WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 18 | 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Millis Center | High Point, N.C.
RECORDS: High Point (11-13, 9-4), Campbell (18-6, 10-3)
SERIES RECORD: 40th meeting | High Point leads 36-13
LAST MEETING: Campbell won 58-33 in Buies Creek, N.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017
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Audio: High Point Panthers Radio Network
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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team has vaulted to within one game of first place with a six-game winning streak. On Saturday, the Purple & White will get a chance to avenge their only loss in the last four week as they host Campbell at 2 p.m.
 
The Panthers (11-13) are 9-4 in Big South action after a 78-69 victory over Liberty on Tuesday in the Millis Center. Meanwhile, the Camels (18-6) are tied atop the league standings with a 10-3 mark.
 
Quick Hitters:
• Kaylah Keys and Emma Bockrath became the first HPU duo to reach 20 points apiece in over two seasons as they led the Panthers to a 78-69 win over Liberty.
 
• HPU has experienced an offensive explosion during its six-game winning streak with all six wins coming by at least nine points. During the streak, the team is averaging 80.0 points per game thanks in large part to Emma Bockrath's 21.7 per night.
 
• This year's team could break the program's Division I record for free throw percentage and three-point percentage. The team is shooting .360 beyond the arc and .751 from the line, both marginally better than the previous record (.356 and .749).
 
• Emma Bockrath, the two-time reigning Big South Player of the Week, is averaging 17.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.8 steals in HPU's 13 league contests.
 
• Keys is headed toward other remarkable career milestone. The guard needs 30 rebounds and two 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 seven-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 65th this year with 40.8 rebounds per contest.
 
• Emma Bockrath has scored at least 20 points in four straight games. No Panther has scored at least 20 points in five straight games since Erin Reynolds closed out the 2011-12 season with five 20-point outings in a row.
 
• High Point has drilled 162 three-pointers (6.8/game), which is the highest per game average in program history.
 
• Kaylah Keys needs seven more appearances to pass Shamia Brown as the player with the most Division I games played donning HPU's Purple & White.
 
HPU's Swiss Army Knife
• Emma Bockrath has done a little bit of everything for HPU this season including starting as a guard and a forward. The sophomore leads the team in several cateories.
            • Scoring: 13.8 ppg (first)
            • Rebounding: 6.1 rpg (first)
            • Assists: 3.2 apg (first)
            • Steals: 37 (first)
            • Blocks: 7 (first)
            • Field Goals: 125 (first)
 
• During Big South play the sophomore leads the conference with 17.5 points per game and in three-point shooting percentage (.457).
 
Regaining Their Mojo
• The Panthers are one win away from equaling their overall (12) and conference (10) wins totals from last season. The team already has more home wins this year than it did during the 2015-16 season.
 
• HPU has clinched a .500 or better league record for the 17th straight season - three .500 finishes including 2015-16.
 
All-Time Series with Campbell
High Point leads the series 26-13 and is 13-2 when hosting the Camels in the Millis Center.
 
Last Time They Met
Campbell's nation's best defense held the Panthers to a 10-year low, 33 points in a 58-33 victory on Jan. 24.
 
Scouting the Camels
It's all about the defensive side of the ball for Campbell as it leads the nation allowing just 47.4 points per game. The team also has the second best rebounding margin (+7.1) in the conference. When the Camels have the ball, Summer Price anchors things scoring 12.5 points per game. Meanwhile, Caroline Bowns is the top three-point shooter in the conference after hitting nine triples in CU's last game.
 
The Matchup to Watch
In the first meeting between the 'unstoppable force' and 'immovable object,' the object won out as Campbell held the league-leading HPU offense to 33 points. Since then, the Panthers are scoring 80.0 ppg and shooting 46 percent and earning a +11.5 rebounding margin.
 
Next Up
High Point heads to South Carolina twice next week. The team travels to Charleston Southern on Tuesday to play the Bucs at 7 p.m. The squad then treks to Clinton, S.C. on Saturday to play the Blue Hose at 2 p.m. in the Templeton Center.
 
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