WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 14 | 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Millis Center | High Point, N.C.
RECORDS: High Point (10-13, 8-4), Liberty (9-14, 8-4)
SERIES RECORD: 52nd meeting | High Point trails 13-38
LAST MEETING: Liberty won 81-74 in Lynchburg, Va. on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017
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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team looks to continue climbing the Big South standings in a clash with Liberty on Tuesday in the Millis Center.
 
After their five straight wins, the Panthers (10-13, 8-4) are tied with the Flames (9-14, 8-4) for third place in the conference standings one game behind Radford and Campbell.
 
Quick Hitters:
• Emma Bockrath posted a career-high 27 points in HPU's 84-65 victory at Gardner-Webb on Saturday. The sophomore has scored at least 20 points in three straight games - the first to do so since Stacia Robertson racked up three straight 20-point outings last in the 2014-15 season.
 
• Emma Bockrath, the two-time reigning Big South Player of the Week, is averaging 16.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals in HPU's 12 league contests.
 
• HPU has experienced an offensive explosion during its five-game winning streak with all five wins coming by double digits. During the streak, the team is averaging 80.4 points per game thanks in large part to 16.2 assists per contest.
 
• This year's team could break the program's Division I record for free throw percentage and three-point percentage. The team is shooting .357 beyond the arc and .750 from the line, both marginally better than the previous record (.356 and .749).
 
• Keys is headed toward other remarkable career milestone. The guard needs 36 rebounds and three steals to become the first Panther in the team's Division I era to rack up 400 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals.
 
• A win would give High Point its first six-game winning streak since a seven-contest streak from Feb. 17-March 8, 2014, which included two Big South Tournament victories.
 
• In 2015-16, the Purple & White averaged 35.8 rebounds per game and finished 241st in the nation. However, this season the Panthers are 66th this year with 40.8 rebounds per contest.
 
• No Panther has scored at least 20 points in four straight games since Erin Reynolds closed out the 2011-12 season with five straight 20-point outings.
 
• With five straight wins the Panthers are tied with Liberty for second in the league standings and are just one game behind Radford and Campbell who are tied in first place.
 
HPU's Swiss Army Knife
• Emma Bockrath has done a little bit of everything for the Panthers this season including starting as a guard and a forward. The sophomore ranks in the top-2 of the squad in almost all statistical categories.
            • Scoring: 13.3 ppg (first)
            • Rebounding: 6.1 rpg (first)
            • Assists: 3.2 apg (first)
            • Steals: 32 (second)
            • Blocks: 7 (first)
            • Field Goals: 117 (first)
 
• During Big South play the sophomore leads the conference with 16.8 points per game and in three-point shooting percentage (.467).
 
All-Time Series with Liberty
Liberty is the only Big South Conference opponent with a winning record against High Point and leads the all-time series 38-13. The Flames come into Tuesday's matchup winners of the last six contests with the Panthers.
 
Last Time They Met
Liberty withstood an early three-point barrage from HPU to earn a hard-fought 81-74 victory. Kaylah Keys paced the team with 25 points while Emma Bockrath chipped in with 19 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
 
Scouting the Flames
Liberty enters Tuesday coming off back-to-back one-point games, the first a win over Radford before a setback at Presbyterian on Saturday. Four of the Flames' top five scorers are freshman and all five are newcomers, but after a 1-10 start, Liberty has come together to go 8-4 with all four league loses coming by 10 or fewer points.
 
The Matchup to Watch
When the Panthers and Flames take the court on Tuesday they will be battling for the right two stay one game behind the league leaders. But aside from the standings, the contest will feature two of the hottest players in the conference. Emma Bockrath and Keyen Green are in position to compete for postseason conference awards. Bockrath and Green both rank in the top-10 in the league in scoring and rebounding this season. In the previous meeting, Bockrath tallied 19 and nine while Green racked up 26 and 11.
 
Next Up
The Panthers are back home on Saturday to take league-leader Campbell in the Millis Center. In their previous meeting, the Camels held HPU to a season-low 33 points in the Gore Arena on Jan. 24.