BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell returns home to take on Charleston Southern on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

WHO: Campbell Fighting Camels (8-5) vs. Charleston Southern Buccaneers (6-7)
WHEN: January 9, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. ET
WHERE: Gore Arena - Buies Creek, N.C.
LIVE STATS: GoCamels.com
LIVE VIDEO: Big South Network
SOCIAL MEDIA: @GoCamelsWBB
 
Campbell notes
Campbell returns home after a convincing 72-48 win at Winthrop on Saturday afternoon inside Winthrop Coliseum. Summer Price led all scorers with 15 points, while grabbing seven rebounds.

Kyra Davis and Caroline Bowns also scored in double figures for CU. Davis added 13 and Bowns scored 12 after connecting on  four from downtown. MaKala Rouse helped the Campbell offense with a career-high 12 assist and zero turnover performance.

Despite the score being tied at three separate times, Campbell never trailed in the game, leading for 37:01 in Saturday's contest.

Price continues to lead the Campbell offense at 16.1 points per game. Rouse follows with a 7.0 clip along with her 5.3 rebounds per contest. Lauren McNamara-Clement has a 5.5 rebounds per game average to compliment her 6.0 points per game.

The scoring defense for Campbell is No. 4 in the country at 52.8 points per game, only 5.7 points from the top spot, held by Green Bay. CU sits first in the Big South in assists, assist-to-turnover ratio, field-goal percentage defense, rebound margin, rebounds, rebounds per game, scoring defense and scoring margin.

Charleston Southern Notes
Charleston Southern enters Tuesday's contest having split its first two Big South matchups, most recently losing at Liberty, 63-53. The Bucs defeated Longwood in their first contest of the conference slate, 73-57, last Tuesday.

CSU's offense was led by Weknyne Dumorne's 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor. She also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds for the Bucs in the loss.  Ke'Asia Jackson also scored in double figures for CSU, scoring 10 points on three baskets from the floor.

In 13 games this season, Njeri Nelms leads the CSU offense with 11.3 points per contest on 46.4 percent shooting from the floor. Nelms also has a team-high 31 assists on the year with 2.4 per game.

A pair of Bucs have more than 6.0 rebounds per game, led by Rachel Burns' 6.5 clip. Right behind Burns is Dumorne's 6.3 mark per game.

Previous Meeting
Campbell and Charleston Southern split their meetings in 2016-17, with each side winning on its own home floor. Campbell defeated CSU, 54-37, on Jan. 7 and CSU won 60-43 one month later on its home court.

2017 Non-Conference
Campbell closed out non-conference play with a 7-4 record. CU allowed just 52.5 points per game in, which ranked eighth best in the country. Bolden posted 10 rebounds or more five times and Summer Price tallied 20-plus points in five games during the non-conference slate.

Freshmen Impact
It took just two games for all six freshmen to see playing time for CU. Five recorded at least 10 minutes of game time at Kansas, led by Carver's 22 minutes.

Against William Peace, Julia Crocker made her collegiate debut, knocking down a 3-pointer on her first shot of the game. Micaila Coleman has appeared in 9-of-10 games in 2017.

McNamara-Clement has started every game since Nov. 22 at College of Charleston, while Tatyana Carver earned her first start of the year at NC Central on Dec. 21. Ashlyn Hampton earned her first start of the year against UNC Asheville on Jan. 2.
 
Big South Weekly Awards
McNamara-Clement picked up the first weekly award of the season for the Orange and Black, earning Freshman of the Week honors on Nov. 20. Price earned Player of the Week honors on Nov. 27. Hampton was named the freshman of the week for her performances to help CU sweep the weekly Big South awards. Hampton earned her second FOTW honor on Dec. 11. McNamara-Clement claimed her second FOTW honor on Dec. 18. CU has claimed 4-of-7 freshman of the week honors in 2017.

Top WBB Attendances
1) 3,095 - NC Central (67-61) - 12/14/10
2) 2,932 - Columbia International (78-39) 12/14/17
3) 2,905 - Columbia College (84-54) - 12/3/12
4) 2,851 - St. Augustine's (69-33) - 12/13/16
5) 2,812 - NC A&T (56-55) - 11/18/15
6) 2,754 - Winston-Salem State (72-60) - 11/29/11
7) 2,760 - UNCW (67-53) - 11/19/13
8) 2,573 - Gardner-Webb (75-74) - 1/13/15
9) 1,945 - Wofford (80-78) - 11/13/09

* 1-8 are Education Day attendance numbers
 
Bold On The Glass
Bolden has been a force on the glass, snagging at least 10 rebounds in six of the last nine games she has played in, including a career-high 14 against William Peace.

The Price Is Right
Summer Price has led the Camels in scoring in 8-of-13 games this season. She has tallied double-digit scoring outputs in all but two contests this year.

Follow Us, We'll Lead The Way
Campbell led for 182:59 in the five games between Nov. 17 and Nov. 30. The Camels trailed for only 6:44 in that span. CU trailed in that category for the second time all season against WCU, only leading for 14:22, while trailing for 22:20. Campbell led for more than 39 minutes (39:17) against Columbia International and more than 36 minutes (36:24) at NC Central. They led for more than 37 minutes at Winthrop on Jan. 6.

1,000-Point Watch
Price reached the 1,000-point mark at UNCG on Nov. 25. She scored a career-high 28 points on 11-of-17 shooting to reach the milestone. Price tallied 416 points last season, 45 percent of her three-year career total.

Can You Hear Me Now?
During the 2017 Education Day game versus Columbia International, the rambunctious crowd surpassed 100 decibels inside Gore Arena. That level of noise is similar to that of a jackhammer or a power lawn mower.

Big South Preseason
The Camels were tabbed third in the Big South preseason poll, earning 77 points in the voting. Campbell finished four points ahead of fourth place High Point, and four points behind second place Liberty. Price and Rouse were named to the preseason second team all-conference.
 
2017-18 Camels
CU returns nine from last season, including its top four scorers, while adding six new faces to the squad. Price, Rouse, Bowns and Hannah Long pace the top four returning scorers for the Camels.

Hayley Barber, Breanna Foster, Taya Bolden, Sarah Smith and Alyshia Allison also return for the Orange and Black. Joining the squad is Coleman, Hampton, Carver, Davis and Crocker.
 
Campbell signs two for 2018
Head coach Ronny Fisher announced the signing of Shyanne "Shy" Tuelle and Lauren Carter to the 2018 incoming class.
 
Tuelle, a 5-10 guard, comes to Campbell from Hampton, Tenn., and Hampton High School. Carter, a 6-0 forward, joins the Camels from High Point, N.C., and Southwest Guilford High School.

Postseason Play
Campbell made its first postseason appearance in 17 years in 2017, as it earned a spot in the Women's Basketball Invitational. CU fell to St. Francis (Pa.), 79-68, on March 16 in tournament play.
 
Top Scoring Defense
Campbell finished the 2016-17 season with the top scoring defense in NCAA Division I, allowing just 49.6 points per game. The Camels held teams to just 47.8 points per game inside Gore Arena. CU tallied nine double-digit victories, holding opponents to under 40 points in five of those contests.
 
Big South 2016-17 Honors
Rouse was named the 2016-17 Big South Defensive Player of the Year. Rouse also earned honorable mention all-conference honors. Price earned second team honors and former Camel, Brianna Cribb, picked up all-academic honors.
 
Up Next
Campbell heads to Clinton, S.C. on Saturday for a 2 p.m. matchup at Presbyterian.