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Saturday, Feb. 22 -- at Radford (Radford, Va.), 2 p.m.
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The High Point University women's basketball team (11-13, 9-6 Big South) heads on the road this weekend (Feb. 21) for one of its two remaining road games in the regular season, traveling to Radford University (13-11, 11-4) for a 2 p.m. matchup.
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Matchup History
- This is the 51st meeting between Radford and High Point with the Panthers holding a 28-22 advantage.
- HPU controls the series in the Millis Center with an 18-7 record but struggles on the road, entering Saturday with just a 10-14 record when playing in Radford.
- High Point got the better of the Highlanders back in January, winning 68-58. Senior Camryn Brown almost had a triple-double in the game, scoring 14 points and adding nine assists and eight rebounds.
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Panther Notes
- The Panthers fell to Gardner-Webb last Saturday, making it two straight losses for the first time since the end of the 2019 calendar year.
- Brown led the team in scoring for the third straight game, scoring 13 against the Runnin' Bulldogs.
- Sophomore Skyler Curran was the only other Panther in double digits last week, dropping in 11 points, including scoring the final seven points of the game for the Purple and White.
- Chyna McMichel had a career day against GWU, with the junior grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds and matching her career-best with three blocked shots.
- Curran was named the Big South Player of the Week last Monday (2/10) for the third time this season after she notched her fourth double-double of the year last Tuesday against Hampton. It was the third straight week that HPU had a player named Player of the Week by the Big South and fourth out of a span of five weeks.
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Three-Point Club make total: 250
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Across the Bench
- Radford enters the game with a 13-11 record on the year and 11-4 mark in conference play.
- The Highlanders have been on a roll as of late, winning their last five games to climb into second place in the Big South, a half-game ahead of Hampton and two games ahead of HPU.
- Radford is in the top-50 in the country in fewest fouls and in field goal percentage defense, committing the 49th fewest fouls on the year and holding opponents to 36.7% from the field for 41st in Division I.
- Khiana Johnson and Sydney Nunley are the only Highlanders to average double-digit points per game, with Johnson averaging 11.8 PPG and Nunley averaging 10.7.
- Nunley leads the team in rebounding, grabbing an average of 7.8 rebounds per game, followed closely by Amele Ngwafang's average of 7.6 RPG.
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Up Next: The Panthers stay on the road next week, traveling to Presbyterian on Tuesday (Feb. 25) before returning home next weekend to start a three-game homestand to finish out the regular season.
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