WHEN: Monday, Nov. 27 | 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Edmunds Center | DeLand, Fla.
RECORDS: High Point (2-2), Stetson (3-3)
SERIES RECORD: Second meeting, Stetson leads 1-0
LAST MEETING: Stetson won 81-47 on Dec. 3, 2016 in the Millis Center
VIDEO: ESPN3
AUDIO: No broadcast for Monday's game
LIVE STATS: GoHatters.Com
GAME NOTES: HighPointPanthers.Com
 
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team kicks off a two-game road trip at Stetson on Monday at 7:00 p.m. in DeLand, Fla.
 
The Panthers (2-2) are coming off an 82-69 triumph over Barton, which featured three players posting career highs in scoring. Meanwhile, the Hatters (3-3) went 1-2 at the Savannah Invitational over the last week.
 
QUICK HITTERS
• Kat Harris began her senior campaign shooting an uncharacteristic 2-for-14 from beyond the arc. However, she broke out of the slump on Tuesday hitting 6-of-9 from distance en route to a career-high 25 points against Barton.
 
• Harris was one of three Panthers to post a career high in points Lindsey Edwards poured in 20 and Shea Morgan collected 17.
 
• Emma Bockrath racked up three straight double-doubles for the first time in her career to open the 2017-18 campaign. She ranks 10th in the nation in the statistical category.
 
• Despite playing a forward spot, Morgan has paced the team in assists in two games this year. The junior leads the team and is fourth in the Big South with 4.0 assists per game.
 
• HPU assisted on 22 of 31 makes against Barton and have now assisted on 60.8 percent of the field goals this year. That's an increase for the third straight season.
 
• Hendrix finally has a veteran roster to work with for the first time since 2014-15. HPU has had at least 70 percent of its roster comprised by underclassmen each of the last two years, but have nine upperclassmen this season.
 
• The addition of Heather Kearney to the staff is showing early returns as HPU's pressure defense has held opponents to a .257 mark from three-point land, which ranks eighth in the country. Last season, opponents hit .310 from long distance against the Panthers' defense.
 
• The Panthers are 34-44 in road games under DeUnna Hendrix and 4-24 in non-conference road outings in that span.
 
All-Time Series with Stetson
The Panthers and Hatters have met just once prior to Monday's contest with Stetson coming into the Millis Center on Dec. 3 and earning an 81-47 victory.
 
Scouting the Hatters
Stetson is 3-3 on the year after going 1-2 in the Savannah Invitational last week. That stint in Savannah included a win over Florida and setbacks to Wright State and Providence. The squad is led by the backcourt of Brittney Chambers (17.5 ppg) and McKenna Beach (13.0 ppg).
 
All Kinds of Threats
• The Panthers have had four different leading scorers in each of the first four games of the season and also have had four different players post 20-point outings.
 
• Eight different players have registered a double-digit scoring outing in 2017-18. Meanwhile, seven have already posted a career-high mark in scoring.
 
Continuing to Rebound
• Last year, HPU outrebounded its opponents by 5.3 boards per outing, which ranked 45th nationally. That mark was an 8.6 per game improvement from 2015-16.
 
• Through three games in 2017-18, that trend as continued as HPU ranks 65th nationally with 44.3 rpg. The team also boasts a plus-6.5 in rebounding margin per contest.
 
• HPU has outrebounded all of N.C. Wesleyan (22), Ohio (13) and Barton (11) by at least 11 boards.
 
Consecutive Starts Record
Bockrath has started 65 straight games through the last two-plus seasons leaving her eight games short of tying HPU's D-I record. (See ranking on right.)
 
NEXT UP
High Point continues its two-game road trip at Norfolk State on Wednesday (Nov. 29). The Purple & White will return to the Millis Center on Sunday, Dec. 3 at noon against UAB.
 
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