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Saturday, Feb. 15 -- vs. Gardner-Webb (Millis Center, High Point, N.C.), 4 p.m.
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The High Point University women's basketball team (11-12, 9-5 Big South) hosts Gardner-Webb University (13-10, 8-6 Big South) on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15) at 4 p.m. as part of High Point University's Family Weekend.
 
Matchup History

• High Point and Gardner-Webb have played each other 36 times, with the Panthers holding a 22-14 advantage in the series.
• The Runnin' Bulldogs got the better of the Purple and White in the first meeting between the two this season, winning 70-57. It's the only game in 2020 that High Point has failed to score 60 points in.
• HPU struggles against Gardner-Webb on the road but has a commanding lead in the series at home, entering the game 13-4 against GWU at the Millis Center.

 
Panther Notes

• High Point lost a heartbreaker to Campbell last time out, falling 68-66 in the final second. It was the first game since 2016 that the Panthers have lost in the final second, the last being a 68-65 loss at home to the very same Campbell Fighting Camels.
• Senior Camryn Brown led the team with 24 points, her second consecutive 20-point game.
• Brown also finished with five assists, giving her 431 in her career and moving her to the top of High Point's Division I career assists leaderboard.
• Skyler Curran and Jenson Edwards also scored in double digits against Campbell, each finishing with 11 points to their names.
• Curran was named the Big South Player of the Week on Monday (2/10) for the third time this season after she notched her fourth double-double of the year last Tuesday against Hampton. It's the third straight week that HPU has had a player named Player of the Week by the Big South and fourth out of the last five weeks.
• The Panthers are now 6-3 at home this season, the third-best home winning percentage in the Big South. HPU is 5-1 at home in conference contests, the second-best record in the Big South for such games.
• High Point had its best game from behind the arc at Upstate on last Saturday, going 16-29 from deep for a 55.2% shooting percentage. It's the first time this season that HPU has shot above 50% from three-point land and a stark contrast from the first game against the Spartans where the Purple and White attempted a total of 20 triples in the whole game.

 
Three-Point Club make total: 246
 
 
Across the Bench

• Gardner-Webb enters with a 13-10 mark on the year and an 8-6 record in conference play.
• The Runnin' Bulldogs enter the game having won their last two and four of their last five, dating back to the victory over HPU on Jan. 28.
• GWU is one of the best free throw shooting teams in the country, shooting 75.3% from the stripe to lead the conference and sit 36th in all of Division I.
• The Plentovich lead the way for Gardner-Webb's offense, with Carley Plentovich averaging 14.0 points per game and her sister Savannah averaging 12.2 PPG.
• Both shoot over 82% from the free throw line, with Carley's mark of 87% leading the Big South and 20th in the country.

 
 
Up Next: The Panthers have a bye for the mid-week game next week and are back in action next Saturday (Feb. 22) on the road at Radford. High Point then travels to Presbyterian the following Tuesday (Feb. 25) to finish its road games in the regular season before finishing things out with three games at the Millis Center.