BUIES CREEK, N.C. – For the first time as Big South Conference rivals, Campbell (9-7, 2-3) faces North Carolina A&T (9-10, 4-1) Saturday at the Corbett Sports Center in a 5:00 p.m. tip on ESPN+.

Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test in the last 72 hours is required for proof of entry to the Corbett Sports Center.
 
The Camels are coming off a 72-64 loss Wednesday at Longwood.  Austin McCullough scored a season-high 17 points and Jordan Whitfield added 16 for the Camels, whose two-game win streak ended.
 
The Aggies have won four of their first five games in Big South play, including a 73-71 victory Wednesday at UNC Asheville.  A&T trailed by 14 in the first half before cutting the gap thanks to a 12-0 run.  Demetric Horton led NC A&T with 17 points and 10 rebounds, David Beatty added 15 points and Marcus Watson 14 for the Aggies, who out-rebounded Asheville 41-30.
 

• NC A&T is 5-0 at home this season, including league wins over Presbyterian (65-57) and Hampton (67-59).
• Campbell is 3-5 away from home, 2-5 in true road games.  CU has lost its last four away from home (at VCU 65-61, at UNCW 68-58) and at Winthrop 74-72, Longwood 72-64) by a total of 21 points.
• Campbell has held 14 of its 16 opponents below 70 points and ranks first in the Big South, 22nd in the nation, in scoring defense (60.8).
• Four Camels rank among the Big South's top 30 scorers - Cedric Henderson, Jr. (15th, 12.2), Jordan Whitfield (19th, 11.5) Jesus Carralero (26th, 10.7), and Ricky Clemons (28th, 10.4).
• Marcus Watson ranks 12th (12.8) and Demetric Horton 16th (11.8) among Big South scoring leaders, while Kameron Langley is first in assists (5.2).
• Following Saturday's game, the Camels return home next week to host Hampton (Jan. 26) and High Point (Jan. 29).

 
CAMPBELL-NORTH CAROLINA A&T NOTES

• NC A&T leads the all-time series with the Camels 8-5, but the teams have not played since Nov. 2012.
• CU is 2-4 all-time against the Aggies in Greensboro.  The last time the teams met at Corbett Sports Center, Anthony Atkinson scored on a coast-to-coast drive with 3.9 seconds left to lift the Camels to a 68-67 win on Dec. 11, 2004.
• A&T has won 29-straight home conference games (2 Big South, 27 MEAC) since a loss to Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 27, 2017 in Greensboro.
• The Aggies were picked to finish third behind Campbell and Longwood in the North Division of the Big South preseason poll.
• Graduate point guard Kameron Langley leads the Big South in assists (5.2) and was a two-time MEAC preseason player of the year.  He already owns the school career steals record.  He has come off the bench the last five games and plays an average of 25.7 minutes.
• Now in his third year as head coach in Greensboro, Will Jones has led the Aggies to a 23-6 record (4-1 Big South, 19-5 MEAC) in conference regular season play.  He is one of seven current Big South head coaches who served as an assistant in the league (2009-11 at Charleston Southern).
• NC A&T leads the Big South in steals (8.6) and is third in turnover margin (+1.8).  In Big South games only, the Aggies top the league in rebounding margin (+5.0) and offensive boards.
• All five of A&T's starters - David Beatty (La Salle), Demetric Horton (Fort Wayne), Marcus Watson (New Mexico State), Justin Whatley (NC Central) and Collin Smith (UCF) - began their careers at other Division I schools.
• NC A&T joined the Big South in 2021-22 after spending 50 years in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.  The Aggies won 15 MEAC tournaments and 13 regular season titles.
• Founded in 1891 and located in Greensboro, N.C., North Carolina A&T is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in the U.S. with an enrollment of 13,322.
• Notable NC A&T alumni include civil rights activist and former U.S. Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, Pro Football Hall of Fame member Elvin Bethea and Al Attles, who led the Golden State Warriors to the 1975 NBA title and became the second African-American coach to lead his team to a league championship.  Ronald McNair ('71) was a physicist and NASA astronaut, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger launch in 1986.  N.C. A&T alumni have long been associated with political activism and civil rights, including Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond. Known collectively as the Greensboro Four, they staged sit-in demonstrations in 1960 at the Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter, which refused to serve customers of color.