BUIES CREEK, N.C. – After winning four of its last six contests, Campbell travels Saturday to Gardner-Webb for a 2:00 p.m. start on ESPN3.  The Camels stand in a tie for 5th place tie in the Big South standings, while GWU is tied for 3rd.
 
Campbell (11-14, 6-7) is coming off an 82-66 win Wednesday over High Point.  Anthony Dell'Orso hit career highs with 26 points and 10 rebounds as CU swept the season series from the Panthers for the second-straight year.  Jay Pal (14), Ricky Clemons (12), Joshua Lusane (11) and Gediminas Mokseckas (10) also reached double digits for Campbell, which shot 59 percent from the floor, 69.6 percent in the 2nd half.
 
Gardner-Webb (14-11, 9-4) won its sixth-straight game Thursday in a 61-48 decision at Radford.  Anthony Selden led four Runnin' Bulldogs in double figures with 14 points and GWU shot 61 percent in the 2nd half, while holding Radford to just 32 percent shooting overall.
 
On Jan. 4 at Buies Creek, Laurynas Vaistaras scored a career-high 13 points and Campbell never trailed in a 63-58 win over Gardner-Webb.  The Camels made 14 more free throws (15-23) than GWU (4-11) attempted.  Quest Aldridge came off the bench to lead GWU with 20 points, including 5-of-9 threes, in 23 minutes.
 
NOTES:

• Campbell stands 4-7 on the road this season, 3-3 at Big South teams.  Gardner-Webb is 7-3 at Paul Porter Arena, 4-2 at home vs. Big South foes.
• Jay Pal is scoring at an 11.9 clip vs. the Big South and has raised his season scoring average to 10.7.
• Fifth-year senior Ricky Clemons leads the Camels - and ranks 11th in the Big South Conference - with a 13.0 scoring average.  Anthony Dell'Orso (10.9) is the 2nd-leading freshman scorer in the Big South.  Jay Pal (10.7) also contributes double figure points per outing.  Jesus Carralero averaged 10.6 points over the first five games but has missed the last 20 due to injury.
• Gardner-Webb guard DQ Nicholas, a SE Missiouri State transfer, ranks 14th among league scoring leaders (12.4), while Anthony Selden (10.8) is 18th.
• Gardner-Webb leads the league in scoring (63.46) and field goal percentage (.402) defense, and also tops the Big South in blocked shots (4.8), assists (13.4) and assist-turnover ratio (1.07).  GWU is 2nd in rebounding margin (+3.2), scoring margin (+7.6) and field goal accuracy (.470). 
• Under head coach Tim Craft, the Runnin' Bulldogs have not endured a losing season in Big South Conference play in his 10 seasons. Craft's teams own a 100-70 record vs. the Big South, reaching at least 10 wins in eight of his first nine seasons.
• Over the last decade, Gardner-Webb has six wins over Power 5 Conference schools - Clemson, Purdue, Nebraska, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and most recently. Georgia (Dec. 29, 2021).
• Campbell and Gardner-Webb have played each other on three different levels.  The teams squared off twice as junior college members in the '50s, then played 3 times as NAIA members in the late '60s-early '70s.  The teams also met as rivals in the Atlantic Sun Conference before GWU joined the Big South in 2008-09.  Campbell, which was a Big South charter member from 1984-94, returned to the league in 2011-12.
• Seven Gardner-Webb standouts have gone on to play in the NBA, including Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore and All-Star John Drew.
• Following Saturday's game, the Camels host Charleston Southern next Wednesday (Feb. 15) at 7 p.m.