BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Riding a three-game win streak, Campbell welcomes Winthrop to Gore Arena Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m.
Campbell enters the contest with a perfect 7-0 record at home this season and has won eight straight inside of Gore Arena dating back to March 6 of last season. The start marks the best since the 2012-13 season and is just shy of the 2011-12 season when the Camels opened with a perfect 8-0 mark at home.
Campbell is coming off a 68-31 win at Hampton where the Camels held Hampton to just 20.4 percent shooting from the field to mark the lowest field goal percentage allowed this season. The ledger also marks the fifth time this season the Camels have held their opponent to under 29 percent and has helped Campbell to only allow 51.6 points per game which ranks sixth nationally.
Despite only having one player averaging double-digit scoring numbers in Shy Tuelle (10.5), Campbell has had a player score in double-figures 30 different times this season.
Winthrop, who sits just one game back from Campbell in the Big South standings, is coming off a 61-54 win over Presbyterian to notch its second straight win. The Eagles are led by a pair of double-digit scorers in Destinee Jamison-Whitfield (14.3 ppg) and Jah'Che Whifield (10.2 ppg).
The Camels' 5-1 start in league play marks the best start in Big South play since Fisher's first season with the Camels in 2016-17 when the Camels started out 7-1.
Following Tuesday's contest, Campbell hits the road once to take on Presbyterian on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.