# 2017–18 High Point Panthers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 High Point Panthers women's basketball team represented High Point University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by sixth-year head coach DeUnna Hendrix, played their home games at the Millis Athletic Convocation Center as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 10–8 in Big South play, to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big South women's tournament where they lost to Liberty.

## Previous season

The 2016–17 team finished the season 15–15, 13–5 in Big South play, to finish in third place. They lost 55–48 in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament to Presbyterian.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown |
| Kyrie Chandler | 13 | G | 5'6" | Sophomore | Powder Springs, GA |
| Kaylah Keys | 3 | G | 5'5" | Senior | Memphis, TN |
| Carol-Anne Obusek | 33 | F | 6'3" | Freshman | Cary, NC |

### Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Kayla Stephens G | Jacksonville, NC | Northside | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Jiselle Thomas G | Norwalk, OH | Norwalk | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017. ||||||

## Media

All Panthers home games and Big South games, excepting the Gardner–Webb road game, was televised on the Big South Network. In addition, the road games against Ohio, Duke, Stetson and Virginia Tech were televised on ESPN3, the Norfolk State game was televised on Spartan Showcase Video, and the UNC Greensboro game was televised on SoCon Digital Network.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 10, 2017* 5:00 p.m., BSN | | North Carolina Wesleyan | W 111–54 | 1–0 | 20 – Thomas | 12 – Bockrath | 6 – Morgan | Millis Athletic Center (635) High Point, NC |
| November 12, 2017* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Ohio | L 61–64 | 1–1 | 17 – 2 tied | 14 – Morgan | 5 – Morgan | Convocation Center (370) Athens, OH |
| November 16, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at No. 11 Duke | L 50–77 | 1–2 | 21 – Bockrath | 10 – Bockrath | 3 – Harris | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,121) Durham, NC |
| November 21, 2017* 5:00 p.m., BSN | | Barton | W 82–69 | 2–2 | 25 – Harris | 9 – Currie | 5 – Brown | Millis Center (487) High Point, NC |
| November 27, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Stetson | W 69–64 | 3–2 | 24 – Brown | 10 – Currie | 5 – Bockrath | Edmunds Center (345) DeLand, FL |
| November 29, 2017* 5:30 p.m., Spartan SV | | at Norfolk State | W 59-56 | 4–2 | 14 – Bockrath | 7 – 2 tied | 5 – Brown | Echols Hall (1,218) Norfolk, VA |
| December 3, 2017* 12:00 p.m., BSN | | UAB | L 61–77 | 4–3 | 29 – Harris | 9 – Currie | 4 – Brown | Millis Center (602) High Point, NC |
| December 16, 2017* 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Virginia Tech | L 63–86 | 4–4 | 20 – Morgan | 13 – Currie | 6 – Brown | Cassell Coliseum (2,177) Blacksburg, VA |
| December 18, 2017* 7:00 p.m., BSN | | Davidson | L 74–82 | 4–5 | 21 – Brown | 9 – Currie | 4 – Bockrath | Millis Center (504) High Point, NC |
| December 22, 2017* 5:00 p.m., BSN | | Western Carolina | W 75–69 | 5–5 | 17 – Bockrath | 7 – Bockrath | 4 – Bockrath | Millis Center (458) High Point, NC |
| December 28, 2017* 7:00 p.m., SoCon DM | | at UNC Greensboro | W 81–72 | 6–5 | 28 – Brown | 7 – Brown | 5 – Brown | Fleming Gymnasium (371) Greensboro, NC |
| Big South regular season |||||||||
| January 2, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | Gardner–Webb | W 83–80 $^{OT}$ | 7–5 (1–0) | 18 – Harris | 10 – Morgan | 8 – Brown | Millis Center (455) High Point, NC |
| January 6, 2018 2:00 p.m., BSN | | at UNC Asheville | W 58–45 | 8–5 (2–0) | 15 – Thomas | 8 – Bockrath | 4 – Morgan | Kimmel Arena (805) Asheville, NC |
| January 9, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | Presbyterian | W 81–55 | 9–5 (3–0) | 23 – Bockrath | 8 – Bockrath | 5 – Brown | Millis Center (468) High Point, NC |
| January 13, 2018 2:00 p.m., BSN | | at Winthrop | W 79–58 | 10–5 (4–0) | 25 – Bockrath | 10 – Currie | 4 – tied | Winthrop Coliseum (137) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 16, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | at Campbell | W 62–53 | 11–5 (5–0) | 16 – Harris | 8 – Currie | 3 – tied | Pope Center (882) Buies Creek, NC |
| January 20, 2018 2:00 p.m., BSN | | Longwood | W 62–41 | 12–5 (6–0) | 15 – Bockrath | 6 – Bockrath | 3 – Bockrath | Millis Center (467) High Point, NC |
| January 23, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | at Radford | L 47–50 | 12–6 (6–1) | 12 – Brown | 7 – Bockrath | 4 – Bockrath | Dedmon Center (681) Radford, VA |
| January 27, 2018 3:00 p.m., BSN | | at Charleston Southern | W 75–74 | 13–6 (7–1) | 25 – Bockrath | 8 – Morgan | 6 – Brown | CSU Field House (275) North Charleston, SC |
| January 30, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | Liberty | L 42–65 | 13–7 (7–2) | 12 – Thomas | 5 – 2 tied | 2 – 2 tied | Millis Center (567) High Point, NC |
| February 3, 2018 4:00 p.m., BSN | | Campbell | L 44–51 | 13–8 (7–3) | 12 – Bockrath | 9 – Bockrath | 3 – Bockrath | Millis Center (547) High Point, NC |
| February 6, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | at Longwood | W 75–39 | 14–8 (8–3) | 13 – Harris | 6 – Brown | 6 – Currie | Willett Hall (573) Farmville, VA |
| February 11, 2018 2:00 p.m., BSN | | UNC Asheville | L 59–78 | 14–9 (8–4) | 21 – Bockrath | 13 – Bockrath | 6 – Brown | Millis Center (542) High Point, NC |
| February 13, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | Winthrop | W 77–40 | 15–9 (9–4) | 23 – Bockrath | 10 – Bockrath | 5 – 2 tied | Millis Center (401) High Point, NC |
| February 17, 2018 2:00 p.m., BSN | | at Presbyterian | L 55–62 | 15–10 (9–5) | 17 – Bockrath | 13 – Edwards | 3 – tied | Templeton Center (263) Clinton, SC |
| February 20, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | Charleston Southern | W 52–49 | 16–10 (10–5) | 15 – Edwards | 13 – Currie | 2 – 3 tied | Millis Center (534) High Point, NC |
| February 24, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Gardner–Webb | L 47–54 | 16–11 (10–6) | 10 – Morgan | 9 – Bockrath | 3 – Brown | Porter Arena (590) Boiling Springs, NC |
| February 27, 2018 7:00 p.m., BSN | | Radford | L 48–63 | 16–12 (10–7) | 20 – Bockrath | 8 – Morgan | 2 – 3 tied | Millis Center (445) High Point, NC |
| March 3, 2018 2:00 p.m., BSN | | at Liberty | L 49–57 | 16–13 (10–8) | 13 – Morgan | 6 – Morgan | 4 – Brown | Vines Center (1,260) Lynchburg, VA |
| Big South tournament |||||||||
| March 9, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (4) | vs. (5) Presbyterian Quarterfinals | W 62–60 | 17–13 | 16 – Morgan | 14 – Bockrath | 4 – Bockrath | Vines Center (850) Lynchburg, VA |
| March 10, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (4) | at (1) Liberty Semifinals | L 54–78 | 17–14 | 20 – Bockrath | 9 – Morgan | 3 – 2 tied | Vines Center Lynchburg, VA |
| *Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||
Source:

