GREENSBORO, N.C. – High Point put all five starters in double figures and shot a staggering 70.4 percent from the floor in the second half to blow past UNCG in nonconference women's basketball action on Tuesday, 79-60.

UNCG (2-5) trailed by just five at the half, but the Panthers (5-5) opened the second frame on an 11-0 run to blow the game open. High Point went 19-for-27 from the floor in the second period to make up for a cold-shooting first half.

Monique Floyd scored a team-high 15 for the Spartans, 10 of which came in the first half. Jazz Weaver continued her solid play of late with a career-high 11 points off the bench. Floyd also had a team-best seven rebounds as she flirted with a double-double.

Mackenzie Maier scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Panthers, while Frances Fields had 18, Jurica Hargraves and Shamia Brown had 12 and Amy Dodd finished with 11. Brown fell a rebound shy of a double-double with a game-high nine.

The Panthers led 32-27 at the half, but Maier capped HPU's 11-0 run to start the second frame with a 3-pointer and a jumper to make it 43-27 less than four minutes into the period.

HPU stretched its lead to 17, but UNCG clawed back into it with an 8-0 spurt punctuated by a Kendra Smith 3-pointer that made it 53-46 with just over 10 minutes to go.

Hargraves answered with a 3 of her own, however, putting the Panthers' lead back into double digits to stay.

HPU opened the contest hitting six of its first eight shots to open up a 13-6 lead and eventually stretched its lead to 10 at 18-8. The Spartans' offense finally started hitting on all cylinders after that, with an Amanda Leigh layup kicking off a 17-7 UNCG run to knot the score at 25.

Floyd and Weaver had four points each in the spurt, but Floyd's jumper that tied it with 4:49 to play in the first half was UNCG's last bucket in the frame. The Spartans didn't get a shot to fall for the first 3:35 of the second stanza, meaning UNCG had a field goal drought of 8:24 spanning halftime.

UNCG shot a respectable 43 percent in the second half, but it was no match for the Panthers' torrid shooting.

The Spartans finished 23-for-60 from the floor for the night (38.3 percent), while HPU was 32-for-62 on the night (51.6 percent).

UNCG returns to action Saturday when it will host another Big South Conference school in Radford. Opening tip is set for 2 p.m. at Fleming Gym.

AGATE
HIGH POINT 79, UNCG 60

HIGH POINT (5-5)
MAIER, Mackenzie 7-14 1-2 19; FIELDS, Frances 7-10 3-4 18; BROWN, Shamia 6-13 0-0 12; HARGRAVES, Jurica 5-8 0-0 12; DODD, Amy 5-7 0-1 11; REYNOLDS, Erin 1-7 3-4 5; CROMARTIE, Jazmin 1-1 0-0 2; TREMBLAY, Tayler 0-1 0-0 0; WHITT, Laura 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-62 7-11 79. 

UNCG (2-5)
Monique Floyd 6-9 3-4 15; Jazz Weaver 5-8 0-0 11; Amanda Leigh 3-8 2-2 8; Dayshaun Richbow 2-6 3-3 7; Breonna Patterson 2-7 1-1 6; Kendra Smith 2-5 0-3 5; Brey Dorsett 0-2 2-2 2; Sidnei Harmon 1-4 0-0 2; Colleen Nosovitch 1-1 0-0 2; Nneka Awuruonye 1-4 0-0 2; Amy Clapper 0-0 0-0 0; Sarah Folwell 0-0 0-0 0; Janae' Stevenson 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 11-15 60.

High Point....................   32   47  -   79
UNCG..........................   27   33  -   60

3-point goals--High Point 8-17 (MAIER, Mackenzie 4-8; HARGRAVES, Jurica 2-3; FIELDS, Frances 1-1; DODD, Amy 1-2; WHITT, Laura 0-1; REYNOLDS, Erin 0-1; BROWN, Shamia 0-1), UNCG 3-10 (Breonna Patterson 1-3; Kendra Smith 1-2; Jazz Weaver 1-1; Brey Dorsett 0-1; Amanda Leigh 0-3). Fouled out—High Point-None, UNCG-None. Rebounds--High Point 38 (BROWN, Shamia 9), UNCG 32 (Monique Floyd 7). Assists--High Point 20 (REYNOLDS, Erin 6), UNCG 10 (Monique Floyd 4). Total fouls--High Point 14, UNCG 11. Technical fouls--High Point-None, UNCG-None. A-383

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