 12.8 seconds and then missed a pair of her own free throws. Katie Ralls grabbed the rebound for HPU, but Leonard stole the ball and threw it to Michelle Parker, who iced the game with a pair of free throws.

The taller Lady Flames held a 41-38 rebounding advantage, but High Point recorded six blocks, led by Martin's career-high three.

Leonard had a solid all-around game for Liberty (eight points, three rebounds, seven assists, four steals).

The Panthers host Radford Wednesday night in the Millis Center in their final regular-season home game. Tip-off is set for 7:00 pm.