BUIES CREEK, N.C. – With the start of basketball season only one week away, the Fighting Camels are not only excited to welcome long-time regional rivals UNC Wilmington and Coastal Carolina to Buies Creek this year, but to also assist with ongoing recovery efforts in those areas from the effects of Hurricane Florence.
UNC Wilmington visits Gore Arena in the season opener on Tuesday, Nov. 6 for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff that follows the women's basketball opener vs. Old Dominion at 5:00 p.m.
Coastal Carolina returns to Buies Creek after a two-season absence on Friday, Nov. 9 in a 7:30 p.m. start that comes after Campbell hosts Presbyterian in a 5:00 p.m. volleyball match.
Tickets are $15 for reserved seats. The Campbell Athletics Department is donating 20 percent of each individual game ticket sold to hurricane relief efforts for each game. The money raised will be sent to UNCW and Coastal Carolina for those institutions to determine how it will best be used for relief and recovery efforts in the Wilmington and Conway communities.
Campbell has partnered with Pepsi to produce special "Camel Strong" tee shirts that will be available in exchange for a donation to the relief effort at both games.
Season tickets are available for the 2018-19 Campbell men's basketball campaign and are just $150 for all men's and women's home games or just $120 for the men's home dates. Call 910-893-1459, email
athletictickets@gocamels.com or visit GoCamels.com for more information.
The Camels return 3 of their top 4 scorers from last year's squad that finished 18-16 and advanced to the semifinals of the CBI. The nation's top returning scorer – senior
Chris Clemons – averaged 24.9 points last season and enters this season only 325 points shy of breaking Reggie Williams' all-time Big South record (2,556 points from 2004-08).
UNCW is led by senior forward Devontae Cacok, who averaged 17.7 points and is the country's top returning rebounder (13.5). The Seahawks finished last season with an 11-21 record, 8-12 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Tuesday's game will be the 104th in the all-time series that dates to the 1951-52 season between the Eastern North Carolina rivals. Last year in Wilmington, the Seahawks claimed an 88-84 victory. Campbell stands 3-1 all-time against UNCW in Gore Arena.
Former Big South rivals Campbell and Coastal Carolina square off on Nov. 9 for the 42nd time in the series that began in 1975-76. Campbell owns a 22-19 edge against the Chanticleers and stands 2-2 in Gore Arena vs. the Chanticleers, who left the Big South in 2016 to join the Sun Belt Conference.
Coastal finished the 2017-18 campaign with a 14-18 overall record, 8-10 in the Sun Belt. The Chants return their top scorer from last year, 6-foot-7 senior forward Zac Cuthbertson, who averaged 14.7 points per outing.
The Camels are coming off the most combined wins (37) in a two-year span in the program's Division I history as well as CU's first-ever back-to-back postseason berths in its D1 era.
