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Camels host Longwood Saturday

Program alumni welcomed back, National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration set

BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell returns home Saturday when it hosts Longwood at 2 p.m. 
 
Tickets start at just $8 and are available at GoCamels.com/tickets or by calling 1-877-Go-Humps. Kids 12 and under are free. Come out to Gore Arena to welcome back alumni and join the celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day!

LAST TIME OUT

  • Christabel Ezumah scored 16 points and grabbed  a career-high 15 rebounds as Campbell defeated USC Upstate 57-51 Wednesday at the G.B. Hodge Center
  • Audrey Fuller totaled 12 points, six boards and three blocks, Brittany Staves added nine points for the Camels (13-9, 8-3), who moved into sole-possession of second place in the Big South standings
  • Ezumah, who finished with her fourth double-double of the season, recorded 10 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in the second half alone
  • After trailing 12-5 following the first quarter the Spartans went on a 10-0 run to begin the second period and regained a 15-12 lead. Campbell responded by closing out the first half with a 15-2 run, capitalized by Erika Joseph's three as time expired to give the Camels a 27-17 edge at the break
  • Campbell never trailed following halftime and extended its lead to as many as 16 twice in the third quarter. Upstate cut its deficit to 50-48 following a pair of free throws by Isabella Geraci with 3:11 remaining before Ezumah responded with back-to-back layups to put Campbell ahead by six

SERIES HISTORY

  • Campbell leads the all-time series, 24-7
  • Campbell won the first matchup earlier this season in Farmville, Va., 56-48, behind 14 points from both Gianni Boone and Christabel Ezumah
  • Both teams shared the Big South regular season crown last year and reached the conference tournament championship game where the Lancers prevailed
  • Campbell has won eight of the past 10 matchups and are 15-1 at home all-time against the Lancers

SCOUTING THE LANCERS

  • Longwood owns a 5-17 record overall including a 4-7 mark in Big South play
  • After winning games against Presbyterian and Radford, the Lancers have dropped its two most recent outings against Charleston Southern (76-72) and Winthrop (69-58)
  • Redshirt-junior Adriana Shipp-Davis and senior guard Anne-Hamilton LeRoy lead the Lancers scoring over 13 points a game
  • Sophomore forward Rebekah Gordon (9.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg) and graduate transfer Isabella Geraci (9.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg) lead the Spartans scoring and on the boards
  • Lead the Big South shooting 73.3 percent on free throws
  • Rank No. 89 nationally with 18.7 free throw attempts per game and No. 71 with 13.7 made free throws per game
  • Rank No. 96 nationally with 17.82 turnovers forced per game
  • Picked to finish sixth in the Big South preseason poll
  • Led by first year head coach Erika Lang-Montgomery

A WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD...

  • Be the 785th win in program history (784-589)
  • Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 230th career win (229-214)
  • Be Fisher's 133rd win at Campbell (132-70)

CHRISTABEL'S DOUBLE-DOUBLE

  • Christabel Ezumah recorded a 16 point-15 rebound double-double in Campbell's win over USC Upstate (Feb. 1)
  • It marked her fourth double-double of the season and second in Big South play
  • Ezumah became the first player to record 15 rebounds or more since Taya Bolden (2016-22) did so last season

NATIONALLY RANKED DEFENSE

  • Campbell ranks No. 3 nationally in scoring defense, holding foes to an average of 50.6 points per game
  • The Camels also rank No. 6 in field goal percentage defense, holding teams to shoot 33.7 percent from the field and rank No. 17 in three-point  field goal percentage defense, limiting teams to shoot 26.2 percent from behind the arc
  • Additionally, the Camels rank No. 31 nationally with 41.27 rebounds per game, No. 15 with a rebound margin of 9.3 and No. 48 averaging 4.2 blocks per game

BIG SOUTH SUCCESS

  • Campbell is off to another top start to Big South play this season with a 8-3 record this season
  • In each of the past three seasons, Campbell has started conference play with a 6-2 record or better

BOONE BOOMIN'

  • Freshman guard Gianni Boone has been a top option for the CU offense this season
  • Boone has scored in double-figures a team-high 13 times this season including in 11 of the past 15 games
  • The Washington, D.C. native scored a career-high 20 points against Cleveland State and previously scored 16 points against Virginia

BLOCK PARTY

  • Campbell ranks No. 48 nationally and leads the Big South averaging 4.2 blocks per game
  • Christabel Ezumah leads the Big South and ranks No. 25 nationally averaging 2.00 blocks per game with 44 total blocks on the year
  • Overall, nine different Camels have recorded at least one block or more

ADVANTAGE IN THE CREEK

  • Under head coach Ronny Fisher, Campbell has compiled a 91-27 (.774) record at home including a 41-10 (.813) mark over the past four seasons
  • Over the past seven seasons Campbell has held foes to 49.4 points per game and outscored its opponents by an average of 12.0 points when playing inside Gore Arena
  • Since the 2016-17 season, the Camels have held foes to 40 points or less 25 times at home

SATURDAY IS THE NEW HUMP DAY

  • Campbell is undefeated this season in games played on Saturday with a 7-0 record overall
  • Coincidentally, the Camels have posted a 3-5 record on Hump Day this year

HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER

  • A three-time Big South Coach of the Year and the winningest active coach in the conference, Ronny Fisher is in his  seventh season at the helm of Campbell University women's basketball
  • Over the previous six seasons Campbell has won 119 games for an average of nearly 20 wins per season
  • As the current longest-tenured Big South coach in his 15th season, Fisher leads all active coaches in the conference with 229 wins overall including 144 in the Big South
  • Under Fisher, the Camels won the 2019-20 and 2021-22 Big South regular season titles and finished as Big South tournament runner-up in 2019, 2021 and 2022
  • Fisher has also led Campbell to its first-ever WNIT berth in 2021-22 along with two other postseason appearances in the WBI. He helped the Camels claim their first ever postseason win in the 2019 WBI
  • Previously served as head coach at Presbyterian (2008-16)
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Players Mentioned

Taya Bolden

#23 Taya Bolden

F
5' 10"
Redshirt Senior
Brittany Staves

#14 Brittany Staves

F
6' 0"
Sophomore
Christabel Ezumah

#32 Christabel Ezumah

F
6' 2"
Freshman
Audrey Fuller

#15 Audrey Fuller

G
5' 10"
Sophomore
Erika Joseph

#23 Erika Joseph

G
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Gianni Boone

#22 Gianni Boone

G
5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Taya Bolden

#23 Taya Bolden

5' 10"
Redshirt Senior
F
Brittany Staves

#14 Brittany Staves

6' 0"
Sophomore
F
Christabel Ezumah

#32 Christabel Ezumah

6' 2"
Freshman
F
Audrey Fuller

#15 Audrey Fuller

5' 10"
Sophomore
G
Erika Joseph

#23 Erika Joseph

5' 8"
Graduate Student
G
Gianni Boone

#22 Gianni Boone

5' 11"
Freshman
G