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Women's Hoops Hosts USC Upstate in Home Finale

BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Knotted for the No. 2 seed in next month's Atlantic Sun Tournament, Campbell will take on USC Upstate in its home finale. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. inside the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center. Seniors Ashley Williamson and Geami Britt will be honored before the game.

The Lady Camels, at 14-12 overall and 9-8 in A-Sun play, need a pair of wins in their last three games to secure the program's first winning season since 2001. Campbell's 14 wins is a high since that year, while its nine conference victories are the most since 2006.

In their last outing, the Lady Camels trailed by just two with four minutes remaining in the game, but fell to East Tennessee State, 77-67. The freshman trio of Jazmine Cooper, Tonisha Baker and Monique Spry tallied 35 of the Lady Camels' 67 points, with Cooper notching her first career double-double. The Fayetteville native gathered 14 points and 12 boards, both season-highs, in the loss. Baker followed with 12 points, while Spry posted nine with four assists.

Saturday's game will feature two of the biggest surprises in the A-Sun, with both teams showing significantly better records than the league's preseason poll predicted. USC Upstate was picked to finish eighth in the poll, while Campbell was 11th.

The teams are now in the top third of the conference, with the Spartans and the Lady Camels looking to close out the regular season with third or fourth place finishes, overall. Campbell could even solidify the No. 2 seed in the A-Sun Tournament, which it would have missed if the league's preseason prediction played out.

Their first meeting was a 75-72 Campbell win, in a thriller that needed nearly every second to decide. Ashley Williamson powered in a bucket with just over a minute remaining to put the Lady Camels on top, 73-72, and Tonisha Baker added the final pair after a missed Spartan free throw.

Junior forward Chelsea McMillan leads the Spartans (17-8, 11-5 A-Sun) with 14.9 points and an A-Sun best 10.8 rebounds per game. McMillan is one of two players in the conference averaging a double-double, with the other being ETSU senior forward Siarra Evans, who the Lady Camels faced on Thursday.

The Lady Camels will play their final two regular season games in Jacksonville, Fla., taking on Jacksonville and North Florida next weekend.

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Players Mentioned

Ashley Williamson

#24 Ashley Williamson

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Senior
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