CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Fresh off a thrilling overtime finish in the quarterfinal round, the 1st seed Camels (22-6) meet 4th seed Gardner-Webb (13-17) in Saturday's 6 p.m. Big South Championship semifinal at Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte. The winner will meet either 2nd seed Longwood or 7th seed UNC Asheville in Sunday's 8:30 p.m. final on ESPNU.

LAST TIME OUT

• Luana Serranho scored 20 points and Svenia Nurenberg blocked a potential game-winning shot late in overtime Thursday to lift Campbell over Presbyterian 59-56 in the Big South Championship quarterfinals at Bojangles' Coliseum
• Taya Bolden added her 17th double-double of the season (and 41st of her career) with 17 points and 10 rebounds for the top-seeded Camels (22-6), who will meet fourth seed Gardner-Webb (15-14) or fifth  in Saturday's 6:00 p.m. semifinal
• In a game that included 10 lead changes and 10 ties, neither team led by more than three over the last 8:13 of play
• Campbell forced 26 PC turnovers – 10 combined in the fourth quarter and OT alone – and did not allow the Blue Hose to hit a shot from the field over the final 4:44
• Thursday's game marked the fourth-straight contest between the teams that came down to the final seconds.  Last season, Shy Tuelle hit a buzzer-beating layup and made free throws in a pair of Campbell wins.  On Jan. 26 at Clinton, S.C., Faith Price hit a three with 2.7 seconds to play in a 58-55 Camel victory

A WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD

• Be the 771st win in program history (770-578)
• Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 216th career win  (215-203)
• Be Fisher's 119th win at Campbell (118-59)
• Be Fisher's 10th Big South tournament win (9-8)
• Be Campbell's 26th Big South tournament win  overall (25-20)

SCOUTING THE RUNNIN' BULLDOGS

Defeated 5-seeded High Point 55-53 in quarterfinal action on Thursday

Led by three players who average 13+ points a game including Jhessyka Williams (16.3 ppg), Alasia Smith (14.6 ppg) and Lauren Bevis (13.5 ppg)

Ranked 23rd in the country with 134 blocked shots and 13th in free throw attempts at 589

Led by fourth-year head coach Alex Simmons

SERIES HISTORY (Campbell leads 27-14)

• 42nd all-time meeting, second in the Big South tournament
• The only time both sides met in the Big South tournament, Campbell prevailed with a 63-46 win in the 2014 quarterfinals
• Overall Campbell has won seven of the last 10 matchups and are 8-3 against the Runnin' Bulldogs under Coach Fisher
• Campbell split the series this season, winning 66-53 on Jan. 1. Svenia Nurenberg started in place of Taya Bolden, who missed the game due to injury. Nurenberg tied her career-best with 13 points while Shy Tuelle scored a season-high 20 points in the win.
• Gardner-Webb took advantage of a slow Campbell start in the next game on Feb. 19, pulling out a narrow 59-56 victory

STAT SHEET LEADERS

• Points: Taya Bolden  - 12.8 ppg
• Rebounds: Taya Bolden - 10.2 rpg
• Assists: Luana Serranho - 4.3 apg
• Steals: Taya Bolden - 1.9 spg
• Blocks: Taya Bolden - 0.7 bpg
• Minutes: Luana Serranho - 31.9 mpg
• 3-Pointers: Faith Price - 2.8 made per game

IN THE NATIONAL RANKS

• 5th in three-point FG% defense - 24.7%
• 7th in scoring defense - 52.5
• 27th in scoring margin - 13.2
• 28th in assists per game - 16.0
• 41st in three-pointers per game - 7.8
• Bolden ranks 13th in the nation with 17 double-doubles and 31st averaging 10.2 boards
• Price ranks 16th making 2.8 threes per game and 22nd shooting 41.6% from behind the arc

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

• Taya Bolden earned first team all-conference honors while Luana Serranho was named to the second team
• Bolden was also voted Scholar-Athlete of the Year, marking the second-straight season a Campbell player has earned the award

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT HISTORY

• Campbell is 22-16 in the conference tournament all-time, winning once under legendary head coach Wanda Watkins in 1989
• The Camels have made eight trips to the conference tournament finals and twice under head coach Ronny Fisher
• Last season (2021) Campbell defeated both Winthrop and Longwood before falling to High Point in the tournament final, 62-46

1K POINTS FOR TUELLE

• Shy Tuelle netted her 1,000 point with a last second three-pointer against Winthrop on Feb. 23
• Tuelle is the 20th Campbell player to break the 1K point barrier and the second to do so this season, joining Bolden

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

• Bolden was named to the Academic All-District III team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
• The program recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field or court and in the classroom
• Bolden, a criminal justice major, is the fourth player in program history to earn the distinction and first since 2011

BOLDEN SETS REBOUNDING RECORD

• Bolden became Campbell's all-time leading rebounder with her 1,114 board  against Longwood on Feb. 5. She surpassed the previous record of 1,113 set by April Cromartie (1998-02)
• The redshirt-senior has the second-most boards in Big South history at 1,207

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 two games this season and has made 3 or more threes in 14 of 24 games she's played
• She averages a league-best 2.8 threes per game, ranking 16th nationally and is shooting 41.6% (64-of-154) from range ranking 22nd in the nation

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE

• Taya Bolden is averaging a double-double behind  12.8 points and 10.2 boards per game
• Standing at just 5-10, Bolden ranks 13th nationally with 17 double-doubles this season
• Bolden became the first player in program history and second in the Big South to record over 1,200 points and rebounds after surpassing the rebounding mark against Presbyterian in the Big South Championship quarterfinal on March 3

DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE

• Campbell ranks 7th nationally in scoring defense holding foes to an average of 52.5 points per game
• The Camels rank 5th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense, forcing opponents to 24.7% shooting from behind the arc
• Campbell has held foes to under 40% shooting from the field in 18 of 28  games this season and has forced 15 or more turnovers in 20 games

TEAM EFFORT

• Campbell leads the Big South and rank 28th in the country averaging 16.0 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 (117-59 / .668) and 14th overall (214-203 / .512)
• 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 214 wins overall and 134 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
• Served as head coach at Presbyterian for eight seasons (2008-16)