BUIES CREEK, N.C. – With Big South tournament seeding on the line, Campbell takes a two-game win streak into Wednesday's 7:00 p.m. tip at Winthrop on ESPN+.
 
The Camels (13-15, 8-8) are tied for 5th place with Winthrop (13-16, 8-8) and USC Upstate in the Big South standings with two games left in the regular season.  The top six seeds earn a first-round bye in next week's league tournament.
 
Campbell is coming off a 74-57 win Saturday over Presbyterian.  Joshua Lusane (17) and Ricky Clemons (15) combined for 32 points in their final home game, while Anthony Dell'Orso (17) and Jay Pal (11 points, 10 boards) also hit double figures for the Camels, who jumped to an 11-0 lead and never trailed.     
 
Winthrop has won its last two - both on the road - including Saturday's 75-67 victory at Charleston Southern.  Kelton Talford (20 points) led five Eagles in double figures and Winthrop made 11-of-26 threes (.423).
 
On Jan. 14 at Buies Creek, Sin'Cere McMahon scored 19 of his game high 23 in the second half to lead the Winthrop to a 78-74 win. Toneari Lane (16), Kasen Harrison (14) and Kelton Talford (12) also scored in double digits for the Eagles.  Clemons led the Camels with 18 points and Laurynas Vaistaras added 13.
 
NOTES:

• Campbell stands 4-8 on the road this season, 3-4 at Big South teams.  Winthrop is 8-4 at home, 4-3 vs. Big South foes in Rock Hill, S.C.
• Fifth-year senior Ricky Clemons leads the Camels - and ranks 12th in the Big South Conference - with a 13.1 scoring average.  Anthony Dell'Orso (11.3) is the 2nd-leading freshman scorer in the Big South, 17th overall, while Jay Pan (11.1) stands 20th among Big South scoring leaders.  Jesus Carralero averaged 10.6 points over the first five games but has missed the last 23 due to injury.
• Winthrop forward Kelton Talford leads the Big South (and ranks 5th in the nation) in field goal percentage (.679), while rating 4th among league scoring leaders (16.04) and 2nd in rebounding (7.85).  Cory Hightower (13.52) is 9th in the Big South scoring race, while Sin'Cere McMahon (13.38) is 11th.   Winthrop leads the Big South in free throw percentage (.742) and 3-point FG per game (8.8), while rating second in team field goal percentage (.469) and 3-point accuracy (.374).
• For the fourth time this season, Anthony Dell'Orso was named Big South freshman of the week on Monday.  While helping lead Campbell to a pair of wins, Dell'Orso averaged 13.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists, while shooting 56 percent (10-18) from the floor, 43 percent (3-7) from 3-point distance and hitting 4-of-4 from the line to lead the Camels to wins over Charleston Southern and Presbyterian.  Dell'Orso scored 10 points and pulled down four rebounds in a 67-51 win over Charleston Southern, then had 17 points, four rebounds and matched his career high with four assists in a 74-57 victory over Presbyterian.
• The Eagles lead the all-time series with Campbell 26-21 and have won the last nine meetings.
• The team that has led at half-time has won 11 of the last 15 meetings between the Camels and Eagles.  Last month at Buies Creek, Campbell led 38-33 at the break, but Winthrop shot 64 percent in the second half and finished 11-of-24 overall (.458) from 3-point range.
• Camel assistant coach Monty Sanders spent last season as the director of player development on Coach Mark Prosser's staff at Winthrop.
• Winthrop has won 2 of the last 3 Big South titles and was picked 2nd in this year's preseason poll.
• Founded in 1886 to train young women to teach in the public schools, Winthrop became co-educational in 1974 and joined NCAA Division I as a Big South Conference charter member in 1984-85.
• The Eagles have won more than twice as many Big South tournament titles (13) as the next closest member (UNC Asheville with 5).
• Notable Winthrop alumni include actress Andie MacDowell (Groundhog Day) and Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford.