HIGH POINT – Four different players scored in double figures as the High Point University women’s basketball team used a 28-8 second-half run to beat UNC Greensboro 75-63 in the Millis Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Panthers improve to 2-1, while the Spartans drop to 1-2. The 2-1 record is HPU’s best start to a season since 2005-06.

Sophomore Shamia Brown came off the bench to lead all HPU scorers with 20 points in the win.

“I thought we were a great team at times,” said head coach Tooey Loy. “The thing we need to take from this game is that we had too many let downs. We had a chance to put the game out of reach early but we kind of relaxed a little bit. UNCG is a very good team and they took advantage of that and got back in it. I thought we came back and really got our game going.”

Joining Brown in double figures was junior Jurica Hargraves with 13, junior Amy Dodd with 12 and freshman Laura Reynolds with a career-high 11. Dodd and senior Ashlee’ Samuels each grabbed six rebounds to lead the Panthers while junior Frances Fields dished a team-best nine assists.

Down one with 15 minutes left in the game, the Panthers outscored the Spartans 28-8 to open a 19-point lead and take control of the game. High Point shot 7-11 from the field and 9-11 from the free-throw line while also forcing nine UNCG turnovers to pull away from the Spartans. Brown scored 10 points during the run to lead HPU.

High Point took an early lead, jumping up 17-4 in the opening six minutes of play. HPU shot 7-11 from the floor to start the game and forced seven turnovers by the Spartans. Dodd scored six points in the early run and Reynolds contributed five.

The HPU defense hounded the Spartans throughout the game, forcing 33 turnovers and recording 13 steals and five blocks. Fields and junior Mackenzie Maier each had four steals and both Maier and Samuels finished the game with two blocks.

“Thirty-three turnovers is an impressive number because UNC Greensboro has very good guards,” said Loy. “Our intensity for most of the game was very good. Shamia came in and did a great job getting our trap set and making people who didn’t want to handle the ball handle the ball. That is what we want to do, we want to get 25 turnovers from the other team every game and if we can do that we will be successful.”

Monique Floyd led UNCG with 13 points and five rebounds and Lakiah Hyson contributed 10 points and three steals.

High Point hits the road for four straight games, starting on Wednesday, when The Panthers play at Wake Forest for a 3 p.m. tip.