CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Campbellsville's regular-season road slate wraps up on Saturday afternoon as it travels to third-ranked University of Pikeville for a 4 p.m. ET tipoff from the East Kentucky Expo Center.
Saturday's trip to the East Kentucky Expo Center will be the Tigers first of two trips there in a span of two weeks as the Campbellsville will head to Pikeville, Ky., for the Mid-South Conference Tournament in two weeks.
Campbellsville vs. Pikeville |
Saturday, Feb. 17 - 4 p.m. ET
East Kentucky Expo Center
Pikeville, Ky.
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2017-18 Team Stats |
UPIKE |
19-8 Record 24-3 |
4-7 Conference Record 8-3 |
86.7 PPG 92.4 |
74.3 Opp PPG 67.3 |
47.9 FG% 52.9 |
43.2 Opp FG% 38.9 |
38.7 RPG 42.6 |
37.4 3PT FG% 35.3 |
35.2 Opp 3PT FG% 28.9 |
72.0 FT% 68.1 |
16.2 APG 16.0 |
7.0 SPG 8.7 |
4.3 BPG 3.3 |
Coming into Saturday's matchup, the Tigers slipped to 4-7 in the MSC and 19-8 overall after falling on road to Shawnee State University, 86-84. The loss on Thursday night snapped Campbellsville's seven-game winning streak against Shawnee State.
After leading by nine points with nine minutes to play in regulation, the Tigers let the lead slip away and the Bears scored nine-straight points to end the game on a 9-3 run en route to the 86-84 victory. Of the seven players for Campbellsville, five reached double figures with
Hagen Tyler leading the way with 18 points and seven rebounds. He along with
Jalen Coates and
Jacob King played the entire 40 minutes on Thursday against Pikeville.
Andrew Smith – who chipped in with 13 points – leads the way for the Tigers with 13.5 points per game and 7.7 rebounds this year. Tyler is just behind with 13 points a contest to help carry the offensive load. Campbellsville has the fourth-best assist-to-turnover ration in the NAIA at 1.4 and ranks eighth with 117 blocks. Smith anchors the block party for the Tigers with 44 and ranks seventh in the country.
Pikeville's eight-game winning streak was snapped on Thursday night as it fell at No. 11 Georgetown College, 93-74, on the road. Despite the loss, the Bears still hold a one-game lead in the Mid-South Conference with three games to go. Jayvian Delacurz guides the offense with 14 points a game, to go along with 13.7 points from Jordan Perry and 13.5 points from Darrion Leslie. Leslie also leads the team with 7.4 rebounds and ranks third in the NAIA with a field goal percentage of 64 percent.
The Bears have the best scoring margin in the nation as they outscore the opposition by 25.2 points per game, while ranking second in field goal percentage (52.9) and rebounding margin (11.1).
In the all-time series between Pikeville and Campbellsville, the Bears have controlled the series as of late winning the last six, nine of the last 10 and 13 of the last 15 meetings. Earlier this season, Campbellsville let a three-point halftime lead slip away for the first time all season and dropped an 81-72 contest at home to Pikeville.
The last time the Tigers won on the road against the Bears was on Feb. 11, 2010 when Campbellsville escaped Pikeville with a 74-58 road win.
Tipoff on Saturday afternoon is set for 4 p.m. ET from the East Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville, Ky.
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