• What: Nonconference basketball season opener
• Who: High Point University (0-0) vs. North Carolina (2-0)
• Where: Carmichael Arena
• When: Today, 1 p.m.
• Series: Tied 2-2
• Last meeting: North Carolina won 103-71 in 2013-14
• Video on ACC Network; audio and live stats on goheels.com
• Of note: High Point starts its second season under coach Chelsea Banbury … The Panthers went 16-13 overall last year and 14-6 in the Big South Conference, finishing third before the coronavirus pandemic stopped the conference tournament … High Point features a host of returners – including preseason conference player of the year Skyler Curran, a former West Forsyth standout who averaged 16.9 ppg and 6.5 rpg last year … The Panthers graduated last year’s conference player of the year, Camryn Brown, so they will be watching to see who will take that next step up. … North Carolina opened with wins over Radford 90-61 on Wednesday and UNCG 96-35 on Saturday … Deja Kelly scored 19 points to lead six double-figure scorers against Radford, while Anya Poole had 15 points to lead five double-figure scorers against UNCG
• Next game: Wednesday at home against Wofford, 6 p.m.
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