WHEN: Thursday, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Millis Center – High Point, N.C.
RECORDS: High Point (0-1), Brevard College (1-1)
SERIES RECORD: HPU leads, 1-0
LAST MEETING: High Point def. Brevard, 72-65, at HPU on Nov. 15, 2014
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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team is back on the Millis Center floor at 7 p.m. on Thursday to take on Brevard College.
 
The Panthers (0-1) opened the season with a setback to a tough Ohio squad while Brevard is 1-1 on the year with a win over Bob Jones and a loss to UNCG.
 
KEYS' CLIMB
• Senior Kaylah Keys is 93 points from tying Shamia Brown for HPU's Division I scoring record. She also is within striking distance of breaking HPU's D-I record for three-pointers and free throws made.
 
• The Memphis, Tenn. product ranks 21st in scoring in Big South history and needs 20 points to move into the top-20. Likewise, she needs 14 three-pointers to move into the top-10 on the league's three-pointers made list.
 
Everyone Returns (Almost)
• A season after replacing nine departures with seven new faces, the Purple & White only have to replace one player from last season's team - Aariel Allen.
 
• High Point returns four starters and a large percentage of every major statistical category from last year:
            • Scoring: 1,919 of 2,015 (95 percent)
            • Rebounding: 983 of 1,109 (89 percent)
            • Assists: 361 of 374 (96 percent)
            • Steals: 229 of 251 (91 percent)
            • Three-Pointers: 171 of 171 (100 percent)
            • Minutes: 5,764 of 6,240 (92 percent)
 
Reserve Impact
Thanks in part to Kaylah Keys coming off the bench, the HPU reserves recorded half the team's points (24 of 48) and 22 of the squad's 42 rebounds. Sophomore Lindsey Edwards led the team with 11 points off the bench while sophomore Shea Morgan paced the team with 11 boards as a reserve.
 
A LOOK AT BREVARD (1-1)
Brevard College is 1-1 after opening the year with a 77-34 setback to UNCG before besting Bob Jones by a score of 73-65 on Tuesday night. The team is paced by Madison Lennox who leads the team in points (13.0/game), rebounds (11.0/game) and assists (3.5/game). Meanwhile, sophomore AnnaLee Bollinger tallied a team-high 17 points against Bob Jones on the strength of five three-pointers.
 
All-Time Series with the Tornadoes
The Panthers beat Brevard 72-65 to open the 2014-15 season in the Millis Center on Nov. 15, 2014. Both team's leading scorers in that game return for Thursday's contest as Kaylah Keys paced HPU with 22 points while Madison Lennox posted 16 for Brevard.
 
Against the South Atlantic Conference
High Point is 89-61 (.593) all-time against current members of the South Atlantic. But since the switch to Division I, the Purple & White are 5-0 versus South Atlantic foes.
            • Nov. 15, 2014: Brevard (72-65)
            • Nov. 9, 2013: Newberry (79-58)
            • Nov. 22, 2005: Mars Hill (57-49)
            • Nov. 22, 2004: Queens (100-58)
            • Dec. 30, 2002: Tusculum (57-41)
 
Next Up
• The Panthers will hit the road for the first time this season to take Kaylah Keys back near her hometown to play Ole Miss on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. From Oxford, Miss., HPU will bus to Birmingham, Ala. to take on UAB on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. before continuing on back to the Triad.
 
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