BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell returns to action following the holiday break as it hosts Presbyterian Thursday. Tip-off from Gore Arena is set for 5:00 p.m. and will be broadcast 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. Campbell Univeristy faculty and staff also get in free to Thursday's game.Â
LAST TIME OUT
- Campbell finished non-conference play dropping games to Cleveland State and Jacksonville State at the Holiday Hoops Classic in Las Vegas
- Gianni Boone was named to the all-tournament team after averaging a team-high 16 points along with 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals
- Boone scored a career-high 20 points in the loss against Cleveland State and had 12 points and seven rebounds against Jacksonville State
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell leads the all-time series against Presbyterian, 14-8
- Campbell has won eight straight in the series
- Each of the past four matchups have been decided by three or less points
- The Camels defeated the Blue Hose 59-56 in overtime in the Big South Championship quarterfinals thanks in part to a block by Svenia Nurenberg on the final possession by the Blue Hose
SCOUTING THE BLUE HOSE
- Presbyterian wrapped up its non-conference slate with a 4-7 record featuring wins over Western Carolina and UNC Greensboro
- Fifth-year center Bryanna Brady leads the team averaging 12.4 points on .548 percent shooting along with 6.1 rebounds
- Sophomore guard Mara Neira averages 11.4 points per game
- The Blue Hose lead the Big South in assists per game, averaging 15.1
- Remain one of the better defensive teams in the league, holding foes to 37.0 percent shooting from the field
- Picked to finish 7th in the Big South preseason poll
- Led by fifth year head coach Alaura Sharp
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
- Be the 777th win in program history (776-586)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 222nd career win (221-211)
- Be Fisher's 125th win at Campbell (124-67)
- Be the ninth-straight win for the Camels over the Blue Hose
DE-FENSE, DE-FENSE
- Campbell ranks No. 8 nationally in scoring defense, holding foes to an average of 51.9 points per game this season
- The Camels also rank No. 7 in field goal percentage defense, limiting teams to shoot 33.0 percent from the field and rank No. 49 holding teams to 26.5% shooting on threes
BLOCK PARTY
- Campbell ranks No. 25 nationally averaging 5.0 blocks per game
- Christabel Ezumah ranks No. 11 averaging 2.55 blocks per game and No. 13 with 28 total blocks this season
- Overall, eight different Camels have recorded at least one block or more
BOONE BOOMIN'
- Freshman guard Gianni Boone has been a top option for the CU offense during the non-conference slate
- Boone has scored in double-figures a team-high six times this season including four straight games to close out the non-con schedule
- The Washington, D.C. native scored a career-high 20 points against Cleveland State and previously scored 16 points against Virginia and 19 against William Peace
ADVANTAGE IN THE CREEK
- Under head coach Ronny Fisher, Campbell has compiled a 87-26 (.718) record at home including a 37-9 (.807) mark over the past four seasons
- Over the past seven seasons Campbell has held foes to 49.4 points per game and outscored its opponents by an average of 12.0 points when playing inside Gore Arena
- Since the 2016-17 season, the Camels have held foes to 40 points or less 24 times at home
HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER
- A three-time Big South Coach of the Year and the winningest active coach in the conference, Ronny Fisher is in his seventh season at the helm of Campbell University women's basketball
- Over the previous six seasons Campbell has won 119 games for an average of nearly 20 wins per season
- As the current longest-tenured Big South coach in his 15th season, Fisher leads all active coaches in the conference with 221 wins overall including 136 in the Big South
- Under Fisher, the Camels won the 2019-20 and 2021-22 Big South regular season titles and finished as Big South tournament runner-up in 2019, 2021 and 2022
- Fisher has also led Campbell to its first-ever WNIT berth in 2021-22 along with two other postseason appearances in the WBI. He helped the Camels claim their first ever postseason win in the 2019 WBI
- Previously served as head coach at Presbyterian (2008-16)