BUIES CREEK - Campbell (2-2) returns home Tuesday when it hosts UNCW (1-3). Tip-off from Gore Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. and will air on ESPN+ with Evan Budrovich and Wanda Watkins on the call. 

Tickets for faculty and staff on Tuesday are free. Fans can also purchase tickets for $8 at GoCamels.com/tickets or by phone through the CU Athletics Ticket Office, at 910-893-1459.

New for 2021-22, Campbell basketball ticketing will move to a 100 percent mobile platform.

According to University policy, face coverings are required when inside any Campbell University facility, until further notice. This requirement applies to all students, faculty, staff and visitors regardless of vaccination status.
 
A clear bag policy is also in effect for all games in Gore Arena.

LAST TIME OUT

• Campbell dropped its first road game of the 2021-22 season, 84-39 at nationally-ranked No. 25/25 Virginia Tech
• The matchup marked the first game for the Camels against a nationally-ranked foe since meeting No. 7/10 Duke in the first round of the 2000 NCAA Tournament
• Four Camels scored six points including Luana Serranho who added three rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes
• Campbell drilled 10 shots from behind the arc and forced the Hokies into 11 turnovers
• All-ACC forward Elizabeth Kitley led Virginia Tech with 28 points on 12-17 shooting

A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD

• Be the 751st win in program history (750-573)
• Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 196th career win  (195-199)
• Be Fisher's 99th win at Campbell (98-55)
• Be Fisher's second-straight win over UNCW
• Be Campbell's 33rd win over UNCW in program history

SCOUTING UNCW

• UNCW enters Tuesday's game with a 1-3 record including losses at Duke and No. 3 ranked Maryland
• The Seahawks recently fell 73-62 at home against Coastal Carolina
• A deadly team from deep and the charity stripe, UNCW ranks 35th nationally shooting 39.3% from three and 70th in the nation with a 75.4% free throw percentage
• Senior guard Carrie Gross leads the team averaging 13.3 points on 60.6% (20-33) shooting from the floor
• Graduate transfer (ECU) Sierra DaCosta averages 13.0 points and leads the team with six 3-pointers this season
• Allie Best, a graduate transfer guard from Marist, leads the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 13.0
• Head coach Karen Barefoot is in her fifth season leading the Seahawks and 24th overall as a collegiate head coach
• UNCW added 10 newcomers and returns 6 letterwinners from last season's squad that finished 7-14 overall and 3-10 in the CAA

SERIES HISTORY (Campbell leads 32-17)

• Saturday marks the 50th all-time meeting in the series
• Campbell won last season's matchup 70-57 in Wilmington behind 21 points and 8 boards from Bolden, 18 points and 7 boards from Shy Tuelle and 17 points from Serranho
• UNCW returns just two players who played in last year's game - Mary McMillan and Dazia Powell

BOLDEN'S BIG SOUTH BOARDS

• Taya Bolden moved to 9th on the Big South all-time rebound list after recording five boards against St. Andrews on Nov. 17
• The redshirt-senior ranks 5th among active Division-I players with 958 rebounds and is the sixth-player in program history to break the 900 rebound mark

BOLDEN SETS GAMES PLAYED RECORD

• Bolden broke the Campbell program record for games played with her 124th appearance against Norfolk State on Nov. 11

CAMPBELL NOTABLES

• Return 11 players and four starters from last season's Big South runner-up squad that finished 16-7 overall
• Preseason All-Big South first and second team selections Shy Tuelle (11.4 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and Taya Bolden (11.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg) return as Campbell's leading scorers and rebounders
• Added freshmen Courtney Dahlquist, Audrey Fuller, Taleah Stephens and Breanna Yarber
• Voted to finish second in the Big South this season behind High Point

#WEDEFEND
Campbell is one of three programs (UConn & Baylor) to rank in the top-20 in scoring defense in each of the past five seasons:

• 2020-21 - 52.3 PPG - 5th
• 2019-20 - 52.3 PPG - 4th
• 2018-19 - 56.3 PPG - 18th
• 2017-18 - 51.9 PPG - 3rd
• 2016-17 - 49.6 PPG - 1st

The Camels have also ranked in the national top-30 in field goal percentage defense in each of the past five years:

• 2020-21 - 35.0% - 14th
• 2019-20 - 35.9% - 26th
• 2018-19 - 36.1% - 20th
• 2017-18 - 34.9% - 6th
• 2016-17 - 36.6% - 29th

And in the top-30 in 3-point field goal percentage defense in each of the past four seasons:

• 2020-21 - 26.8% - 23rd
• 2019-20 - 27.7% - 29th
• 2018-19 - 26.5% - 8th
• 2017-18 - 26.9% - 7th

HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER

• Enters his sixth season with Campbell (98-54 / .645) and 14th overall (195-199 / .495)
• In five seasons under Fisher, Campbell has won 96 games -- an average of 19 per year
• Campbell won the 2019-20 Big South regular season title and finished as Big South tournament runner-up in 2019 and 2021. Fisher has also led the Camels to two postseason appearances in the WBI, claiming their first ever postseason victory in route to the tournament semifinals to mark the first time a Big South team has reached the title prelim game.
• Fisher leads all active coaches in the Big South with 195 wins overall and 121 in conference play
• Received contract extension through the 2025-26 season in summer of 2021

900-900 FOR BOLDEN

• Bolden became the sixth player in program history and 13th in the Big South to record over 900 points and 900 rebounds
• Surpassed 900 rebounds on 2/26/21 against Radford becoming the 6th player in Campbell history and 14th player in Big South history to reach that plateau
• Broke the 900 point barrier in the final game of the 2020-21 regular season against UNC Asheville on 3/3/21 and currently has 954 total points in her career
• Currently sits fourth in the Campbell record book and 9th in Big South history with 956 career boards