Riding a five-game win streak, High Point University women's basketball plays host to Gardner-Webb, who sits atop the Big South Standings at 9-0 in conference play. The Panthers also promote their breast cancer awareness game and will give out pink beanies to fans in attendance.

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— High Point Panthers (@HighPointSports) January 26, 2023

 
GAME INFORMATION
High Point vs. Gardner-Webb | Saturday, January 27^th | 2:00 PM
Qubein Arena | High Point, N.C.
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Last Time Out
High Point won its fifth game in a row, picking up a 57-49 win at Campbell on Wednesday night behind 15 points from Jordan Edwards and 13 points from Claire Wyatt. Shakira Baskerville (11) and Nakyah Terrell (10) joined in double figures as well. Edwards nearly posted a double-double with a game-high eight assists and added six rebounds while Wyatt tallied seven rebounds and three blocks. A 12-0 HPU run midway through the third quarter gave the Panthers separation with a 37-23 lead. Campbell only got as close as 45-41 with 5:41 remaining in the game, but HPU scored the next five and traded baskets the rest of the way to claim sole possession of second place in the Big South.

Good week with another big test tomorrow ?? we'll see you in Qubein Arena at 2 p.m. for our Pink Out game!! ?????????????#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/LAMtxxzjWZ

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 27, 2023

 
ACROSS THE BENCH
High Point vs. Gardner-Webb
The Panthers are 22-18 all-time against the Runnin' Bulldogs but have fallen in the last four matchups with GWU with the last three contests decided by a total of 17 points. On New Year's Eve in Boiling Springs, High Point led at halftime, but the Runnin' Bulldogs scrapped out the 67-61 win to take possession of the league's top spot. Skyler Curran led HPU with 16 points while Callie Scheier and Nakyah Terrell added double-digit scoring with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Jenson Edwards led the team with six assists and added nine points and five rebounds.
 
About the Runnin' Bulldogs
Gardner-Webb is 17-4 on the season and 9-0 in Big South contests with its only losses to Clemson, Alabama, SMU, and Appalachian State. Their last loss on December 20^th to the Mountaineers was a six-point difference in an 87-81 decision. The Runnin' Bulldogs are led by Jhessyka Williams 18.7 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game. Lauren Bevis (14.0 ppg, 54 3FG), Alasia Smith (13.4 ppg, 9.1 rpg), and Ki'Ari Cain (10.5 ppg, 101 ast) also average double-figure scoring. GWU is outscoring opponents on average by 6.4 points per game.

Playing with a 9-point lead in the final minute ??@claire_wyatt10 x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/bw0x4Y3pmW

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 26, 2023

 
H3U in the Top-20
High Point leads the Big South with 8.6 made three-pointers per game which is also tied at No. 16 among NCAA Division I members. With 163 made three-pointers on the season, HPU is 35^th in the country for makes from deep in its 19 games played. Presbyterian is second in the conference with 7.9 triples per game.

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Panther Offense Too Much for Nationally Ranked Defense
While Campbell entered Wednesday's (January 25) contest with the third-ranked NCAA Division I defense allowing 50.6 points per game, High Point used a 12-0 run midway through the third quarter to take down the Camels, 57-49. Campbell also boasted 41.8 rebounds per game entering the contest, 29^th in NCAA DI, but HPU out-rebounded the hosts 32-30 on the night.
 
Hot Shooting from Deep Edges Conference Record
The Panthers' 19 made three-pointers at Presbyterian on January 14^th nearly tied HPU's own Big South record for triples made in a game (20 vs. Winthrop). The performance also tied the third-most threes made in a single game this season by an NCAA DI member (Michigan State (19) at Maryland; South Dakota (19) vs. Midland).

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

 
Curran Reaches 1,500-Point Milestone
With a game-high 21 points at Winthrop on Wednesday, January 18^th, graduate senior Skyler Curran tallied her 1,500^th career point. Curran finished the night on 8-of-11 shooting from the floor and 5-of-7 shooting from three-point range. Her 1,527 career points are currently fourth in HPU's program history.
 
Curran Cracks Top-100 in Active Career Leaders
Grad senior Skyler Curran has totaled 1,527 career points and 283 points this season (14.9 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. 68 in 109 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 14.9 points per game and 283 total points.

To the hoop ??@SkylerCurran_21 x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/kKimCxVJ6l

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) January 18, 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.
 
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.) - 1,144 points, 588 rebounds
Skyler Curran (2018-pres.) - 1,527 points, 579 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 283-of-784 from beyond the arc, a career .361 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.
 
Edwards Among Big South Leaders in Distributing
Senior Jenson Edwards and sophomore Nakyah Terrell are tied for third in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) while Jenson Edwards and Jordan Edwards are tied for third in assists per game (3.8). Jenson's team-high 72 assists are the third-best mark in the league as well. She has posted three or more assists in 13 contests this season, including a career-tying-high nine against Stony Brook in Puerto Rico.
 
Every Panther Scores as Meadows, McNear Return
All active roster players got the chance to see the floor on Wednesday night (January 18) in Rock Hill as High Point took down Winthrop, 79-42. The contest also marked the first game back for graduate senior Courtney Meadows and redshirt junior Amaria McNear. In eight minutes of action, Meadows scored a layup and tallied an assist while McNear made a free throw to mark that every Panther had scored in the contest.
 
Baskerville Builds to Career-High at Winthrop
Sophomore forward Shakira Baskerville has already doubled her scoring production as a role players from her freshman year as a Panther. In 2021-22, Baskerville tallied 32 total points through 13 games played (2.5 ppg). In 2022-23, she is averaging 4.3 points per game with 69 total points. She's posted five or more points in four of her last six games played and posted a new career-high 15 points at Winthrop on Wednesday, January 18^th.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.