BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell posted a Gore Arena record for points in
a 98-70 Senior Day win over USC Upstate, led by Tonisha
Baker's 30 and Lauren
Yesh's 20 Saturday afternoon inside the Pope Center.
The Lady Camels move to 13-16 overall and finish 12-8 in Atlantic
Sun play, while Upstate falls to 16-12 with a 12-7 conference mark.
The CU win coupled with a North Florida loss places the Lady Camels
as the No. 3 seed for next week's A-Sun Tournament in Macon, Ga.
Campbell will face No. 6 Belmont (10-19, 7-13 A-Sun) on Thursday,
March 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Against the Spartans, Campbell built a 19-point lead at the break
with a 44-25 advantage when Monique
Spry drained a three. The Lady Camels owned an 18-30 (.600)
clip from the floor in the opening stanza, with Yesh and Baker
posting 6-for-8 and 5-for-8 rates and picking up 13 points
each.
Jazmine
Cooper pushed the lead to 20 for the first time at the 18:45
mark in the second half with a pair of free throws, 48-27, and then
tacked on a fast-break lay-up after an Upstate miss. Campbell owned
its largest lead of the game, 32, at the 3:50 mark when senior
guard Courtney
Cannon took a Yesh pass and scored down low to give CU a 92-60
advantage.
Campbell's 98 points mark the most for the program since hitting
the century mark in a 107-90 win over Florida Atlantic on Feb. 13,
2003. The Lady Camels posted 90 points once earlier this season,
defeating Stetson 93-80 on Jan. 22 in Buies Creek.
Baker, a sophomore guard, is the first Lady Camel to reach 30
points in a single game since April Cromartie scored 35 against
Belmont on Dec. 1, 2001. The High Point, N.C. native added six
rebounds, three assists and three steals in the win, also
registering a 12-for-15 mark from the field.
Yesh, recognized prior to the game as one of the Lady Camel
seniors, responded with a career day, pouring in a career-high 20
points on 9-of-12 shooting, while completing a double-double with
11 rebounds. The double-double effort was Yesh's third this season
and fifth in the senior's career.
Sophomore forward Jazmine
Cooper also registered a double-double, her third-straight,
with 10 points and 10 boards. The Fayetteville, N.C. native has
scored in double figures in each of her last nine outings, a
career-high.
Junior guard Kate
Cloxton dished out 11 assists, including eight in the second
half, with only one turnover. Spry finished nine points and three
rebounds, while Roslyn
Presley collected seven points and two rebounds in the win.
Cannon and Ashley
James both added six points.
Leading the Spartans was Chelsea McMillan with a game-high 32
points, adding 12 rebounds in the loss. Sharniece Wadelington added
14 points, eight rebounds and four assists, while Tee-Ara Copney
tacked on eight points for Upstate.