BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell returns to Gore Arena on Thursday night to host High Point in a 7 PM tip-off on FloCollege. As part of Faculty/Staff Appreciation night, Campbell faculty/staff can claim four free tickets with code sent to their emails.
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Single game tickets for women's games are available at GoCamels.com/tickets for just $10. Kids 12 and under receive free admission with the purchase of at least one adult ticket. Courtside seating is also available starting at $20. TO PURCHASE YOUR SINGLE GAME TICKETS please click HERE or call the Athletics Ticket Office, at 1-877-GO-HUMPS.
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 eight seasons
- In the Ronny Fisher era (since 2016-17) Campbell has held 42 opponents to 40 points or less and 104 opponents to 50 points or less
- Last season Campbell ranked:
- 8th nationally and 1st in the CAA in scoring defense (55.1 points per game allowed)
- 31st nationally in field goal percentage defense (37.1%)
- 10th nationally in three-point percentage defense (26.5%)
- Additionally, Campbell ranked 23rd nationally giving up only 13.8 fouls per game
CAMPBELL NOTABLES
- Return eight players from last year's squad that finished 17-14 overall, 9-9 CAA and reached the CAA Quarterfinals
- Key returners include juniors Gemma Nunez and Gianni Boone along with senior Audrey Fuller
- Nunez led team in minutes (33.0), assists (3.4) and steals (1.3) last season while averaging 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds
- Boone returns as the Camels leading returning scorer after averaging 6.5 points on 49.1% shooting from the field last season. She scored 10+ points seven times off the bench
- Fuller averaged 4.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists, scoring 10+ points four times
- Added five freshmen with guards Ciara Alexander (Atlanta, Ga.), Jasmine Felton (Elizabeth City, N.C.), Emerson Thompson (Butner, N.C.) and Olivia Tucker (Durham, N.C.) alongside forward Mikayla Taborn (Youngsville, N.C.)
- Voted to finish 8th in the CAA Preseason Poll
LAST TIME OUT
- Campbell fell 73-72 at Western Carolina last Thursday. Gianni Boone (21 pts) and Gemma Nunez (15 pts) scored career-highs while Courtney Dahlquist recorded her first career double-double with 13 points and 13 boards
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- High Point returns seven players from last season's team that won the Big South regular season title and earned a WBIT berth
- The Panthers are 1-1 heading into Thursday's game against the Camels, after falling to Elon in its season opener and picking up a win over Davidson on Sunday
- Senior guard Nakyah Terrell, an All-Big South second team selection, leads the Panthers averaging 12.0 points this season
- Led by sixth-year head coach Chelsea Banbury, the Panthers were selected first in the Big South preseason poll
SERIES HISTORY
- Campbell meets High Point on the hardwood for the 51st time overall and 21st straight season
- High Point leads the all-time series 30-20 and have won the past four matchups including last season's 48-47 win over the Camels at the Quebein Center
- Campbell's last win in the series came on Feb. 26, 2022: a 60-53 overtime win that clinched the Big South regular season title
A WIN TODAY WOULD...
- Be the 619th win in Division-I program history (618-487)
- Be head coach Ronny Fisher's 251st career victory (250-235)
- Be Coach Fisher's 154th win at Campbell (153-91)
WIN NO. 250 FOR COACH FISHER
- Head coach Ronny Fisher picked up his 250th career win in Campbell's season opening victory over Mount Olive
HOMEGROWN TALENT
- Campbell enters the 2024-25 season as one of six D-I programs without a transfer on its roster for a second-straight season (Air Force, Brown, Cornell, Princeton, South Dakota St.)
ON THE COURT TO ON THE STAFF
- Campbell added former standout Shy Tuelle (2018-24) as an assistant coach this offseason
- Tuelle, who holds the program records for three pointers made in a career (301) and in a single-season (80) completed her sixth season as Camel last season
- Taylor Cotter (2023-24) also joined the Campbell staff as director of operations and player development. Cotter joined the program as a walk-on last season
HEAD COACH RONNY FISHER
- A three-time Big South Coach of the Year, Ronny Fisher enters his ninth season at the helm of Campbell women's basketball and 17th as a head coach overall
- Over the previous eight seasons, Campbell has won 152 games for an average of 19 wins per season (152-90)
- Fisher enters the 2024-25 season with 249 career wins (249-234), which ranks 2nd most amongst active CAA coaches trailing only Charleston's Robin Harmony with 317 wins (317-183)
- 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)