FT. MYERS, FLA.-Campbell will play its final Atlantic Sun road game
on Saturday at league-leading Florida Gulf Coast, taking on the
Eagles at 7:30 p.m. inside Alico Arena.
The Lady Camels (11-15, 10-7 A-Sun) are coming off an 81-67 loss at
Stetson on Thursday, where the Hatters' 19-2 run late in the first
half downed CU. Senior guard Courtney
Cannon led the Lady Camels with 15 points and five
rebounds.
Jazmine
Cooper, a sophomore forward, added 14 points and four boards,
scoring in double figures for the sixth consecutive game. Cooper is
averaging 13.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game for the Lady Camels
over that span.
Sophomore guard Tonisha
Baker leads the Lady Camels on the season at 10.8 points and
6.0 rebounds per game. Cooper adds 9.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per
game, while senior forward Lauren
Yesh adds 9.0 points and 6.4 boards a contest.
FGCU (20-2, 13-2 A-Sun) is coming off a 63-52 loss at Kennesaw
State, where the Eagles shot just 25 percent in the second half and
committed 26 turnovers in the game. Sarah Hansen leads three Eagles
in double figures at 13.4 points per game on the season. Kelsey
Jacobson and Shannon Murphy add 12.3 and 11.4 points per game,
respectively.
The Eagles, who are currently ranked No. 3 in the
CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll, hold the nation's third-best
home winning streak at 34 games (trailing Connecticut and
Stanford).
In the teams' previous meeting in Buies Creek, FGCU downed Campbell
62-42. The Eagles converted 23 CU turnovers into 22 points and held
the Lady Camels without a three point field goal for the first time
this season. FGCU, meanwhile, hit 11-of-32 attempts from distance,
tying the most threes hit against Campbell this season (at East
Tennessee State, 11-24, 12/20/10).
Campbell will return to Buies Creek for its final pair of regular
season games. The Lady Camels will host ETSU on Feb. 24 before
facing USC Upstate on Feb. 26.