WHEN: Tuesday, 8 p.m.
WHERE: Bartow Arena – Birmingham, Ala.
RECORDS: High Point (1-2), UAB (1-2)
SERIES RECORD: UAB leads 3-0
LAST MEETING: Nov. 26, 2015 | Cancun, Mexico | UAB won 56-46
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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team continues its southern road trip on Tuesday at 8 p.m. against UAB in Birmingham, Ala.
 
The Panthers (1-2) gave Ole Miss all it could handle on Sunday in a 73-62 setback despite 16 points from Mississippi native Kaylah Keys. The senior racked up season highs in points, rebounds (5) and assists (4) while sophomore Emma Bockrath contributed 16 points to the cause as well.
 
Keys is Climbing
• Senior Kaylah Keys is 62 points from tying Shamia Brown for HPU's Division I scoring record. She also is within striking distance of breaking the D-I record for three-pointers and free throws made.
 
• The Memphis, Tenn. product is the leading active scorer in the Big South Conference and is 12th among active players nationally.
 
• The guard also ranks 19th in scoring in Big South history and needs 17 points to move past Holly Bottar of Coastal Carolina into 18th. Likewise, she needs nine three-pointers to move into the top-10 on the league's three-pointers made list.
 
Reserve Impact
• Coming into Sunday, HPU's bench had registered 45 percent of the team's scoring (62-137) and half the rebounds (48-96). But only mustered seven points and nine rebounds in the setback at Ole Miss.
 
• The team's leading scorer has come off the bench in two of the three games this year as Lindsey Edwards led the way against Ohio (11 points) before Bre Davis racked up 15 against Brevard.
 
Scouting UAB
Like High Point, the Blazers enter Tuesday's showdown looking to move to .500 on the year. UAB opened the year with a 59-49 win over the Big South's Gardner-Webb before falling to DePaul and Belmont by double figures. UAB returns only one starter from last season's squad that went 15-16 last season. The Blazers were picked to finish ninth in the 14-team Conference USA. Coming off the bench in the team's first three games, freshman Miyah Barnes is pacing UAB with 16.0 points per game and is second in minutes (29.7 mpg).
 
All-Time Series with the Blazers
UAB and HPU have met three times on the hardwood with the Blazers taking home three wins by an average margin of 10 points per game. Last season in the Cancun Challenge, UAB earned a 56-46 victory despite a 14-point outing by Kaylah Keys.
 
Against the Conference USA
The Panthers are 1-9 all-time against current members of the Conference USA with the win coming against UNC Charlotte in Feb. 1979. The three most recent contests have come against UAB.
 
Next Up
After Thanksgiving, HPU will head to Morgantown, W. Va. to take on the No. 21 Mountaineers on Sunday at 4 p.m.
 
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