## Individual statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3 PT% | FT% | RPG | APG | TO | STL | BLK | PPG |
| Emma Bockrath | 31 | 31 | 33.4 | .391 | .318 | .795 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 73 | 75 | 8 | 13.7 |
| Kat Harris | 29 | 1 | 21.2 | .374 | .333 | .824 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 54 | 24 | 1 | 10.9 |
| Shea Morgan | 31 | 31 | 32.2 | .454 | .267 | .791 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 70 | 32 | 13 | 9.5 |
| Camryn Brown | 31 | 30 | 32.0 | .351 | .337 | .729 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 67 | 39 | 1 | 9.4 |
| Lindsey Edwards | 31 | 30 | 29.8 | .385 | .000 | .833 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 67 | 49 | 9 | 7.8 |
| Jiselle Thomas | 21 | 0 | 13.3 | .392 | .333 | .714 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 6.6 |
| Kennedy Currie | 31 | 28 | 26.6 | .449 | .000 | .515 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 50 | 32 | 29 | 6.0 |
| Olivia VanSlooten | 31 | 3 | 11.7 | .510 | .000 | .341 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 2.1 |
| Hunter Fleming | 16 | 1 | 8.4 | .300 | .111 | .500 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Taylor McGlashan | 10 | 0 | 4.5 | .600 | .000 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 |

### Season highs

| Player | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Emma Bockrath | 25 @ CSU | 14 vs PC | 5 @ STET |
| Camryn Brown | 28 @ UNCG | 7 @ UNCG | 8 vs GWU |
| Kennedy Currie | 14 vs NCW | 13 @ VT | 6 @ LONG |
| Lindsey Edwards | 20 vs BAR | 13 @ PC | 5 vs WIN |
| Hunter Fleming | 7 vs NCW | 5 vs NCW | 1 vs WIN |
| Kat Harris | 29 vs UAB | 7 vs BAR | 4 vs WIN |
| Taylor McGlashan | 2 @ VT | 4 vs NCW | 1 vs PC |
| Shea Morgan | 20 @ VT | 14 @ OHIO | 6 vs NCW |
| Jiselle Thomas | 20 vs NCW | 3 @ CSU | 3 vs PC |
| Olivia VanSlooten | 11 @ PC | 5 @ CSU | 3 @ LONG |
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