BUIES CREEK - Campbell seeks to stay atop the Big South standings as it travels to second-place Longwood on Saturday. Tip-off from Willett Hall is set for 3:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+.
LAST TIME OUT
- Nadiria Evans' 33 points weren't enough as Campbell held off UNC Asheville for a 70-60 win Wednesday night inside Gore Arena
- Faith Price led Campbell (15-5, 9-2) with 18 points while Christabel Ezumah had a career-high 14 off the bench. Taya Bolden recorded her 12th double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 boards
- UNC Asheville (7-14, 2-8) opened the second quarter on a 6-0 run but Campbell answered behind eight points from Ezumah and seven from Price to hold a 33-26 halftime lead. The Camels used a 7-0 run late in the third quarter to pull away from the Bulldogs for good
A WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD
- Be the 764th win in program history (763-577)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 209th career win (208-202)
- Be Fisher's 112th win at Campbell (111-58)
SCOUTING THE LANCERS
- Own a 12-10 overall record but sit second in the Big South standings with a 9-2 conference mark
- Have won five-straight matchups
- Kyla McMakin ranks 2nd in the Big South averaging 18.2 points per game
- Akila Smith ranks 5th in the conference behind 16.1 points per game. Smith ranks 10th in the country averaging 2.86 blocks per game
- Kennedy Calhoun ranks 25th nationally averaging 2.73 steals per game while Tra'dayja Smith ranks 32nd nationally with 5.2 assists per game
- Longwood ranks 36th nationally averaging 4.6 blocks per game as a team. The Lancers are effecient from the charity stripe as well, shooting a Big South-best 75.1 percent on free throws
- Led by fourth-year head coach Rebecca Tillett
SERIES HISTORY (Campbell leads 22-6)
- 29th all time meeting
- Campbell has won 17 of the last 20 meetings including 10 of the last 12 under head coach Ronny Fisher
- Earlier this season Campbell defeated the Lancers 69-41 behind a season-high 22 points from Price and 17 from Luana Serranho
- The Camels are only 6-5 in games played in Farmville- Saturday's matchup marks the first at Willett Hall since January 2020
STAT SHEET LEADERS
IN THE NATIONAL RANKS
- 5th in three-point FG% defense - 24.4%
- 10th in scoring defense - 53.4
- 29th in assists per game - 16.2
- 37th in scoring margin - 13.7
- 38th in three-pointers per game - 8.1
- Bolden ranks 13th in the nation with 12 double-doubles and 31st averaging 10.2 boards
- Price ranks 11th making 2.9 threes per game and 23rd shooting 42.3% from behind the arc
BOLDEN NEARS REBOUND RECORD
- Bolden needs two rebounds to set the all-time program record
- Entering Saturday's matchup at Longwood the redshirt-senior sits T-2nd all-time in Campbell history with 1,112 boards
- The all-time record is owned by April Cromartie (1998-02) at 1,113 total
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
- Faith Price has been one of the best shooters from behind the arc in the Big South this season
- The junior guard has made at least one three-pointer in all but one game this season and averages a league-best 2.9 threes per game, ranking 11th nationally
- On the season Price is shooting 42.3% (58-137) from range ranking 23rd in the nation
BOLDEN DOUBLE-DOUBLES
- Taya Bolden has recorded double-doubles in 10 of the last 13 games
- The redshirt senior is averaging a double-double on the year behind 12.2 points and 10.2 boards
- Overall, Bolden ranks 13th nationally with 12 double-doubles this season
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE
- Campbell ranks 10th in the nation in scoring defense holding foes to an average of 53.4 points per game
- The Camels rank 5th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense holding foes to 24.4% shooting from behind the arc
- Campbell has held foes to under 40% shooting from the field in 13 of 20 games this season and has forced 15 or more turnovers in 14 games
TEAM EFFORT
- Campbell leads the Big South and rank 29th in the country averaging 16.2 assists per game
- The Camels are 12-0 when three or more players reach double-figures
HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER
- Enters his sixth season with Campbell (111-58 / .645) and 14th overall (208-202 / .508)
- In five seasons under Fisher, Campbell has won 96 games -- an average of 19 per year
- Campbell won the 2019-20 Big South regular season title and finished as Big South tournament runner-up in 2019 and 2021
- He has also led the Camels to two postseason appearances in the WBI, claiming their first ever postseason victory in route to the tournament semifinals to mark the first time a Big South team has reached the title prelim game.
- Fisher leads all active coaches in the Big South with 207 wins overall and 129 in conference play
- Received contract extension through the 2025-26 season in summer of 2021
- Won his 100th game at Campbell on Dec. 1, 2021 against South Carolina State
- Won his 200th career game on Jan. 1, 2022 against Gardner-Webb
