WHEN: Wednesday, 5 p.m.
WHERE: Ramsey Center | Cullowhee, N.C.
RECORDS: High Point (2-7), Western Carolina (3-9)
SERIES RECORD: 20th meeting with WCU leading 8-11
LAST MEETING: High Point won 89-87 on Dec. 19, 2005
Audio: High Point Panthers Radio Network
Live Stats: CatamountSports.Com
Game Notes: HighPointPanthers.Com
 
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team hits the road for the final time in non-conference play to take on Western Carolina at 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Cullowhee, N.C.
 
The Panthers (2-7) picked up a win over Spring Hill on Saturday behind a 45-25 run through the second half. Junior Kat Harris drilled 11 free throws to lead four members of the Purple & White in double figures with 14 points.
 
 Quick Hitters
 • Kat Harris converted 11 of her 14 free throw attempts on Saturday against Spring Hill. The junior is now 28-of-33 (.848) from the line this year, which is good for second in the Big South as she looks to repeat as the league's top free thrower.
 
• As a team, High Point earned 34 trips to the free throw line against the Badgers while converting 30 of its attempts. The 88 percent performance upped the Panthers' season percentage to 73.6 percent (128-174) to move them to the top of the Big South in free throw shooting for the second straight season.
 
• Harris has paced the Purple & White in scoring in each of the past three games while averaging 16.0 points per game on the strength of 7-of-17 shooting from beyond the arc.
 
• Eight different Panthers have posted double-digit scoring efforts this season led by Kaylah Keys and Lindsey Edwards with five such performances this year. Last season, the squad only featured seven players with a double-figure scoring outing.

• Emma Bockrath owns the best assist-to-turnover ratio in the league posting 1.5 assists per turnover.
 
• Outside of her record scoring pace, Kaylah Keys is headed toward other remarkable career milestones. The guard needs 69 rebounds, 32 assists and 21 steals to become the first Panther in the team's Division I era to rack up 400 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals.
 
• Keys is fifth in the Big South with 1.7 steals per outing this season. The Memphis, Tenn. product is up to 179 steal in her career in the Purple & White, which is th sixth-most in HPU D-I era
 
• The Purple & White averaged 20.4 miscues in the first five games, but have taken better care of the ball in the last four games tallying just 15.8 turnovers per contest.
 
• The Panthers are sharing the ball at a high level this season. After assisting on 50.5 percent of the team's field goals in 2015-16, the squad is helping on 59.7 percent of its made baskets this winter.
 
Keys is Climbing
• Senior Kaylah Keys is 12 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 14th among active players nationally.
 
• The guard ranks 18th in scoring in Big South history and needs 13 points to move past Shamia Brown of High Point and into 17th. Likewise, she needs one three-pointer to move into the top-10 on the league's three-pointers made list.
 
All-Time Series with the Catamounts
Wednesday's contest will mark the 20th meeting between the Catamounts and the Panthers with WCU owning an 11-8 edge in the all-time series. However, its the first time these two programs have played since Dec. 19, 2005 when HPU earned a dramatic 89-87 victory in the Mills Center. Western Carolina has won three of the five meetings since High Point joined the Division I ranks.
 
Against the Southern Conference
The Panthers are 28-34 against the current members of the Southern Conference. High Point's last two non-conference foes hail from the SoCon as the squad follows their trip to WCU with a home game against UNCG on Dec. 30.
 
Scouting the Catamounts
WCU enters Wednesday's showdown with a 3-9 record after falling a 68-60 setback to Gardner-Webb on Monday. Sherea Bonner is one two watch averaging 10.3 ppg and 10.5 rpg.
 
Next Up
The Panthers wrap up the non-conference slate on Friday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. against UNCG for an intra-Triad showdown in the Millis Center.
 
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