CLINTON, S.C. - Shy Tuelle made a free throw with 0.7 seconds remaining to put Campbell on top of Presbyterian, 59-58, Saturday night at the Templeton Center.
Campbell improves to 8-5 overall and 5-3 in the Big South, winning back-to-back conference games on the road for the first time this season. Presbyterian drops to 6-6 overall and 5-5 in conference play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Presbyterian made 4-of-6 shots to open the game but went scoreless over the course of the final five minutes of the first quarter
- The Fighting Camels earned its largest lead of the game midway through the third quarter as a 9-0 run capitalized by a Brittany Staves bucket and foul made it a 40-29 Campbell lead
- PC responded in the final two minutes of the third, outscoring Campbell 10-2 and closing the gap to 44-41 heading into the final quarter
- The first six minutes of the fourth quarter saw two ties and two lead changes for both sides until a 7-0 run put the Camels up 58-52 with 2:38 to go
- The Blue Hose answered by scoring five straight and tied it at 58-58 following a free throw by Jade Compton with 1.9 seconds to go
- Campbell advanced the ball after a timeout by head coach Ronny Fisher setting up the Camels for the winning shot
- Tuelle drew a foul on a catch-and-shoot play and made 1-of-2 shots from the charity stripe with 0.7 to seal the 59-58 victory
NOTABLES
- Bolden reached double-figures for the fourth-straight game, finishing with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting in 23 minutes
- The redshirt-senior has scored in double-figures in 10 of 13 games this season, averaging 12.3 points per game
- Serranho finished with 11 points, three assists, two steals and tied her career-high grabbing six boards in 39 minutes
- Tatyana Carver scored eight, making two shots from behind the arc in her second-straight start
- McNamara-Clement provided 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting off the bench
- Compton scored a game-high 19 points and recorded nine boards for Presbyterian while Nyah Willis finished with 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting from range
- The Camels outscored Presbyterian in the paint, 32-18
- Campbell outshot Presbyterian 45.8% to 35.8% from the field, but the Blue Hose knocked down 8-of-19 (42.1%) shots from distance
- CU also made 14-of-18 (77.8%) shots from the free throw line in the series, the best mark over a two-game stretch for the Camels this season
- Bolden passed Denise Ford (1985-89) on the program's all-time rebounding list and now ranks seventh in Campbell history with 841 career rebounds
NEXT UP
Campbell heads back to South Carolina next Friday and Saturday to take on Charleston Southern (6-6, 4-4) on ESPN+
