BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell heads to UNCW for a matchup against the Seahawks on Friday night before returning home to host first-place Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon.
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NATIONALLY RANKED DEFENSE
- Campbell is the only program in the nation to be ranked in the top-25 in scoring defense in each of the past seven seasons. UConn is the next closest program to accomplish the feat, having done so in six of the past seven seasons
- Campbell has held 40 opponents to 40 points or less and 100 opponents to 50 points or less in the Ronny Fisher era (since 2016-17)
- This season Campbell ranks 10th nationally and leads the CAA in scoring defense, limiting foes to 52.3 points per game
- The Camels rank 3rd in the country in three-point percentage defense, limiting teams to shoot 22.3 percent from range while also ranking 12th nationally in field goal percentage defense, holding teams to shoot just 34.6 percent from the floor
LAST TIME OUT
- Christabel Ezumah scored a career-high 24 points and Campbell picked up its first-ever CAA victory in a 69-59 win over Towson last Sunday at Gore Arena
- Campbell snapped a five-game losing streak, its longest stretch without a win in the Ronny Fisher era, to improve to 8-7 overall and 1-3 in CAA play
- The Camels used a 9-3 run to end the first quarter and never looked back, leading 35-30 at halftime and by as many as 12 in the second half
- Towson trimmed its deficit to five in the fourth quarter before Campbell put the defensive clamps down and held Towson scoreless for the final 4:52 of the game
- Ezumah scored her career-high of 24 on 10-of-16 shooting while adding eight boards, one assist and one block in just 21 minutes of action. It marks the third game this season the senior has scored 20 points or more
- Gemma Nunez chipped in a career-best 12 points for the Camels along with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals while Brittany Staves made 5-of-5 shots from the floor and finished with 13 points in 22 minutes off the bench
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- UNCW enters Friday's matchup 2-13 overall and 0-4 in CAA games
- Redshirt-freshman guard Taylor Henderson leads the Seahawks averaging 15.0 points along with 5.3 boards, 2.4 assists and 2.0 steals
- Nicole Woods is head coach of UNCW in her first season at the helm
- The Seawolves, who enter this week 14-1 overall and 4-0 in CAA games, are the first repeat opponent for Campbell this season
- Stony Brook is led by graduate guard Gigi Gonzalez (16.7 points, 5.5 assists) and graduate forward/center Khari Clark (15.1 points, 7.5 rebounds)
- Ashley Langford leads the Seawolves in her third season
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell faces UNCW for the 51st time in program history and lead the all-time series 33-17
- The Camels have won three of the past four matchups, including two-straight under Coach Fisher
- UNCW's last victory in the series came on Dec. 19, 2014, a 89-80 win for the Seahawks at Trask Coliseum
- The Camels meet league-leaders Stony Brook for the second time ever after falling in the inaugural matchup earlier this season on Long Island, 73-43
A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD...
- Be the 795th win in program history (794-601)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 241st career victory (240-227)
- Be Coach Fisher's 144th win at Campbell (143-83)
EZUMAH GOES FOR CAREER HIGH
- Senior forward Christabel Ezumah scored a career-high 24 points along with 8 boards to lead the Camels to a 69-59 win over Towson on Jan. 14
- Ezumah went 10-of-16 from the floor as Campbell snapped a five-game losing streak (the longest stretch without a win for the Camels under Coach Fisher)
FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
- Campbell has opened the season as one of the top shooting teams in the CAA
- The Fighting Camels rank third in the CAA and 93rd nationally averaging 7.1 threes per game, shooting 34.1 percent from range
- CU also ranks third in the CAA shooting 42.6 percent from the field while its 21.1 bench points ranks second in the league
BLOCKING MACHINE
- Christabel Ezumah recorded her 100th block against ETSU on Dec. 17, 2023 and moved into third on the program's all-time block list after recording her 102nd block at Stony Brook
- Ezumah, who has recorded four or more blocks in four games this season, ranks 51st nationally and 2nd in the CAA averaging 1.73 blocks per game
SHARPSHOOTING SHY
- The program leader for three-pointers made, Shy Tuelle has remained as one of the best shooters from behind the arc in the nation
- Tuelle ranks 3rd in the CAA shooting 38.3 from behind the arc and 2nd in the league with 36 threes made on the year
- The Hampton, Tenn. native has totaled 257 threes in her career and is one of 24 active Division-I players to have made 250 or more career three-pointers
EZUMAH EFFICIENCY
- Ezumah is one of the most efficient forwards in the nation
- She ranks 17th amongst active Division-I players shooting 59.2 percent from the field for her career
- This season, Ezumah is shooting 56.0 percent from the floor
- Despite playing the fifth-most minutes per game (23.3) on the team, Ezumah leads Campbell averaging a near double-double behind 12.6 points per game and 8.9 rebounds
ADVANTAGE IN THE CREEK
- Under head coach Ronny Fisher, Campbell has compiled a 97-31 (.774) record at home in Buies Creek including a 47-14 (.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 28 times at home
- Campbell finished non-conference play this season with a perfect 4-0 record and are currently 5-1 in The Creek this season
HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER
- A three-time Big South Coach of the Year, Ronny Fisher is in his eighth season at the helm of Campbell women's basketball
- Over the previous seven seasons Campbell has won 135 games for an average of 19 wins per season
- Before leaving the Big South for the CAA, Fisher was the longest-tenured Big South coach in his 15th season and led all active coaches in the league with 232 wins overall including 146 in Big South play before the 2023-24 season
- Under Fisher, the Camels claimed the 2019-20 and 2021-22 Big South regular season titles and finished as Big South tournament runners-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)
UP NEXT
- Campbell hosts North Carolina A&T next Friday night before flying to Boston to face Northeastern the following Sunday.