2/23/2007 - MEN'S BASKETBALL North Carolina Rivals Square Off In CSS Game of the Week

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Gardner-Webb Game Notes

Campbell Game Notes

With A-Sun Championship seeding at stake, Campbell hosts Gardner-Webb Saturday in a 6:07 p.m. tip-off that will be televised throughout the Southeast on CSS. Matt Stewart and Sonny Smith will be on hand to call the action.

The Fighting Camels are 11-3 at home this year with two losses coming by one point margins. Campbell is also looking to break the school record for wins in a year at Carter Gym (11) and post the program’s most overall wins since the 1995-96 team finished 17-11. Depending on Saturday’s results, Campbell could claim the 6th, 7th or 8th seed in next week’s A-Sun tournament. If CU defeats Gardner-Webb and Stetson loses at Kennesaw State, CU would be 6th. The Camels are ed by rookie Jonathan Rodriguez. He ranks 5th among the nation’s freshman scoring leaders (16.9 points per game).

During the second half of Saturday’s game at Belmont, Campbell senior guard Ledell Eackles broke the school single-season record of 77 steals set by Brad Childress in 1988-89. Eackles, who ranks fourth nationally in steals at 3.0 per game, finished with seven thefts and now has 82 on the year.

Gardner-Webb is holding opponents to just 64.2 ppg over its last five games (2-3 record), but the Bulldogs' offense hasn't kept up – scoring just 62.0 per outing. Senior Chris Gash (12.6 ppg) and sophomore Takayo Siddle (11.0 ppg) have averaged double digits individually, with newcomer Grayson Flittner (9.8 ppg) hitting double digits three times in those five games.

Saturday, 6:30 pm (ET)
Gardner-Webb (9-19, 7-10)
at Campbell (12-16, 6-11)
Carter Gym
Buies Creek, N.C.
All-Time Series Record: GWU leads 8-6
Television -- CSS
Gardner-Webb radio -- Website
Campbell radio -- Website