On the heels of its first victory in Atlantic Sun Conference tournament play in 11 years, sixth-seeded Campbell faces second seed and defending champion Belmont Friday at 9:15 p.m. in the semifinal round.

The Fighting Camels (14-16) held off third-seeded Jacksonville 90-85 in overtime Thursday to reach the semis for the first time since the 1996 event. Defending champion Belmont used a 25-3 run midway through the second half en route to a 79-61 victory over seventh seed Gardner-Webb.

Thursday's win allowed the Camels to match their season-best 3-game win streak. Belmont has won 5-straight games. Not only did the Camels notch their first A-Sun tourney win since Feb. 29, 1996, but CU added to the program's highest season wins total (14) since that 1995-96 club finished 17-11. Campbell also ended a 7-game losing streak in league tournament play.

Campbell and Belmont split a pair of meetings during the 2006-07 campaign. Campbell claimed a 79-67 triumph on Jan. 18 at Carter Gym. The Bruins defeated CU for the 13th time in 14 meetings on Feb. 17 at Nashville.

During Thursday's game, Campbell freshman Jonathan Rodriguez set a school record for single-season rebounds (267). The A-Sun first-team all-conference and all-freshman team member broke the old mark of 262 set by Joe Spinks in 1990-91. Rodriguez also became just the fifth player in the CU Division I era (since 1977-78) to pass the 500-points barrier in a year. His 520 points stand as the 3rd-highest total in CU Division I records.

Campbell has made and attempted more free throws than any team in the Atlantic Sun Conference this year. In fact, CU has made more foul shots (558) than its semifinal opponent Belmont has attempted (515) for the season.

CU made nearly twice as many (30-of-38) free throws as Jacksonville attempted (14-of-16) Thursday. For the year, the Camels have set a school team record for foul shots made and attempted (771) and are on pace to break the mark for best free throw percentage (.724).

Belmont is 6-4 all-time in A-Sun tournament history and has won 4-straight games in the event entering Friday's semifinal. Campbell is 2-7 all-time in the A-Sun tourney, 0-1 vs. Belmont.

In Friday's first semifinal, host and top-seeded East Tennessee State (23-8) meets fourth-seeded Lipscomb (18-12) at 7:00 p.m. ETSU advanced with a 77-61 win over eighth seed Stetson. Lipscomb ousted fifth-seeded Mercer 85-49 in Thursday's last quarterfinal game.