The High Point University women's basketball team makes the trek south to participate in the San Juan Shootout. The Panthers will face Stony Brook on Wednesday afternoon before finishing up the trip in Puerto Rico on Saturday afternoon in a contest with Georgetown.

Another one!!!!! @Nakyah_T #H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/rAeKrpFmzB

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) November 16, 2022

 
GAME INFORMATION – SAN JUAN SHOOTOUT
High Point vs. Stony Brook | Wednesday, November 23rd | 2:30 PM
High Point vs. Georgetown | Saturday, November 26^th | 1:00 PM
Roberto Clemente Coliseum | San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Preseason Panthers
Three HPU players earned Big South Preseason honors and High Point was picked to win the conference for the second year in a row in preseason polls. Skyler Curran and Jenson Edwards were named to the Preseason All-Big South First Team while Jordan Edwards earned Second Team Big South preseason honors.
 
Last Time Out
The Panthers fell in an 88-74 contest to Wofford in Qubein Arena on Saturday night. High Point was led with two 20-point scorers in Skyler Curran (24) and Jenson Edwards (22). Edwards recorded her first double-double of the season with 10 rebounds while Curran added nine boards. Edwards scored her 1,000th career point while Curran recorded her 500th career rebound, making them the seventh and eighth members of HPU's NCAA Division I-era 1,000 point & 500 rebound club. Curran and Edwards are two of just three active Big South women's basketball players to have recorded over 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds. 
 
ACROSS THE BENCH
High Point vs. San Juan Shootout
The Panthers face two new opponents in Puerto Rico with Stony Brook on Wednesday afternoon and Georgetown on Saturday afternoon to close out the trip.
 
About the Seawolves
Stony Brook is 2-2 on the young season, claiming wins over Manhattan and Iona. Three Seawolves have posted scoring averages in double digits, led by Anastasia Warren's 17.8 points per game. Sherese Pittman nearly averages a double-double with 10.8 points per game and a team-high 8.5 rebounds per game. Head coach Ashley Langford is in her second season in Long Island after posting a 23-6 overall record a year ago.
 
About the Hoyas
Georgetown is 3-1 through four games so far, posting wins over Salem, Coppin State, and Cal State Fullerton. Jada Claude and Kennedy Fauntleroy each average just over 11 points per game to lead the Hoyas. James Howard is in his fifth season as head coach of the Hoyas.  
 
Curran Conjures First Double-Double
Graduate student Skyler Curran recorded the Panthers' first double-double of the season as she dropped team highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Curran leads HPU with 15.7 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game through the first three contests.
 
Milestone Watch
Redshirt senior Jenson Edwards is eclipsed her 1,000^th point milestone in Saturday's game against Wofford. Edwards finished with 22 points and now has recorded 1,018 points over four seasons with the Panthers. Edwards also reached 500 career rebounds earlier this season, making her the 11^th Panther in HPU's NCAA Division I history to do so.

THATS 1000!!!!!! Welcome to the club @jenson_edwards ???????? #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/0sVTSM9Xrn

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) November 20, 2022

 
HPU Women's Basketball 1,000 Career Points & 500 Career Rebounds (D1 Era)
Katie O'Dell (2002-06) – 1,307 points, 680 rebounds
Mackenzi Maier (2007-11) – 1,119 points, 595 rebounds
Shamia Brown (2008-12) – 1,590 points, 745 rebounds
Cheyenne Parker (2010-13) – 1,200 points, 1,039 rebounds
Stacia Robertson (2012-15) – 1,274 points, 801 rebounds
Emma Bockrath (2015-18) – 1,616 points, 747 rebounds
Jenson Edwards (2019-pres.) – 1,018 points, 526 rebounds
Skyler Curran (2019-pres.) – 1,327 points, 502 rebounds
 
Skyler Curran is on the hunt to claim possession as the career leader in three-pointers made. Curran is now second in HPU's NCAA Division I history with 247 made triples, passing Camryn Brown's 243. Kaylah Keys (2013-17) holds the record at 255 triples made in a career. Curran also passed the 500 career rebounds mark, making her the 12^th member of the HPU's 1,000 point and 500 rebounds club.

Tie ballgame!!! @SkylerCurran_21 #H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/OluSibPSwO

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) November 16, 2022

Edwards and Curran become the seventh and eighth members of the Panthers' NCAA Division I-era 1,000 point and 500 rebound club and are two of just three active women's basketball players in the Big South who have reached the milestone.
 
Terrell Leads HPU in Exhibition Win
Sophomore guard Nakyah Terrell picked up right where she left off in 2021-22 as High Point posted a 64-35 win over UNC Pembroke last Tuesday night in Qubein Arena. Terrell led the Panthers with 15 points and seven rebounds while shooting 6-of-9 from the floor.
 
New Faces Make Presence Known
Two freshmen joined the HPU roster this season, guard Anna Häger and forward Nevaeh Zavala. Häger posted 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting with five rebounds while going 2-for-4 from beyond the arc. Zavala chipped in a three-pointer and two rebounds in 15 minutes played in her Purple and White debut.
 
Back For More
High Point returns four of its five leading scorers from a season ago in Jenson Edwards, Nakyah Terrell, Callie Scheier, and Cydney Johnson. 2021-22 Big South Preseason Player of the Year Skyler Curran also returns in 22-23 after a season-ending injury sidelined her in the first regular season game. Besides Terrell, each player was on the 2020-21 NCAA Tournament team and played significant minutes against UConn.
 
Terrell Looks to Capitalized After Breakout Season
Sophomore Nakyah Terrell had a breakout freshman season in 2021-22, emerging as the third-leading scorer for the Panthers. Named the Big South Player of the Week three times and featured on the All-Freshman team a season ago, Terrell averaged 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game while passing out 54 assists and tallying 25 steals. She recorded 10 double-digit scoring games, one double-double (vs. Wake Forest, Nov. 24), and two 20-point scoring games.  
 
Year Two in the Qubein Center
After amassing a 9-5 record in its new home a season ago, HPU returns to the state-of-the-art Qubein Arena & Conference Center for its second season. In last season's exhibition contest against Mount Olive, the Panther women posted an 82-68 win in front of a crowd of 1,354 fans in Purple & White. Throughout 14 games in the regular season in the Qubein Center, HPU brought in over 11,600 spectators.