BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell returns to the friendly confines of Gore Arena to host North Carolina A&T Saturday in a 4:30 p.m. tip on ESPN+.
 
The Camels (14-10, 7-6 Big South) have alternated wins and losses in their last six games, most recently a 71-67 setback Wednesday at Radford.  Cedric Henderson, Jr. led the Camels with a season-high 22 points, Ricky Clemons added 17, while Jesus Carralero chipped in 12 for the Camels, who shot 49 percent from the floor, but could not overcome a 15-4 late Radford run.
 
NC A&T (11-16, 6-7) has dropped six of its last eight games, including Wednesday's 93-82 setback at Hampton.  Four days after dealing North Division leading Longwood (12-1) its only loss in league play (70-62), the Aggies fell earlier this week to a Pirate team that made 11-of-16 threes.  Justin Whatley (17) and Kyle Duke (15) hit season scoring highs for the Aggies.
 
Last month in Greensboro, Jordan Whitfield's corner three with 0.6 seconds remaining lifted Campbell to a 73-72 win at the Corbett Sports Center.  CU overcame a late 14-2 Aggie run to deal A&T its first home court loss in conference play since 2017. Messiah Thompson led CU with a season-high 20 points, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range, while Cedric Henderson, Jr. added 18 and Whitfield added 17 (5-of-10 threes).  Collin Smith led NC A&T with 22 points and 9 rebounds, while Demetric Horton added 20 points, including 4-of-7 triples.  Campbell made a season-high 15 threes in 31 attempts (.484), shot 52.8 percent overall.
 

• CU has held 18 of its 24 opponents below 70 points and ranks 1st in the Big South, 19th in the nation, in scoring defense (61.7).
• Campbell is 8-3 at home this season, 4-2 vs. league foes.  NC A&T is 3-12 on the road, 2-5 at Big South opponents.
• Campbell stands 5-2 vs. North Division opponents - the losses coming Jan. 19 at league leader Longwood (64-72) and Wednesday at Radford.  NC A&T is 3-4 vs. the North Division foes, 2-2 on the road in divisional play.
• Four Camels rank among the Big South's top 30 scorers - Cedric Henderson (13th, 13.3), Jordan Whitfield (21st, 11.6), Ricky Clemons (26th, 10.0) and Jesus Carralero (29th, 9.9).
• New Mexico State transfer Marcus Watson (12.1) and Fort Wayne transfer Demetric Horton (11.1) lead the Aggies offensively.
• Following Saturday's game, the Camels head to Hampton Wednesday (7:00).

 
CAMPBELL-NORTH CAROLINA A&T NOTES

• NC A&T leads the all-time series with the Camels 8-7.  Campbell's 73-72 win on Jan. 22 in Greensboro was the first meeting between the teams since Nov. 2012.
• CU is 1-0 all-time against NC A&T in Gore Arena, 2-0 vs. the Aggies in Buies Creek.
• Before the Camels defeated the Aggies last month, A&T had 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 (4.7) and was a two-time MEAC preseason player of the year.  He already owns the school career steals record.
• Now in his third year as head coach in Greensboro, Will Jones has led the Aggies to a 25-12 record (6-7 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 (8.2) and is third in turnover margin (+1.8).  In Big South games only, the Aggies top the league offensive boards (12.8) and are 2nd in in rebounding margin (+5.0).
• A&T's rotation includes five players - 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.  The university's College of Engineering graduates more Black engineers than any other campus in the United States, and its College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences produces more African American agriculture graduates than any campus in the country. The university is also a leading producer of African-American kinesiology undergraduates, landscape architects, nurses, teachers and journalism/mass communication grads.
• 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.