BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell hosts Longwood for its first Big South matchup at home this season on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. from Gore Arena.
Due to Campbell University policy no fans will be allowed at home events until Jan. 19. The game will air on ESPN+ with Evan Budrovich and Wanda Watkins on the call.
LAST TIME OUT
- Faith Price led all scorers with 17 points on five 3-pointers and Campbell defeated Charleston Southern 61-40 at the Buc Dome
- Taya Bolden returned to the lineup after a one-game absence and recorded her fourth-straight double-double with 12 points and 11 boards
- Luana Serranho scored seven points and dished out a career-high 10 assists
- Campbell shot 51.1% (23-45) from the field and a season-best 53.8% (7-13) from behind the arc in addition to holding the Buccaneers to 31.9%Â (15-47) from the field
A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD
- Be the 756th win in program history (755-574)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 202nd career win (201-200)
- Be Fisher's 105th win at Campbell (104-56)
SCOUTING THE LANCERS
- Longwood holds a 7-8 record overall and are off to its best start in the Big South in program history with a 4-0 conference record
- The Lancers return two first-team all-conference selections from last season in the high-scoring Kyla McMakin and one of the top shot-blockers in the nation in Akila Smith
- McMakin leads the team averaging 17.1 points per game on 34.5 minutes per outing. The junior guard is shooting a career-best 38.3% from the field and 33.3% from three
- Smith averages 16.7 points per game and leads the team with 7.7 boards and 3.0 blocks per game
- Point guard Tra'dayja Smith leads the Big South averaging 5.3 assists per game
- The Lancers were picked to finish third in the conference preseason poll, behind High Point and Campbell
- Longwood returns eight players form last season including 92% of its scoring and 89% of its minutes
- The Lancers are led by fourth-year head coach Rebecca Tillett who holds a 36-64 overall record
SERIES HISTORY (Camels lead 21-6)
- Tuesday marks the 28th all-time meeting
- Campbell has won nine of the last 11 meetings in the Ronny Fisher
- Last season saw a split during the regular season. Campbell won the first matchup 55-54 and fell 54-52 in the second game as McMakin hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to clinch the victory for the Lancers
- The Camels had their revenge in the conference tournament semifinals, holding the Lancers to a season-low scoring output in a 54-39 win
STAT SHEET LEADERS
IN THE NATIONAL RANKS
- 8th in scoring defense - 50.7
- 14th in three-point FG% defense - 24.6%
- 20th in assists per game - 17.4
- 20th in scoring margin - 17.9
- 25th in three-pointers per game - 8.7
- 41st in assist-turnover ratio - 1.12
- 44th in turnover margin - 4.64
- Price ranks 15th shooting 45.6% from three
- Bolden ranks 23rd averaging 3.9 offensive boards
SERRANHO SERVING
- Serranho recorded a career-high 10 assists on Jan. 8 at Charleston Southern
- The senior is averaging a career-high 4.7 assists this season ranking 2nd in the Big South
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
- Faith Price has made 3 or more threes in six of the last seven games, averaging 2.82 makes per outing
- The junior guard has made at least one three-pointer in every game this season (11 straight games)
- On the season Price is shooting 45.6% (31-68) from range ranking 15th in the nation
TUELLE SETS THREE-POINT RECORD
- Tuelle broke the program record with her 177th career three-pointer against Gardner-Webb on Jan. 1
- The senior broke former Campbell alum Caroline Bowns (2015-19) record of 176
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE
- This season Campbell ranks 8th in the nation in scoring defense holding foes to an average of 50.7 points per game
- The Camels also rank 14th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense holding foes to 24.6% shooting from behind the arc
- Campbell has held foes to under 40% shooting from the field in eight of 11 games this season and has forced 15 or more turnovers in nine games this year
TEAM EFFORT
- Campbell leads the Big South and rank No. 22 in the country averaging 17.4 assists per game
- Nine players are averaging 10 minutes or more per game
- The Camels are 5-0 when four players or more score 10 points or more this season
ADVANTAGE IN THE CREEK
- Under head coach Ronny Fisher, Campbell has compiled a 57-23 (.702) record at home including a 26-6 (.793) mark over the past three seasons
- Over the past five seasons Campbell has held foes to 49.3 points per game and outscored its opponents by an average of 10.9 when playing inside Gore Arena
- Since the 2016-17 season, the Camels have held foes to 40 points or less 18 times
HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER
- Enters his sixth season with Campbell (104-56 / .645) and 14th overall (201-200 / .505)
- 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
- He 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 201 wins overall and 123 in conference play
- Received contract extension through the 2025-26 season in summer of 2021
- Won his 100th game at Campbell on Dec. 1, 2021 against South Carolina State
- Won his 200th career game on Jan. 1, 2022 against Gardner-Webb
