BUIES CREEK - Shy Tuelle poured in a season-high 21 points and Campbell made 12 three-pointers en route to a 69-41 win over Winthrop to open up Big South play, Wednesday afternoon in Gore Arena.

Campbell (4-2, 1-0) held Winthrop (2-4, 1-2) to 32.7% shooting from the field and forced 23 turnovers in the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Campbell forced eight turnovers and held Winthrop to 2-of-11 shooting from the field in the first quarter, building a 20-5 lead behind nine points from Taya Bolden
• Tuelle caught fire in the second quarter scoring 11 of her 16 first-half points in the period, draining three 3-pointers
• Campbell entered halftime up 38-12— marking its largest halftime lead in a game this season
• Winthrop started the second half on a 6-0 run before the Campbell offense answered back as five different players combined to shoot 6-of-7 from deep
• The Fighting Camels led by 34, its largest lead of the afternoon, on a three from Faith Price in the final seconds of the third quarter
• Tatyana Carver hit another three in the fourth, the team's 12th of the game as Campbell earned its first Big South win of the season

NOTABLES

• Tuelle broke her season-high points mark for the second straight game after setting a previous season-high of 20 against South Carolina State (12/20)
• The junior guard shot 8-of-15 from the field and made five shots from deep while adding seven boards and three steals in 29 minutes
• Taya Bolden also scored in double-figures, scoring all 11 of her points in the first half alone marking the fourth time this season the redshirt-senior has reached double-digits
• Carver scored a season-high eight points and had four assists in 18 minutes of work
• Campbell held Winthrop to 12 points in the first half marking the lowest point total in the first half by an opponent this season since South Carolina State (13 points)
• The Campbell defense has held opponents to under 33% shooting in 5-of-6 games this season after Winthrop shot 32.7% (18-of-55) from the floor today
• The Fighting Camels combined for a season-high 12 three-pointers, the most in a game since a program-record 19 against St. Andrews last season (11/05/19)
• Campbell has made 10 or more 3-pointers in back-to-back games for the first time since 2017-18 and the second time in the Fisher era
• Freshman forwards Sarah Hammack Fitzgerald and Christabel Ezumah each set season-bests on the glass with Fitzgerald picking up six boards while Ezumah had eight

NEXT UP
Campbell returns to Gore Arena less than 24 hours later to round out the series against Winthrop tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM on ESPN+.