The High Point University women's basketball team returns to action on Wednesday night to host Concord in Qubein Arena. The Panthers look to rebound after dropping the regular season opener to Davidson on Monday night, 77-64.

GAME INFORMATION -- High Point vs. Concord
Wednesday, November 9^th | 7:00 PM | Qubein Center | High Point, N.C.
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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
High Point dropped a 77-64 contest to Davidson on Monday night. The Panthers were led by Skyler Curran's 19 points while Jenson Edwards chipped in 14 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and three blocks.
 
ACROSS THE BENCH
High Point vs. Concord
The Panthers are 1-0 against Concord after playing one game with the Mountain Lions in the 1998 season.  
 
About the Mountain Lions
Concord has not played a game in the 2022-23 season. The Mountain Lions were slotted sixth in the MEC preseason poll after finishing 2021-22 with a 20-11 overall record and 13-9 in conference play. Concord returns its second leading scorer from a season ago in Maggie Guynn 10.9 points per game. Head coach Tesla Southcott is in her first season with the Mountain Lions.
 
Milestone Watch
Redshirt senior Jenson Edwards is nearing her 1,000^th point milestone. Edwards has recorded 972 career points over four seasons with the Panthers. She dropped 14 points against Davidson on Monday night to go along with seven rebounds, six assists, and three blocks.

Edwards is also closing in on a top-10 career games started spot in the program's record book. In her 83 games played in the Purple and White, she has made 80 starts. There are currently three former Panthers who have made 89 starts and two with 90 starts. Emma Bockrath holds the program's lead at 123 games started in her career.

Graduate student Skyler Curran is also making her way up the program's top-10 list for career three-pointers made. Curran currently sits third with 238 makes behind Camryn Brown's 243 and leader Kaylah Keys' 255.

 
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.