BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Continuing a four-game stretch away from home, Campbell (1-1) heads to Boone, N.C., this weekend for a multi-team event hosted by Appalachian State.  Campbell faces the host Mountaineers (3-0) Friday in a 7:00 p.m. tip-off on ESPN+.
 
The Camels then square off against Southland Conference member Southeastern Louisiana (2-1) Saturday at 4:00 p.m., followed by App State against Kennesaw State.
 
Campbell wraps up play in the event Sunday with a 12:00 p.m. tip-off against ASUN member Kennesaw State (2-1) with App State and SLU meeting at 2:30 p.m.
 

• The Camels are coming off a 73-67 loss last Friday at NC State.  Ricky Clemons led Campbell with 18 points, plus a career-high 8 assists, while Jesus Carralero added 13 points and 7 rebounds.  Joshua Lusane came off the bench to chip in 11 points in 19 minutes for the Camels, who made 10-of-19 threes (.526) and never trailed by double figures.
• Appalachian State is undefeated through three games for the first time since 1997-98 following Tuesday's 61-60 win at Louisville.  Donovan Gregory led the Mountaineers with 16 points, while Tyree Boykin added 14 for App State, which held the Cardinals (0-3) to 39 percent shooting.
• Campbell and Southeastern Louisiana are meeting for the first time since both programs were members of the ASUN from 1994-97.  The Lions take a 2-1 mark into Friday's game vs. Kennesaw State and are coming off a 76-72 win at Wyoming.  Christian Agnew scored 15 points to lead SLU, which made 11-of-23 threes and outscored the Cowboys 28-14 in the paint.
• Kennesaw State, which Campbell played 11 times from 2005-06 through 2010-11 during its ASUN membership, also heads into the weekend with a 2-1 record after sandwiching non-D1 wins over La Grange and Brewton Parker around an 88-78 loss at Florida.

 
CAMPBELL-APPALACHIAN STATE NOTES

• The Campbell-Appalachian State series dates to the 1927-28 season - when both schools were junior colleges - and the Camels defeated the Mountaineers 62-11 in Buies Creek.  The teams met four more times through 1931-32 with Appalachian winning all four.
• After Campbell became a senior college in 1961-62, the Camels and Mountaineers met twice - both ASU wins in '62-63 and '65-66.
• Since Campbell joined NCAA I in 1977-78, Appalachian leads the series 9-5, but the Camels have won three of the last four contests.
• The Camels and Mountaineers met seven times in eight seasons between 2006-07 and 2013-14, but Friday's game is the first since a 73-66 CU triumph on Nov. 12, 2013 in Kevin McGeehan's second game as the Camel head coach.
• Appalachian State head coach Dustin Kerns squared off against the Camels four times in his two-year tenure as head coach of Big South member Presbyterian.  Campbell won three of four contests against Kerns' PC teams over the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
• Founded in 1899, Appalachian State University enrolls 20,436 students.  Notable alumni include 1969 World Series champion pitcher Don Cardwell (NY Mets), country music singers Eric Church and Luke Combs, authors Stephen J. Dubner (Freakonomics) and Charles Frazier (Cold Mountain), former NBA head coach Alvin Gentry, evangelist Franklin Graham, 2-time Olympic bronze medal hurdler Melissa Morrison-Howard and current Carolina Panthers interim head coach Steve Wilks.

 
CAMPBELL-SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA NOTES

• Campbell and SLU met five times on the hardwood between 1994-95 and 1996-97 when both teams were members of the Trans America Athletic (now ASUN) Conference.
• The Camels went 4-0 against the Lions in regular season play, winning twice at old Carter Gym and two times in Hammond, La, before falling 61-55 decision in the 1997 TAAC quarterfinals at Charleston, S.C.
• Campbell last faced a Southland Conference member in a 79-70 win over New Orleans on Dec. 9, 2020 at the BSN Sports Dolphin Classic at Jacksonville, Fla.
• Picked eighth in the 14-team Southland preseason poll, SLU finished 19-15 overall in 2021-22 and was runner-up in the conference tournament. 
• David Kiefer (Kansas State, '07) is in his fourth season as head coach at SLU (37-57).  After back-to-back 8-win seasons in his first two years, Kiefer guided the Lions to the 2022 Southland title game and a 19-victory campaign. 
• Founded in 1925, Southeastern Louisiana University is located in Hammond, La., and enrolls 15,400 students.  Notable alumni include Kennesaw State head basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, 3-time Olympian Christine Amertil (Bahamas), jazz pianist Bill Evans and TV broadcaster Robin Roberts, anchor of Good Morning America.

 
CAMPBELL-KENNESAW STATE NOTES

• Campbell won eight of 11 games against Kennesaw State when both were members of the ASUN Conference (2005-06 through 2010-11).
• The Owls are the first of three-straight ASUN members the Camels face this season.  Jacksonville (Nov. 23) and Stetson (Nov. 27) will visit Buies Creek later this month.
• Since returning to the Big South Conference in 2011-12, Campbell is 7-1 vs. ASUN members and has won 7-straight outings following a 60-58 triumph Nov. 27, 2021 at Stetson.
• Picked eighth in the 14-team ASUN preseason coaches poll, Kennesaw State finished 13-18 overall in 2021-22, 7-9 in the standings. Junior guard Chris Youngblood was a preseason all-conference choice.
• Amir Abdur-Rahim (Southeastern Louisiana, '04) is in his fourth season as head coach at KSU (21-66).  
• Kennesaw State accepted an invitation to join Conference USA for the 2024-25 academic year.
• Founded in 1963, Kennesaw State University is located north of Atlanta in Kennesaw, Ga., and enrolls 42,000 students.  Notable alumni include 2005 World Series champion Willie Harris (Chicago White Sox), 1983 Masters and 1981 and 1987 PGA Championship winner Larry Nelson and TV personality Ty Pennington, host of ABC's Extreme Makeover and TLC's Trading Spaces.