The High Point University women's basketball team continues their conference schedule with a trip to Rock Hill, S.C. this Wednesday. The Panthers are coming off a close 82-80 win this past Saturday against the Presbyterian Blue Hose.
 

Composure ?? @jord1edwards and @Nakyah_T hit back-to-back triples to take the 69-60 lead with 5:30 left!#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/DTZVqgJ1Cb

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 14, 2023

 
GAME INFORMATION
High Point at Winthrop | Wednesday, January 18^th | 6:00 PM
Winthrop Coliseum | Rock Hill, S.C.
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Last Time Out
The Panthers had a historic shooting night last Saturday afternoon to defeat the Blue Hose of Presbyterian. The Panthers tallied 19 three-pointers, one shy of their own Big South Conference record (20 vs. Winthrop Feb. 1, 2020). Claire Wyatt scored a career-high 27 points off 7-of-10 shooting from deep. LaImani Simmons had a career night as well adding 18 points for the Panthers. Jenson Edwards and Jordan Edwards each passed out six assists while Skyler Curran and Nakyah Terrell joined double-figure scoring with 10 apiece. Curran tallied a team-high seven rebounds while Terrell tallied five assists and three steals.
 

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Claire Wyatt opens the game with FOUR consecutive threes, and @HPUWBB connected on ?????? triples in the first half to take a 41-30 lead at the break! #BigSouthWBB?? x @HighPointSports pic.twitter.com/ekWXLUGAIz

— Big South Conference (@BigSouthSports) January 14, 2023

 
ACROSS THE BENCH
High Point vs. Winthrop
The Panthers are 34-17 all-time against Winthrop and have won five straight matchups in the past 2 years. The most recent game against the Eagles came in February 2022 with the Panthers coming out on top 58-42 in Rock Hill. Jenson Edwards, Jordan Edwards, and Callie Scheier all led the scoring with 12 points each.
 
About the Eagles
Winthrop is 3-13 thus far and 1-4 in the Big South Conference. The Eagles lost their last matchup Saturday night against Campbell, 53-40. Graduate Forward Paige Powell leads the team in scoring with 161 points, averaging 10.7 points per game. Senior Guard Shamyjha Price is close behind with 157 points, averaging 9.8 points per game. Semeka Randall Lay is the 17th coach in Winthrop University history and is in her second year as head coach.
 

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Back at it on the road this weekend ??#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/cFW6xf805p

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 12, 2023

 
Wyatt, Simmons Post Career-Highs in Clinton
Claire Wyatt and LaImani Simmons combined for 45 of the Panthers' 82 points in HPU's win at Presbyterian on Saturday afternoon. Wyatt went 7-for-10 shooting from deep for a career-high 27 points while pulling down six rebounds. Simmons added 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor and went 4-for-7 at the charity stripe.
 

Back-to-back steals lead to two @ManiS__10 layups and a three-pointer!! #H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/IZjBDT95KV

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 14, 2023

 
Second Half Rally Marks Historic Comeback Win
High Point rallied from as much as 19-down to take a 60-57 win from Charleston Southern. The Panthers went 12-of-14 from the free throw line in fourth quarter, highlighted by Skyler Curran going 9-for-9 from the charity stripe as she finished with a game-high 24 points. The resurgence is tied for the fourth-largest comeback in a conference game in program history (vs. Liberty; January 30, 2018). Jenson Edwards led HPU with eight rebounds, five assists, two steals, and a block in 38 minutes played. Nakyah Terrell joined Curran scoring in double figures with 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor with four rebounds.
 

WHAT. A. COMEBACK. ??

Down by as many as 19, @HPUWBB storms back to overtake Charleston Southern, 60-57! #BigSouthWBB?? pic.twitter.com/ZhxaTmqvGm

— Big South Conference (@BigSouthSports) January 12, 2023

 
Four-Straight Matchups with Three Double-Figure Scorers Supplement HPU Team Play
In the four-game stretch from a matchup with No. 8 Virginia Tech to a win at UNC Asheville, High Point has had three scorers finish in double digits each night. In the stretch, Claire Wyatt and Callie Scheier have finished three games in double figures, finishing the stretch with 47 and 33 points, respectively. Skyler Curran (31) and Nakyah Terrell (21) have posted double-digit scoring efforts twice, and Jordan Edwards (15) and Jenson Edwards (12) each finished in double figures at Asheville.
 

