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Tuesday, Feb. 25 -- at Presbyterian (Clinton, S.C.), 6 p.m.
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The High Point University women's basketball team (12-13, 10-6 Big South) wraps up its regular-season road schedule with a trip to Presbyterian College (10-16, 6-11 Big South) Tuesday evening (Feb. 25). A win would secure a winning record on the road in conference play for the Panthers.
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Matchup History
- High Point and Presbyterian have met 27 times in the past, with HPU controlling the series, 21-6.
- The Panthers haven't lost to the Blue Hose at home (13-0) but have struggled in the Templeton Center, going 6-5.
- HPU won the first game between the two this season back in January in a 60-55 decision. The Panthers only shot 28.8% from the floor in the game, the only time the Purple and White have won a game while shooting less than 40%.
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Panther Notes
- High Point got back in the win column on Saturday, defeating Radford 64-63. The win gave the Panthers a series sweep over the Highlanders for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
- Camryn Brown led the team in scoring for the fourth-straight game, putting up 26 points against Radford.
- The senior's performance moved her into seventh place on HPU's Division I scoring list, now 62 points away from sixth place on the list and 56 points away from cracking the top-15 of HPU's all-time scoring list.
- Sophomore Skyler Curran was the only other Panther in double digits against Radford, scoring 11 points for the second consecutive game.
- Chyna McMichel matched her career-high in blocks for the second-straight game, swatting three Radford attempts in the game.
- Senior Olivia VanSlooten is nearing her 100th career game, entering Tuesday with 97 games played in her career in the Purple and White.
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Three-Point Club make total: 258
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Across the Bench
- Presbyterian has a 6-11 record in conference play to sit ninth in the standings, a half-game behind Longwood for the eighth seed and right to host a first round game in the Big South Tournament.
- The Blue Hose most recently lost to Hampton on Saturday but won their previous two games, including getting a victory over Gardner-Webb for a season sweep of the Runnin' Bulldogs - a team that swept the Panthers this season.
- PC gets the job done with its defense, holding opponents to averaging 58.3 points per game, the fourth-best scoring defense in the Big South and 52nd-best in the country.
- Trinity Johnson is Presbyterian's do-it-all player and is the only member of PC to average double-digit points per game, scoring 14.6 PPG.
- She leads the conference with 145 free throw attempts, which is the 50th-most in Division I, and has made 108 of them for second in the Big South and 44th in the country.
- Johnson also has quick hands on defense, sitting second in the Big South in both steals and steals per game, sitting 24th nationally in steals and 21st in steals per game.
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Up Next: The Panthers return home on Saturday (Feb. 29) to host Longwood and start a three-game homestand to close out the regular season.
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