HIGH POINT vs. GARDNER-WEBB
WHEN: Jan. 12, 2019 | 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Boiling Springs, N.C. | Paul Porter Arena (3,500)
RECORDS: HPU (9-5, 2-1) | GWU (8-6, 2-0)
SERIES RECORD: HPU leads 20-13
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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's basketball team will continue Big South Conference play as they travel to Boiling Springs, N.C. to take on Gardner-Webb on Saturday, Jan. 12. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. in the Paul Porter Arena on Gardner-Webb's campus.
 
History vs. Gardner-Webb
This will be the 34th meeting all-time between the two programs. HPU currently leads the series 20-13. Gardner-Webb took a 54-47 win in Boiling Springs, N.C on Feb. 24, 2018.
 
Paw Prints
• The Panthers are 112-89 all-time under head coach DeUnna Hendrix.
 
• Hendrix is 3-3 win when her teams are playing at Gardner-Webb.
 
• Senior Emma Bockrath leads the Purple & White with 16.8 points per game and 7.1 rebounds per game.
 
• Bockrath was named Big South Women's Basketball Player of the Week (Dec. 3) after averaging 15.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 4.0 steals over three games.
 
•The Dayton, Ohio native ranks second in the Big South in steals per game (3.1), third in scoring (16.8), field goal percentage (.434), assists per game (3.8) and assist/turnover ratio (1.5), seventh in rebounding (7.1). Bockrath is 19th in the NCAA in steals per game.
 
• Senior Lindsey Edwards is second in points per game for High Point at 11.8. Edwards also adds 4.7 rebounds per game.
 
• The Perry Hall, Md. native ranks fourth in the Big South in steals per game and 11th in points per game. Edwards is 35th in the NCAA in steals per game.
 
 
• Senior Bria Gibson's 5.7 rebounds per game is second for HPU. Gibson adds 7.1 points per game.
 
• Senior Shea Morgan is third on the team in rebounds per game (5.5) and in assists per game (2.6) and fourth in points per game (10.2).
 
• Junior Camryn Brown is tops on the team and second in the Big South in assists per game at 4.2. She leads the Big South in assist/turnover ratio at 1.6. 
 
• The Copley, Ohio native is third on the team with 10.4 points per game.
 
• High Point averages 72.8 points per game, which leads the Big South.
 
• The Panthers also lead the conference in field goal percentage (.420), assists (16.08) and assist/turnover ratio (0.95).
 
• The Panthers average 11.3 steals per game, which ranks tied for 20th in the NCAA.
 
A LOOK AT THE RUNNIN' BULLDOGS (8-6, 2-0)
• Carley Plentovich leads Gardner-Webb at 13.1 points per game. She ranks seventh in the Big South in scoring.
 
• Carley Plentovich is sixth in the conference in steals per game at 2.6.
 
• Gabrielle Caponegro is tops on the team in the rebounding with 6.9 per game. She ranks eighth in the conference in the category.
 
• Caponegro adds 6.9 points per game.
 
• Ky'Asia Stanford leads the team in assists at 2.9 per game. She is eighth in the Big South in the category.
 
• Stanford ranks fifth in the Big South in assist/turnover ratio at 1.2.
 
• Savannah Plentovich is second on the team in points per game at 10.9 and rebounds per game at 5.3. 
 
• Gardner-Webb grabs 12.1steals per game. This leads the Big South and ranks ninth in the NCAA.
 
• As a team, Gardner-Webb leads the Big South in turnover margin at 7.5.
 
• The Runnin' Bulldogs force 22.6 turnovers per game.
 
• Head coach Alex Simms is in her first season as the head coach at Gardner-Webb. She has a 7-6 record this season.
 
 
DeUnna Hendrix vs. Presbyterian & Big South Opponents
• HPU head coach DeUnna Hendrix is 9-4 in her career against Gardner-Webb. She has compiled a 76-41 all-time record against Big South teams. Hendrix has a 3-3 record in Boiling Springs, N.C.
 
Up Next
The Panthers will travel to Asheville, N.C. to play UNC Asheville on Saturday, Jan. 19.  Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. in Kimmel Arena on UNC Asheville's campus.
 
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