FIRE ME UP ?? @jord1edwards!!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/VDvR5cTBC6

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 12, 2023

 
Edwards' Hot Hand in First Quarter Propels Panthers to Second Big South Win
During Wednesday night's game at UNC Asheville, grad senior Jordan Edwards blew open the first quarter scoring for HPU, notching 13 of her season-high 15 points in the opening period on 3-of-4 shooting from deep. In the last two minutes of the quarter, Edwards knocked down triples on consecutive possessions before Nakyah Terrell hit a jumper on HPU's final possession to take a commanding 27-12 lead into the second period. The Panthers shot over 66 percent from the floor (10-of-15) and over 55 percent from three-point range (5-of-9) in the opening 10 minutes.
 
Curran Cracks Top-100 in Active Career Leaders
Grad senior Skyler Curran has totaled 1,486 career points and 242 points this season (15.1 ppg). She is up to no. 4 on HPU's all-time scoring list, trailing only Kaylah Keys (1,869), Emma Bockrath (1,616), and Shamia Brown (1,590). Curran is also climbing the ladder on the NCAA Division I active career leaders list in points. She currently sits at No. 70 in 105 career games played, tied for the 16^th-fewest games played among those in the top-75. Due to an injury last season, Curran missed all but one game on the 2021-22 schedule. In 2020-21, she averaged 17.2 points per game against Big South opponents and 17.7 points per game overall, finishing the season with 514 total points. This season, Curran is second in the Big South for scoring with 15.1 points per game and 242 total points.
 

Feeling it early ?? @SkylerCurran_21 2-for-2 from deep!!#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/n6Tsa9AOxF

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 7, 2023

 
Dynamic Duo Climbing the Ladder
Jenson Edwards and Skyler Curran both joined the career 1,000 points & 500 rebounds club in HPU's contest against Wofford on November 19th. Edwards tallied 22 points with her first double-double of the season to eclipse 1,000 career points while Curran pulled down nine rebounds to reach 500 rebounds. Edwards notched the 500 rebounds milestone earlier in the season while Curran tallied her 1,000-career point in the 2020-21 season.
 

Finish strong ??@jenson_edwards x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/7phk2WYNKg

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 5, 2023

 
HPU Women's Basketball 1,000 Career Points & 500 Career Rebounds
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 (2018-pres.) - 1,118 points, 573 rebounds
Skyler Curran (2018-pres.) - 1,486 points, 560 rebounds
 
Curran is also now in sole possession of the leader for three-pointers made in a career, passing Kalyah Keys' 255. She reached the now program-best 257 in 97 career games played. Curran is 277-of-766 from beyond the arc, a career .362 from deep.
 
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 both milestones.
 
Ball Sharing, Defense Powers Panthers to Big South Opener Win
High Point opened the Big South schedule with a win against 2022 tournament champion Longwood on Thursday night in Qubein Arena. Three Panthers scored in double figures while HPU posted 25 assists on 31 made baskets. It is the most assists tallied in a single-game this season for High Point and ties the ninth-most assists recorded in a single-game in program history.
 

Ball movement >>

We're having some fun with it ??#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/3SG92L1Mlj

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) December 29, 2022

 
Wyatt Finding Rhythm Entering New Year
Rounding out the 2022 portion of the schedule, Claire Wyatt averaged 15.0 points per game over three games for HPU, leading the Panthers in scoring in each of the contests. In the December 29^th win over Longwood, she also added a team-high two blocks to go along with four rebounds and two assists. In those three games, she shot 62 percent (18-of-29) from the floor, 50 percent (7-of-14) from three-point range and tallied six of her eight total blocks on the year.
 
Edwards Among Big South Leaders in Distributing
Senior Jenson Edwards ranks third in the conference in assists per game (3.5) and second for assist/turnover ratio (1.2). Her team-high 52 assists tie the third-best mark in the league as well. She has posted three or more assists in nine contests this season, including a career-tying-high nine against Stony Brook in Puerto Rico.
 
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.
 
Scheier Leads Defensive Effort
Junior Callie Scheier has recorded a team-high 38 steals through 15 games so far this season, good for second in the Big South. She has recorded three or more steals in seven games this season, including games against Davidson, Elon, Georgetown, and Wake Forest. The program record for steals in a season by an individual sits at 88, set by Emma Bockrath (2018-19), Narelle Henry (2002-03), and Erin Reynolds (2011-12). Lindsey Edwards was the most recent Panther to crack the program top-15 with 67 steals in the 2018-19 season.
 
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.