Buies Creek, NC --
Campbell after defeating North Florida on Saturday continues the
road trip with a trip across the city to take on Jacksonville
University on Monday evening at 7 p.m.
"Jacksonvilleis a team
that is obviously very talented and are always especially tough to
play at their place," head coach Wanda
Watkins explained. "I think what makes Jacksonville tough
to beat are they are athletic and have a good balance on their
team. Ashley Williams is one of the dominant post
players in our league. She is their leading scorer and shoots at a
very high percentage. They also have balanced scoring in their
guard play and are a team that is averaging close to 70 points a
game (68). They have a strong transition game, so one of the keys
to the game is going to be slowing down their transition offense
with our transition defense. It is something that we've been
working on very hard since the Florida Gulf Coast game.
Jacksonville is a very good team and are 17-4. We have everything
in the world to gain from a game like this as we can continue to
build on the momentum of the North Florida
game."
Campbell (9-12, 4-4 A-Sun) leads the
all-time series with the Dolphins 10-5 dating back to the first
game in 1999. JU had the better of the two games last season and
are currently riding a three-game winning streak over the
Camels.
Campbell used the strong shooting of
junior Lauren Arthur to defeat North
Florida by a 68-48 margin on Monday. Arthur knocked down six threes
on her way to a career-high 21 points. The six threes by Arthur
were one off the school record set by Amanda
Edwards in 1998. Freshman Lauren
Yesh continued her strong play and tallied 13 points. Yesh
leads the team and is averaging 10.3 points a game in the last four
games for CU, a stretch in which the Camels are 3-1.
Senior Marlena Murphy is averaging 13.1 points and 11.0
rebounds per game to lead the Camels. Murphy is also the conference
leader in rebounding and ranks seventh in the NCAA. Fellow senior
Maggie Rich is second on the team at 7.8
points an outing.
Jacksonville (17-4, 7-1
A-Sun) defeated Gardner-Webb 85-53 on Saturday. Junior Virginia Gregoire led the team with 21 points
against the Bulldogs.
On the
year, senior Ashley Williams is averaging
17 points a game to lead the team and the conference. Williams is
also the team's best rebounder at 5.8 rebounds a game and leads the
conference with at 58 field goal percentage. Fellow junior
Regina Omoite is also averaging in double figures
at 11.4 points a game. Omite is also averaging 4.6 assists per
game, which is tops in the league. Junior teammate DaVina Hamilton is fifth in the league in assists at
4.10 per game.
Overall,
Jacksonville is an excellent scoring team and are second in the
conference in offense at 68 points a game. Jacksonville leads the
conference in scoring margin (7.1) and are also second in the
league in assists (14.35). The Camels are the best overall
rebounding team in the conference at nearly 43 rebounds a game
(42.15). CU is also fourth in league in defense (62.3) and seventh
in scoring (59.1)
The game can be
followed online on Jacksonville's website judolphins.com.
Next, Campbell
concludes the road swing with a trip to Macon, Ga. to take on
conference rival Mercer at 7:30 on Feb. 9.