WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fighting Camels open play in the 2026 Credit Union 1 CAA Women's Basketball Championship as the No. 2 seed in the quarterfinal round on Friday against the winner between Thursday's contest of Towson and Hofstra.
 
GAME INFORMATION
#2 Campbell (20-11, 13-5) vs. #7 Towson (17-13, 10-8) –OR– #10 Hofstra (8-21, 6-12)
Friday, Mar. 13 | 6:00 PM
CareFirst Arena | Washington, D.C.
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Conference Tournament History: Campbell is seeking its third conference tournament title overall and first since winning the ASUN Championship in 1999-00. The Camels earned their only NCAA Tournament bid in 2000, falling to 2^nd seed Duke in the first round, 71-42. Campbell also claimed the 1988-89 Big South tournament title, winning three games in three days after being seeded third.
 
Campbell finished as championship runners-up in three of the last four Big South tournaments (2019, 2021, 2022) and last year's CAA tournament. CU earned a postseason bid last year after receiving an invitation to the WNIT. The Camels defeated Coastal Carolina in the first round for their first WNIT win in program history.
 
Campbell is 11-8 in conference tournament games under Coach Fisher.
 
Postseason Awards: Jasmine Nivar was a unanimous selection as the CAA Rookie of the Year. She was also named to the All-CAA Third Team and the All-Rookie Team. Fellow freshman N'na Konate was selected to the CAA All-Rookie Team and All-Defensive Team.
 
Last Time Out: Campbell defeated Stony Brook in the season finale to secure the No. 2 seed in the CAA Championship. Jasmine Nivar had 16 points, and Gianni Boone 14 points and eight rebounds in her Senior Day performance.
 
In the Rankings: Campbell ranks 210 in the NET and 225 in Bart Torvik's rankings. Towson is ranked 226 and 243, while Hofstra sits at 282 and 287.
 
Scouting the Opponents: India Johnston leads the seven seed Tigers in scoring, and she was selected as the CAA Sixth Player of the Year.
 
Since losing to Campbell one month ago, Hofstra finished the year winning four of its last six games.
 
Series History: Campbell is 7-3 against Towson, but the Tigers won both matchups this year. The Camels and the Pride have split the overall matchup, 2-2.
 
Stifling the Conference: The Camels are allowing 53.9 points and 35% shooting in CAA play.
 
One of the best in the country: Jasmine Nivar won the CAA Rookie of the Week award eight times. She is one of four players in the NCAA to win their conference's freshman of the week award eight or more times (Aaliyah Chavez, Oklahoma; Blanca Quiñonez UCONN; Uche Izoje, Syracuse).
 
The chase for 1K: Gianni Boone eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career, doing so against Monmouth. She is the 22nd player in program history to accomplish the feat and the first since Luana Serranho in 2022.
 
Second Quarter Defense: CU is allowing 12.1 points in second quarters, including lows of 0 to Virginia-Lynchburg, 2 to Grambling State, and 4 to both Western Carolina, Carolina University and Stony Brook. 18 of 31 opponents have scored less than 13 points against the Camels in the second frame.
 
The Camels are one of four teams to hold an opponent to 0 points in a quarter this season (CSUN, UCLA, Ohio State). Campbell is the only D1 team to hold five opponents to less than 5 points in any quarter.
 
Leading the Conference: CU leads the CAA in blocks per game (5.0), FG% defense (35.7) and scoring defense (55.6).
 
The squad is top 5 in the CAA in fouls per game, rebound margin, offensive rebounds, scoring margin, 3PT percentage and 3PT% defense.
 
N'na Konate is second in total blocks and fourth in blocks per game.
 
Jasmine Nivar is fifth in steals per game.
 
Olivia Tucker is fourth in three-point attempts and sixth in three pointers per game.
 
The Camels are top 20 in the NCAA in blocks per game (18th), FG% defense (13th) and scoring defense (12th).
 
National Nivar: Jasmine Nivar was named to the Tamika Catchings Award preseason watch list by the USBWA. She is one of 20 student athletes on the list and just one of two from a mid-major program.  
 
Decade under Fisher: Head Coach Ronny Fisher enters his 10^th season at the helm in Buies Creek. He has amassed a 194-114 record and has twice led Campbell to a program record 23 wins in a season.
 
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