| Game 28: Charleston Southern (13-14, 7-8 Big South) vs. Campbell (13-14, 4-11 Big South) |
Thursday is 90's night at the Buc Dome as Charleston Southern looks for another season sweep in back-to-back home contests when they welcome Campbell to the Buc Dome to cap their home-and-home with the Camels after a 77-62 dominating win on ESPNU back in January.
Phlandrous Fleming Jr. and
Deontaye Buskey scored 21 points each and
Travis Anderson added 17 off the bench as the Bucs broke open the game in the early stages of the second half before cruising to the 15-point road win in front of a national audience.
FREE fanny packs will be available while supplies last to go along with the 90's night theme between the Bucs and Camels.
The Bucs completed their sweep of High Point last Thursday thanks to a game-winning three-point basket from Fleming with just 2.6 left, taking down the Panthers 66-63. That last-second shot moved the Bucs to 4-2 against the four Big South members from the Tar Heel state - Campbell, Gardner-Webb, High Point and UNC Asheville.
In the last four contests at home, 72 has been the magic number for Charleston Southern. Each time the Camels have played in the Buc Dome since the 2015-16 season, the Buccaneers scored exactly 72 points splitting the four matchups. Campbell took last season's matchup 73-72 and the 2015-16 contest 74-72 with CSU taking the middle two games 72-68 (2017-18) and 72-69 (2016-17).
Buccaneer Field House has been kind to Charleston Southern throughout program history as the Bucs collected win No. 375 in the building last Thursday and secured a winning record at home for the fourth-straight season and 42nd time in the building's 53-year history.
Scouting the Camels
- Led by the second-ranked defense in the Big South Conference (66.7 ppg) and third-best scoring margin, Campbell sits just one game below the .500 mark. The Camels are led offensively by Cedric Henderson Jr. (12.6) and Cory Gensler (10.5) while Jordan Whitfield (9.0) and Ja'Cor Nelson (8.2) sits just below the double-digit threshold.
- Both Henderson and Gensler sit among the top-20 in scoring while Nelson is tops in the league in steals (1.8) per contest.
- Campbell paces the Big South in free throw percentage as a team (.728) just ahead of the Bucs (.726) and dish the second-most assists (14.9) behind only first-place Winthrop.
- The first contest saw the Bucs take control in the late stages of the first half and first moments of the second for a commanding 77-62 win in the national spotlight of ESPNU. CSU held a lead as large as 24 in the second half as Phlandrous Fleming Jr. and Deontaye Buskey each had 21 points and CSU shot a season-best .564 from the field. CSU also hit 13 treys, the most in a single game against a Division I foe then tied that mark in a win at Gardner-Webb.
Series History
- Charleston Southern and Campbell have an even series as eight of the last 10 have been decided by 10-or-fewer points - including a 4-4 split over the last eight.
- Neither team has a win streak higher than seven in the series history with CSU taking 6 from 1984-85 through 1986-87 and Campbell taking 7 between 1977-78 and 1980-81.
- Four of the last five winners have scored at least 72 points in the contest, the lone time 72-plus didn't win the
Last Time Versus Campbell
- It was all Charleston Southern on their trip to North Carolina.
- Phlandrous Fleming Jr. had a career day scoring 31 points as Charleston Southern (9-9, 3-3 Big South) led by as many as 27 on their way to a 79-60 dominating victory over High Point (4-14, 1-4 Big South).
- Fleming had 24 in the first half as the Bucs shots .760 from the floor and hit 10 field goals from three-point range, opening up a 49-25 halftime lead. The second half was no different as CSU would add on to their margin before closing it out for a 2-0 trip to the Tar Heel state.
- Ty Jones and Travis Anderson each added 12 points as the Bucs finished the game shooting .560 from the floor while holding High Point to just .379 and below their season average of 64 points.
A Win on Thursday Would…
- Give the Bucs a sweep of Campbell
- Be the fourth win over a Big South school from North Carolina
- Be the sixth win over Campbell under Coach Radebaugh
- Come as the 8th home win this season and 8th conference win
- Become win No. 25 in the series versus Campbell
- Give CSU a three-game win streak at home
Fleming Chasing History
- Junior All-Big South guard Phlandorus Fleming Jr. is on pace to join elite company at Charleston Southern entering the weekend already among the top-25 scorers in school history.
- Fleming Jr. has a chance to become just the second player to don a Buccaneer uniform during the Division-I era with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, 100 steals and 50 blocks in a career joining Nick Mitchell, who did so between the 1997-98 and 2000-01 seasons.
- Over the course of the program's 54-year history, 23 players have scored 1,000 points, 18 have collected 500 rebounds, 22 have dished out 200 assists, 23 have over 100 steals and 17 have 50-plus blocks. Fleming can become just the second since assists, blocks and steals were recorded to achieve this feat.
- Charleston Southern's all-time leading scorer Ben Hinson also sits among the 1000 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals company making Mitchell and Fleming Jr. just the second and third all-time in that elite group. Hinson finished his career with 2, 295 points, 688 rebounds, 303 assists and 143 steals.
Players with Career 1,000 Pts, 500 Rbds, 200 Ast, 100 Stl, 50 Blk
Nick Mitchell – 1195 Pts, 567 Rbds, 200 Ast, 150 Stl, 96 Blk
Phlandrous Fleming Jr. – 1059 Pts, 475 Rbds, 200 Ast, 94 Stl, 61 Blk
