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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team looks to make it three straight victories on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when Liberty visits the Millis Center.
 
The Panthers (10-15, 9-7) won both their games last week scoring 80 or more points in each. Conversely, the Flames (15-10, 12-4) have lost their last two contests scoring just 51 points in each outing.
 
Last Time Out
• Sophomore Kat Harris came out on fire scoring 11 first-half points on 3-of-3 shooting to spark the Panthers to a 38-27 lead at halftime on Saturday against the Eagles. Winthrop fought back to within six points, but HPU outscored the visitors 23-9 the rest of the way to earn the 80-60 victory.
 
• Harris (16 points) led the four Panthers scoring in double figures as junior Kaylah Keys racked up 15 points and five assists.
 
• Freshman Haleigh Hatfield added her second double-double in a row with 13 points and 10 rebounds on the afternoon.
 
• Freshman Emma Bockrath gave the Purple & White two players with double-doubles with 14 points and a season-best 11 boards.
 
Youth Movement
• HPU's seven freshmen are logging 63 percent of the team's minutes and are scoring 56 percent of HPU points and grabbing 58 percent of the squad's steals this season.
 
• Freshman Emma Bockrath has been stuffing the stat sheet on a nightly basis this season. The wing is second among league freshman in scoring (9.3/g) and first in steals (1.4/g) and assists (2.5/g) and fifth in rebounding (4.2/g).
 
• Haleigh Hatfield, who has won consecutive Big South Freshman of the Week awards, has hit 10-16 three-pointers while posting14.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in the last four games.
 
Keys' Climb
• Junior Kaylah Keys is leading the league in scoring this season (14.9 ppg) and is the active leader with 1,393 career points.
 
• Keys is second in HPU's Division I history in scoring and is 10th all-time needing 40 points to pass Arlene King (1990-93) for ninth.
 
Scouting the Flames
• Liberty appeared to be rounding into form late in January with an eight-game winning streak. However, it followed a 56-51 setback at UNC Asheville with a surprising 58-51 loss at home to eighth-place Coastal Carolina.
 
• The team has struggled shooting from outside all season with a .227 mark. But in the last two games Liberty is just 6-of-37 (16 percent).
 
• The Flames are working preseason Big South Player of the Year Ashley Rininger back into the lineup. The forward returned to action against HPU and is averaging 8.2 points and 6.0 rebounds in 17.3 minutes per game in the last six contests.
 
• Redshirt-seniors Katelyn Adams and Catherine Kearney are combining for 16.2 rebounds and 16.8 points per contest inside for the Flames.
 
• Balance is key for the Liberty offense and senior guard Sadalia Ellis runs the show averaging 9.8 points and 3.1 assists per night.
 
All-Time Series against Liberty
High Point trails the series with Liberty by 13-36 margin. HPU is 3-5 since DeUnna Hendrix became head coach.
 
Last Time They Met
Freshman Lindsey Edwards paced the team with 10 points and four steals as HPU fell 56-43 at Liberty on Jan. 30.
 
Next Up
The Panthers are back on the road at Charleston Southern on Saturday, Feb. 27 with an eye on avenging their 64-62 setback on Jan. 4.
 
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