HIGH POINT, N.C – Nakyah Terrell led the team with 18 points as the High Point University women's basketball team defeated the Runnin' Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb 75-72 on Saturday night.
Site: Qubein Center
Score: High Point 75, Gardner-Webb 72
Records: High Point (14-10, 9-2), Gardner-Webb (4-19, 3-7)
Head Coach Chelsea Banbury: "Well it wasn't pretty; I'll tell you that. Like I said last time, anytime you can grind out wins in February, we'll take it. The season does get long, and we had contribution by multiple people. Nakyah and Faith were huge for us tonight. Attacking the basket and knocking down shots. Faith knocked down a huge three in the second quarter that gave us a little bit of a cushion. Hawkins is a great player, we had a hard time guarding her. She creates a lot for herself, but she also does a great job of finding her teammates. But our girls did enough to win, and I am happy about that."
Nevaeh Zavala continued to stay hot on the court as she knocked in the first basket for the Panthers. Zavala boxed out her defender off a
Faith Price missed shot and put the ball back up for two points.
High Point let the score get away from them a tad as Gardner-Webb was up 11-4 with five minutes left in the first quarter. Terrell drained a jumper and a three-pointer back-to-back to bring the lead back to just two, 11-9.
The Runnin' Bulldogs found some buckets as they were up 19-14 at the end of the first quarter.
Gardner-Webb came out for the second taking an eight-point lead.
Shakira Baskerville took control of a pass from Terrell at the top of the arc and drained a three pointer to cut the lead to five.
High Point went on a 9-0 run in four minutes to tie the game at 28. Zavala bodied her way into making it a three-point game. Terrell then came in clutch with the game tying three-pointer.
Gardner-Webb headed to the locker up 35-32 on the Panthers.
Price hit a jump shot to start the second half to bring HPU within one, 35-34. The Panthers took their second lead of the game as Price sunk one of her free throws to make it 39-38.
Andrea Martinez for the Runnin' Bulldogs gave them back a one-point advantage with a layup in the paint.
A few minutes later, Price for HPU came in clutch once again with a drained three ball to extend the lead, 58-54.
High Point held a five-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, 61-56.
The Panthers were able to hold the lead for the rest of the game as Price stuffed a few of the Gardner-Webb shots to keep the momentum and the lead for High Point.
A few late free throws by
Lauren Bevis and Price sealed the deal for High Point to earn its fifth win in a row and a sweep of Gardner-Webb in the regular season.
Terrell finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists; while Price had 16 points, four rebounds, two blocks, and one steal.
Zavala off a career night last game, fought for eight points, and eight rebounds.
Up Next: High Point travels to USC Upstate for a first place battle in the Big South on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Tip is set for 7 p.m.
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