The High Point Panthers women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

High Point University High Point University (HPU) is a private university in High Point, North Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The university was founded as High Point College in 1924, and it became High Point University in ...

in High Point,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

, United States. The school's team currently competes in the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), ...

. The Panthers are led by head coach Chelsea Banbury, her sixth season.

History

High Point began play in 1967. They won the 1978 AIAW Division II national championship 92–88 over South Carolina State in overtime. In their time in Division II, they won the Carolinas Conference Tournament in 1976 (24–1 record), 1977 (29–2 record), 1978 (30–8 record), 1979 (33–4 record), 1995 (22–7 record), 1996 (22–7 record), and 1997 (26–6 record). They made the WNIT in 2007, 2012, 2014, and 2019, losing to Charlotte 72–45, NC State 88–78, Bowling Green 72–62, and Ohio 81–74 respectively. At the end of the 2016–17 season, the Panthers have a program record of 772–597. In 2021, the Panthers earned their first appearance in the NCAA tournament by winning the

tournament.

Head coach

The Panthers are led by first-year coach Chelsea Banbury, who was hired as the new head coach in May 2019 following DeUnna Hendrix's departure to Miami-Ohio. Banbury spent 11 years on the coaching staff of Florida Gulf Coast, including the past five as the associate head coach. Banbury was a 2008 graduate of FGCU, where she played on the basketball team. She then helped the Eagles to postseason appearances in all 11 of her seasons on the coaching staff, including six NCAA tournaments. In 2021, she took the Panthers to its first ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Individual career records

Reference:

Individual single-season records

Individual awards

Big South Player of the Year *Katie O'Dell – 2005–06 *Stacia Robertson – 2014–15 *Emma Bockrath – 2016–17 Big South Defensive Player of the Year * Cheyenne Parker – 2011–12, 2012–13 Big South Freshman of the Year *Nicki Fontleroy – 2000–01 *Mackenzie Maier – 2007–08 *Shamia Brown – 2008–09 *Kaylah Keys – 2013–14 Big South Coach of the Year *Joe Ellenburg – 2000–01 *Tooey Loy – 2004–05 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year *Gina Rosser – 2002–03 *Leslie Cook – 2005–06, 2006–07 CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team *Leslie Cook – 2006–07

Coaches

Seasons

Postseason Results

NCAA Division I

High Point have appeared in the

NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Div ...

two times. They have a combined record of 0–2.

WNIT

High Point have appeared in the

Women's National Invitation Tournament The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...

four times. They have a combined record of 0–4.

NCAA Division II

High Point appeared in the

NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament The NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball nati ...

one time. They had a record of 2–1.

AIAW

High Point made three appearances in the AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship. They had a record of 6–3. They were champions in 1978.

NAIA

High Point made one appearance in the

NAIA Women's Basketball Championships The NAIA women's basketball tournament has been held annually by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics since 1981 NAIA women's basketball tournament, 1981 to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its ...

. They had a combined record of 0–1.

References

External links

* {{Big South Conference women's basketball navbox