Women's Basketball 2/24/2020 3:46:00 PM Thad Palmer

Basketball Hosts High Point on Tuesday Night

Opponent: High Point (12-13, 10-6 Big South)
Date: February 25, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM
Site: Templeton Center (Clinton, S.C.)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
Live Stats: www.GoBlueHose.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseWBB

Series: High Point Leads, 21-6
Last Meeting: 55-60, L at High Point (1/21/20)

Last Time Out
Shamani Stafford scored nine of her team-high 12 points during an 18-3 fourth quarter run that tightened the game at Hampton on Saturday afternoon. However, the Pirates held on to win, 67-53.

Series History | Last Matchup
High Point leads the series 21-6 and has won the last four meetings. Presbyterian's last win in the series was a 62-55 win at home on February 17, 2018.

Jade Compton led a trio of Blue Hose in double-figures with a double-double (13 pts, 10 rbs) as PC fell in a close game at High Point, 60-55. Skyler Curran (23 pts, 13 rbs) led the Panthers, and Camryn Brown heated up late, scoring all seven of her points in the final minutes to fend off the PC rally.

Scouting Report
High Point rallied to defeat Radford, 64-63, to pick up their first win on the year after trailing at halftime. Camryn Brown led the charge with 26 points for her seventh +20-point game. The Panthers pulled down a defensive rebound on a failed free throw with three seconds remaining to secure the narrow win.

Skyler Curran (16.8 ppg) and Camryn Brown (16.0 ppg) rank 2nd and 3rd in Big South scoring. Brown (.371) leads the League in three-point FG%, while Curran (.333) is ninth. The duo are tied with a league-leading 2.8 made three-pointers per game. Brown also ranks highly with 4.8 assists per game and an assist/turnover ratio of 2.1.

Up Next
Presbyterian travels to league leading Campbell (19-6, 14-2 Big South) on Saturday, February 29, for a 2 pm matchup that will be broadcast on ESPN3.

Balanced Offense
Kacie Hall scored a game-high 19 points against CSU and paced four Blue Hose in double figures: Trinity Johnson (17), Tess Santos (14) and Alessia Capley (12). It was the first time in nearly a calendar year (2/19/19) that PC had four players finish with +10 points.

DI Program Records/Milestones
Trinity Johnson has recorded a program-best 69 steals this season. Jade Compton scored a program-best 32 points on a program-best 12 made baskets against Longwood on February 8. Kacie Hall scored her 1,000th point against USC Upstate on January 25 to become the fifth player in PC's DI era to achieve this feat.

Milestones Ahead
Kacie Hall has 198 career three pointers and can become just the fourth player in PC's history to surpass 200.

Nationally Ranked
Trinity Johnson ranks 25th in the nation with 69 steals and 21st in the nation with an average of 2.76 steals per game. The sophomore surpassed Cortney Storey's previous PC DI record of 66 steals set in 2018.

Free Throw Attempts
Trinity Johnson leads the Big South and ranks 51st nationally with 145 free throw attempts on the year. She recently surpassed her freshman total (99 made) and is shooting 108-145 (.745) this season.

Big South Rankings
Trinity Johnson is seventh in scoring (14.6), 12th in FG percentage (.395), seventh in assists (3.5), seventh in FT percentage (.745), second in steals (69), ninth in assist/turnover ratio (0.8). Jade Compton ranks ninth in rebounds (6.4). Kacie Hall ranks 13th in assists (2.5) and 11th in 3pt FG % (.313). Tionna Carter ranks ninth in blocked shots (0.8).

Double-Doubles
The Blue Hose have six double-doubles against Big South opponents this season. Jade Compton has four: Longwood (21 pts, 12 rbs / 32 pts, 10 rbs), High Point (13 pts, 10 rbs) and Gardner-Webb (11 pts, 13 rbs); Tionna Carter has one: USC Upstate (15 pts, 14 rbs); and Trinity Johnson has one: Longwood (19 pts, 10 rbs).

Defensive Minded
Presbyterian College ranks fourth in the Big South allowing opponents to 58.3 points per game and fifth allowing a .389 field goal percentage. The Blue Hose are also third with 8.7 steals per game and boast a +0.5 turnover margin.

30-Point Performances
Trinity Johnson scored 30 points against UNCW on December 4, while Jade Compton scored 32 points at Longwood on February 8.

Big South Player of the Week
Trinity Johnson was named the Big South Player of the Week on December 9 after her 30-point performance against UNCW that saw the guard account for half of PC's offense. Johnson previously was named the Freshman of the Week during the 2018-19 season (March 10) after back-to-back games with 24 points.

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Players Mentioned

#35 Alessia Capley: F; 6' 3"; Sophomore

#22 Tionna Carter: F; 6' 1"; Freshman

#32 Jade Compton: F; 5' 10"; Junior

#11 Kacie Hall: G; 5' 7"; Senior

#14 Trinity Johnson: G; 5' 6"; Sophomore

#15 Tess Santos: F; 6' 0"; Junior

#23 Shamani Stafford: G; 5' 7"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#35 Alessia Capley
: 6' 3"; Sophomore
: F

#22 Tionna Carter
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: F

#32 Jade Compton
: 5' 10"; Junior
: F

#11 Kacie Hall
: 5' 7"; Senior
: G

#14 Trinity Johnson
: 5' 6"; Sophomore
: G

#15 Tess Santos
: 6' 0"; Junior
: F

#23 Shamani Stafford
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: G