BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell returns home Thursday to host Coppin State. Tip-off from Gore Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. with Evan Budrovich and Wanda Watkins providing commentary on ESPN+.
Tickets are just $8 and are available at GoCamels.com/tickets or by calling 1-877-Go-Humps. Kids 12 and under get in free.
LAST TIME OUT
- Shy Tuelle scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed nine boards as Campbell fell at Norfolk State, 54-42
- Campbell trailed by as many as 17 but cut it to a two-point game in the 4th quarter. Norfolk State closed out the game on a 12-2 run to earn the win
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell leads the all-time series, 1-0
- Marks the first matchup between both teams since 1989 when the Camels earned a 65-58 victory over the Eagles on a neutral court at the Dartmouth Invitational
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
- Coppin State is 2-5 this season featuring wins over Winthrop and Saint Peter's
- Redshirt junior guard Mossi Staples has scored in double-figures in six of seven games and leads the Eagles averaging 13.9 points
- Reigning MEAC Player of the Year, graduate guard Jaia Alexander, has yet to appear in a game for the Eagles
- Rank No. 61 nationally holding foes to 57.4 points per game
- Picked to finish third in MEAC preseason poll behind Howard and Norfolk State
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
- Be the 775th win in program history (774-583)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 220th career win (219-208)
- Be Fisher's 123rd win at Campbell (122-64)
BLOCK PARTY
- Through five games Campbell ranks No. 25 nationally averaging 5.3 blocks per game
- Christabel Ezumah ranks No. 12 averaging 2.83 blocks per game and No. 12 with 17 total blocks on the season
- Overall, six different Camels have recorded at least one block or more
SHY'S SHOOTING SHINES
- Graduate guard Shy Tuelle has started the season as one of the top shooters in the country
- Tuelle ranks No.1 nationally making 4.17 threes per game and No. 4 with 24 total made threes
- The all-time Campbell leader in made threes with 220 in her career, Tuelle ranks No. 5 nationally shooting 55.6% from behind the arc
- In the season opener against NC Wesleyan, Tuelle connected on 7-of-12 threes and had 23 points-- both career-high tying marks
- Tuelle went 6-for-7 from three for 18 points in a win against SC State
- The Hampton, Tenn. native has made at least one three in every game this season and multiple threes in five of six games
ADVANTAGE IN THE CREEK
- Under head coach Ronny Fisher, Campbell has compiled a 66-26 (.718) record at home including a 35-9 (.807) mark over the past five seasons
- Over the past seven 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 20 times at home