HIGH POINT, N.C. – Beginning the second half of their Big South Conference season, the Presbyterian College women's basketball team will head to High Point, North Carolina for a rematch against the High Point Panthers on Saturday night.
GAMEDAY INFO
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Site: Qubein Center (High Point, NC)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearmstats.com
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 4-17, 2-6
Last Game: January 29, 2025 – Winthrop 67, Presbyterian 58 (OT)
Head Coach: Tiffany Sardin (Virginia, 2006)
Record at PC: 4-17 (1st Season)
HIGH POINT
Record: 11-10, 6-2
Last Game: January 25, 2025 – High Point 73, Winthrop 55
Head Coach: Chelsea Banbury (FGCU, 2007)
Record at HPU: 103-71 (6th Season)
LAST TIME OUT
The Blue Hose fell to Winthrop in overtime on Wednesday, despite leading for almost the entirety of the game.
Kishyah Anderson notched 23 points, tying her career-high from earlier this season, and added her fourth game with 20 or more points scored.
KINDSETH KILLIN' IT
Paige Kindseth earned the title of Big South Player of the Week on January 13 after delivering back-to-back standout performances against conference foes the week prior. Across the two games, Kindseth averaged 21 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2 assists while shooting 48.6 percent from the field (17-of-35) and an outstanding 87.5 percent from the free-throw line (7-of-8). She also contributed four steals and maintained a strong court presence, limiting her turnovers to just one per game.
A LOOK AT THE BLUE HOSE
- Presbyterian has averaged 51.7 ppg while recording a 36.3 field goal percentage.
- Junior guard/forward
Kishyah Anderson leads the team with 13.3 ppg while shooting at a 46.4 rate from the field.
- Senior guard
Paige Kindseth is a not far behind with 10.0 ppg while leading the team with 8.2 rpg.
- Junior guard
Shelby Fiddler leads the team from beyond the arc, with 27 made three-pointers while shooting at 25.7 percent.
- The Blue Hose are led by first year head coach
Tiffany Sardin.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
- High Point has amassed an 11-10 record with a 6-2 mark against Big South opponents. The team earned their conference victories over Radford, Asheville, Charleston Southern, Presbyterian, USC Upstate, and Winthrop.
- The Panthers average 67.5 ppg while shooting at a 43.0 field goal percentage.
- Senior guard Aaliyah Collins leads the team with 11.6 ppg and with a 56.0 shooting percentage. Collins also is at the top of High Point's leaderboards with 41 steals.
- Junior forward Nevaeh Zavala is the Panther's best on the boards with 5.3 rpg and 112 total rebounds.
- Chelsea Banbury is in her sixth year as the Panther's head coach.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
Saturday will feature the 37
th time that these two teams have met since Presbyterian made the switch to Division I. Last season, High Point beat PC twice during the regular season before the Blue Hose took down the Panthers in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament on their own court. The Blue Hose hosted High Point earlier this season, where the Panthers won 75-47. HPU leads the all-time series between the two teams 8-28.