Site: Spartanburg, S.C. (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium)
 
Score: Wofford 74, High Point 52
 
Records: High Point (2-4), Wofford (2-5)
 
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The High Point University women's basketball team fell to Wofford in a 74-52 ballgame. Jenson Edwards led the Panthers with 21 points on 4-of-9 shooting from three-point range. Jaden Wrightsell chipped in 12 points and led the team with seven rebounds.
 
Chelsea Banbury: "I give Wofford a lot of credit. They played hard and executed very well tonight. We need to clean some things up and finish a little better and we will be in good shape."
 
Panther Particulars
The HPU offense struggled early, allowing Wofford to get out to a 8-1 lead until Jenson Edwards forced a steal and converted a layup and Callie Scheier hit the Panthers' first three-pointer of the night on the next possession to pull within 8-6.

CALLI3! We've reached the 1st quarter media timeout and Wofford leads 12-9.#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/9UgkFI0Adh

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) November 30, 2021

 
With the defense honing in on Edwards after eight first-quarter point, Jaden Wrightsell started to heat up inside working around defenders for layups.

Jaden gets her own rebound and puts it back for 2! Down 30-23 with 6:14 left in the half.#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/DWkiRLsrsF

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) November 30, 2021

 
For the final three minutes of the half, the teams traded baskets and Wofford took a 35-27 advantage into the halftime break.
 
HPU came out strong in the third quarter as Jenson Edwards made a layup and sunk another three-pointer to pull the Panthers within 35-33, forcing a Wofford timeout early in the half.

Working back into it! @jenson_edwards with a drive to the hoop and a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions forces a Wofford timeout.#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/ieizcvu4vh

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) November 30, 2021

 
But Wofford would keep HPU at bay, outscoring the visitors 19-12 in the third quarter and 20-13 in the final period.
 
Next Up: High Point travels to Liberty on Saturday, December 4^th for a 7 p.m. tip-off in Lynchburg, Va.