The High Point University women's basketball team will honor four seniors before its final regular season game against Winthrop in Qubein Arena. Skyler Curran, Jenson Edwards, Jordan Edwards, and Courtney Meadows will all be recognized for their HPU careers ahead of tip-off.
 

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Rebound ??@Nakyah_T 3??#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/ixW6MASErr

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) February 23, 2023

 
GAME INFORMATION
High Point vs. Winthrop | Saturday, February 25^th | 4:00 PM
Qubein Arena | High Point, N.C.
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Last Time Out
High Point fell to Radford on the road on Wednesday night despite a late run in the fourth quarter to get back within five points. Nakyah Terrell led HPU with 13 points while Jenson Edwards added a balanced line of nine points, seven assists, six rebounds, and five steals.
 

Run the floor ??@jord1edwards ?? @jenson_edwards ?? @claire_wyatt10 #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/r5JmBAaLoc

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) February 23, 2023

 
ACROSS THE BENCH
High Point vs. Winthrop

• The Panthers are 35-17 all-time against the Eagles after picking up a 79-42 win in Rock Hill earlier this season.
• HPU has won each of the last six matchups. The last five look like:
  • W, 79-42 – Rock Hill, S.C. – Jan. 18, 2023
  • W, 58-42 – Rock Hill, S.C. – Feb. 21, 2022
  • W, 86-44 – High Point, N.C. – Feb. 5, 2022
  • W, 58-41 – Rock Hill, S.C. – Jan. 10, 2021
  • W, 61-43 – Rock Hill, S.C. – Jan. 9, 2021
• In this season's contest in Rock Hill, Skyler Curran poured in 21 points while Shakira Baskerville added a career-high 15 points.
• Curran and Jenson Edwards each pulled down six rebounds while Nakyah Terrell passed out eight assists.

 
About the Eagles

• Winthrop is 8-20 on the season and 6-11 in Big South play and have won two of their last five games.
• The Eagles are 2-11 in games played on the road, picking up wins at Longwood (69-58) and USC Upstate (53-48).  
• In its last five games, Winthrop is 2-3 with two wins over USC Upstate
• Last Five Games for Winthrop:
  • W, 53-48 at USC Upstate
  • W, 56-52 vs. USC Upstate
  • L, 56-68 vs. Gardner-Webb
  • L, 57-64 vs. Charleston Southern
  • L, 38-48 at Campbell
• Paige Powell leads the Eagles with 12.6 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per game while Jade Ryce adds 10.6 points per game and 5.2 boards per game.
• Head coach Semeka Randall Lay is in her second season with the Eagles after serving as the interim head coach for the 2020-21 season.

 
Edwards Named Player of the Week
Jenson Edwards has been named the Big South Player of the Week for the first time this season as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon (February 20). It is the second time that an HPU women's basketball player has earned the award this season and the first time in Edwards' career that she's been named the player of the week after earning several freshman of the week awards three seasons ago. Edwards averaged 17.0 points per game after High Point went 2-0 with wins over Presbyterian and USC Upstate to secure a first-round bye into the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament. Edwards had an impressive performance at Upstate, pouring in a game-high 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor, and going 4-for-4 from both the three-point line and free throw line. She also tallied three assists in each contest.
 

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— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) February 20, 2023

 
Double-Figure Dominance
The Panthers have now placed five players in double-figure scoring twice this season. The first game came against Charleston Southern earlier in the season, as Curran, Hager, Wyatt, Terrell, and Baskerville all ended with ten or more points. Jenson Edwards, Nakyah Terrell, Skyler Curran, Shakira Baskerville, and Claire Wyatt were in double-figures against USC Upstate Saturday. Edwards scored a game-high 20 points.
 

Don't look now, but...??

Five players finish in double figures for @HPUWBB, who wins its fifth game in a row in commanding fashion, 83-51! @HighPointSports x #BigSouthWBB?? pic.twitter.com/ly190FmiQx

— Big South Conference (@BigSouthSports) February 18, 2023

 
Edwards Now Sixth All-Time Leading Scorer
With 20 points on Saturday, Jenson Edwards is now ranked sixth overall for all-time leading scorers in program history. Edwards has tallied 1,231 points in her time as a Panther and has now passed Cheyenne Parker and Makenzi Maier in the record book. Jenson averages 10.1 points per game this season, which is third-best on the team. She also averages 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.
 

Panthers are rolling ?? @jenson_edwards up to 12 points and shooting perfect from the floor!!#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/AWuS07Agv4

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) February 18, 2023

 
Curran Earns Player of the Week Nod
After a steady week of averaging double-figure scoring, High Point University women's basketball's Skyler Curran has been named the Big South Player of the Week (February 13). It marks the first time an HPU women's basketball player has earned the award this season and the seventh time in Curran's career that she's been named the Player of the Week. Curran helped HPU to a 2-0 week with double-digit wins over Campbell and Longwood. She finished the week with 31 points and 13 rebounds, shooting 13-for-21 (.691) from the floor. Against Campbell, Curran poured in a game-high 16 points and seven rebounds on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor. At Longwood, she tallied 15 points on 3-of-5 shooting from deep and pulled down six rebounds.
 
Edwards Posts Eleventh Career Double-Double
Jenson Edwards posted 15 points and 12 rebounds in the Panthers win against Longwood on February 11th. Edwards scored nine points in a 15-0 run over the Lancers in the third quarter. This is her eleventh double-double of her career and second on the season.
 

Jenson jumper! ??#H3U x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/pHDqE7E2JD

— HPU Women's Basketball (@HPUWBB) February 11, 2023

 
Terrell Adds Season-High 17 Points
Nakyah Terrell added a season-high 17 points for the Panthers on Saturday, shooting 55 percent from the field. Terrell tallied three triples, going 3-for-5 from beyond the arc. This is the 13th double-figure game for the sophomore guard.
 
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 1,628 career points are currently second in HPU's program history.
 
Curran Cracks Top-100 in Active Career Leaders
Grad senior Skyler Curran has totaled 1,628 career points and 384 points this season (14.2 ppg). She is up to No. 2 on HPU's all-time scoring list, trailing only Kaylah Keys (1,869). Curran is also climbing the ladder on the NCAA Division I active career leaders list in points. She currently sits at No. 65 in 117 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 third in the Big South for scoring with 14.2 points per game and 384 total points.
 
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.) - 1,231 points, 632 rebounds
Skyler Curran (2018-pres.) - 1,628 points, 630 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 program-best mark of 257 makes in 97 career games played. Curran is 296-of-836 from beyond the arc, a career .354 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 Second in Assists in Big South
Jordan Edwards has tallied 91 assists on the season and is second in the conference in assists per game with 4.0. In the Panther's win against Longwood Saturday, February 11^th, Edwards added five assists and posted a season-high eight assists against Campbell earlier in the season. The graduate guard has posted at minimum one assist in every game she has played this season.
 
Curran Tallies 18th Double-Figure Game & Now Second in HPU's All-Time Scoring List
With 15 points at Longwood, Skyler Curran has now ended in double-figures in 19 out of the Panther's 27 games. Curran posted a season-high 29 points against Stony Brook earlier in the season and has tallied points in every single game so far. With a career-total of 1,628 points, Curran now sits second overall in HPU's all-time scoring list.
 
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).

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.