BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell is set to make its WNIT debut Wednesday at Liberty in a 7:00 p.m. tip-off at Liberty Arena.
The Big South regular season co-champion Campbell (23-7) will take on Liberty (27-4). Tickets for the game are $5 and the game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
Wednesday's winner will face the winner of Murray State at Vanderbilt in the second round.
LAST TIME OUT
- Longwood jumped to a 17-0 lead and never trailed in an 86-47 win on March 6 over Campbell in the Hercules Tires Big South Championship final at Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C.
- The Lancers made 10 of their first 13 shots, led 24-11 after the first quarter and 38-13 at the half against a Campbell team that had won eight of the last nine meetings between the league rivals
- Faith Price led the Camels with 13 points, Shy Tuelle added 11, including 3-of-6 beyond the arc, and Brittany Staves finished with nine points and eight rebounds
A WIN ON HUMP DAY WOULD
- Be Campbell's third postseason tournament win (2-3)
- Set a program-record for single season wins (24)
- Be the 772nd win in program history (771-579)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 217th career win (216-204)
- Be Fisher's 120th win at Campbell (119-60)
- Be Campbell's 8th win on Hump Day this season (7-0)
SCOUTING THE FLAMES
- Former Big South foe Liberty owns a 27-4 record overall and went 14-2 in Atlantic Sun play this year
- The Flames went 2-0 against Big South opponents this season, defeating Hampton (68-48) and High Point (70-47)
- Buoyed by post players Mya Berkman (12.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg) and Bridgette Rettstatt (11.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg)
- Rank as one of the top defensive teams in the country holding foes to 34.0% shooting from the field, 26.9% from three and 52.0 points overall
- Led by veteran head coach Carey Green in his 23rd season with Liberty
SERIES HISTORY (Liberty leads 22-13)
- 36th all-time meeting, first since the 2017-18 season
- Liberty has won nine straight in the series
- Campbell's last win (61-55 in OT) came on Feb. 1, 2014
STAT SHEET LEADERS
IN THE NATIONAL RANKS
- 9th in scoring defense - 53.5 ppg
- 10th in three-point FG% defense - 26.1%
- 37th in assists per game - 15.5
- 38th in scoring margin - 11.1
- 46th in three-pointers per game - 7.5
- Bolden ranks 16th in the nation with 17 double-doubles and 34th averaging 10.2 boards
- Price ranks 17th making 2.8 threes per game and 28th shooting 40.9% from behind the arc
POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- Campbell is competing in the WNIT for the first time in program history
- This also marks the fourth postseason tournament overall in program history (NCAA Tournament - 2000; WBI - 2017 & 2019)
- Head coach Ronny Fisher led Campbell to its first ever postseason wins in the 2019 WBI, defeating Coastal Carolina and Tennessee Tech en route to the tourney semifinals
BIG SOUTH TOURNEY HONORS
- Campbell finished as runner-up in the Big South Championship for a third-straight tournament (2019, 2021, 2022)
- Luana Serranho was named to the All-Tournament team. She scored 20 points in Campbell's 59-56 overtime win over Presbyterian in the quarterfinal round. Serranho followed with another 20 points and converted a 3-point play with 2.2 seconds left to propel Campbell to a 51-50 win over Gardner-Webb in the semifinal
LUUUUUUUU NEARING 1K POINTS
- Senior guard Luana Serranho is nearing 1,000 career points, entering Wednesday's game with 989 in her career
- Serranho would join teammates Taya Bolden and Shy Tuelle who crossed the 1K career point barrier earlier this season
- The Lisbon, Portugal native scored 20 points in wins over Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb during the Big South Championship
- Overall she has five 20-point performances in her career with a team-high four of them coming this season
TEAM EFFORT
- Campbell leads the Big South and rank 37th in the country averaging 15.5 assists per game
- The Camels are 16-0 when three or more players reach double-figures
HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER
- Enters his sixth season with Campbell (119-60 / .668) and 14th overall (216-204 / .512)
- Leads all active coaches in the Big South with 216 wins overall and 134 in conference play
- 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, 2021 and 2022
- He has also led the Camels to three postseason appearances (WBI - 2017 & 2019; WNIT - 2022)
- Fisher led the Camels to their first ever postseason victory in the 2019 WBI en route to the tournament semifinals. It marked the first time a Big South team has reached the title preliminary game.
- 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
- Served as head coach at Presbyterian for eight seasons (2008-16)
