HIGH POINT, N.C. – For the second consecutive week, the High Point University women's basketball team is ranked in the CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25, moving to No. 9 with 472 points. The poll is voted on by mid-major women's basketball coaches and was announced on Tuesday evening.

The top-10 ranking is the second-highest women's mid-major ranking in Big South Conference history and the Panthers' highest-ever since entering the poll last week at No. 14.

High Point has jumped out to a program-best 9-1 record, averaging 77.1 points per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and holding opponents to just 59.0 points per contest. HPU leads the Big South in field goal percentage at 46 percent, while limiting the opponent to only 37 percent.

The Panthers' impressive 10-game stretch is the best start for a Big South women's basketball squad since UNC Asheville began the season at 9-1. HPU is just the sixth Big South team to do so.

HPU's early success stems from contributions up and down the roster and has been powered by several standout performances.

Junior guard Macy Spencer has broken out as one of the nation's top shooters and currently ranks 10th in the NCAA in three-pointers made (31), while leading the Big South in triples made and points per game with 17. As a team, the Panthers rank 38th nationally in field goal percentage.

Graduate student Aaliyah Collins has also been a major key to High Point's fast start, averaging 16.5 points per game, leading the Big South with 46 assists, and a conference-best .515 field goal percentage.

Continuing its non-conference schedule, HPU will return to the Qubein Center on Sunday, December 14, versus NC Central with tip-off set for 2 p.m.