Site: Qubein Center (High Point, N.C.)
Score: High Point 64, Radford 49
Records: High Point (10-11, 7-3), Radford (5-16, 1-9)
The High Point University women's basketball team extended their win streak to four games with a win over the Radford Highlanders, 64-49, in the Qubein Center on Monday night.
Jenson Edwards led the way for the HPU offense with 18 points on the day.
Callie Scheier finished with 10 points.
Cydney Johnson had 7 rebounds.
Head coach
Chelsea Banbury: "Obviously I think there's things that we need to clean up, but I am happy that we were able to get a win. We had a little bit of a slow start, Jenson was able to provide us with a spark at the beginning of the game. She was attacking the basket and she did a good job of finishing at the rim and going on the catch. So I was happy to see that, but our transition defense wasn't where it needed to be. We're going to have to clean that up. I thought they got too many easy points in transition and we have a quick turnaround, playing them again on Wednesday. So we have some things to clean up and we'll hopefully be better the next time we play them."
Panther Particulars
After the Highlanders opened up the game scoring the opening 4 points, HPU responded with an 11-2 run, sparked by
Jenson Edwards who scored seven of those points.
Callie Scheier took the ball the length of the court to grab her first points of the night to put the Panthers up 11-6 with 3:35 remaining in the opening frame.
After the second quarter saw Radford pull within 22-21,
Cydney Johnson and
Jordan Edwards hit back-to-back buckets for HPU to take a 26-21 lead with four minutes remaining in the opening half.
The Highlanders took the lead at 27-26 after a 6-0 spurt, but the home team used the last minute to score layups from
Jenson Edwards and
LaImani Simmons and a free throw from
Jordan Edwards to hold the advantage.
The Panthers entered the halftime break leading the Highlanders 31-27.
Jenson Edwards led the way for HPU in first half scoring with 13 points.
Jordan Edwards finished the half with six points.
Scheier opened up the second half with a 3-point bucket to keep the offensive momentum on High Point's side. Free throws from Johnson and
Jenson Edwards helped the Panthers extend the lead to eight with 7:12 remaining in the period.
Nakyah Terrell started to heat up in the second half and hit back-to-back baskets for the Panthers to extend the HPU lead to 11.
Johnson came down with the defensive rebound early in the fourth quarter and took it the length of the court to add two more to the Panther total with a lay up to push the hosts to a 50-38 lead.
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Terrell continued her perfect day with another layup, going 4 for 4 from the field, to bring the HPU lead to 52-38, giving HPU the substantial lead that the Highlanders would not be able to overcome.
Up Next: The Panthers will have a rematch against the Highlanders on Wednesday (Feb. 9) at Radford. Tip-off is set for 7 pm.
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