Courtesy: GoCamels.com http://www.gocamels.com Senior Kristin Graham is one of the three Campbell seniors that will be honored before the team's final game at Carter Gym

BUIES CREEK, N.C.—Campbell will play in Carter Gym for the final time when the women’s team welcomes in USC Upstate for a game starting at 5:45 p.m. on Monday. The game will also be Senior Day for Campbell’s three seniors (Kristin Graham, Marlena Murphy and Maggie Rich). The game is the first of a basketball doubleheader with the men’s team set to take on East Tennessee State at 8:15 p.m.

“We have a lot of mixed emotions about tonight,” head coach Wanda Watkins explained. "It is our Senior Night and in a sense it is Senior Night for all of us with this being the last game at Carter Gym. Obviously tonight will be a history-making event and a part of me is a bit sentimental. Hopefully we get through the expected early emotions. Our senior class has been a great representative of this university both on and off the court for the last four years. I know that we will make every effort to play our hearts out in every sense of the word for them and also for all us with this being our last chance to shine at Carter Gym.”

The Camels and Spartans met earlier this season for the first time ever with CU winning 84-70. The 84 points for Campbell were a season-high and the most points scored since the team put up 85 against Jacksonville on Jan. 14, 2006. Senior Marlena Murphy was dominating with 24 points and 18 rebounds. Sophomore Ashley Williamson also performed well with a career-high 18 points and nine rebounds

On Saturday, the Camels (10-16, 5-8 A-Sun) went into the break only trailing conference-leader East Tennessee State by only four points but were outscored 42-29 in a 78-61 loss to the Lady Buccaneers. Freshman Lauren Yesh had a career-high 15 points to lead CU. Yesh also tied for the team lead with three assists and registered two steals, which were both career bests.

Murphy is averaging 12.6 points and 10 rebounds per game to lead the Camels. Murphy is also the conference leader in rebounding and ranks 16th in the NCAA. Rich is second on the team at 7.6 points an outing. Junior guard Lauren Arthur is averaging 10.2 points a game over the last six games. Junior Jessica Mack has scored in double figures in four of the last five games.

USC Upstate (5-22, 1-13 A-Sun) fell to Gardner-Webb, 65-45 on Saturday. Sophomore guard Courtney Hawkins, as she has done for most of the season, led the team with 18 points. Hawkins also pulled down six rebounds and handed out five assists.

On the year, Hawkins leads the team and ranks second in the A-Sun in scoring at 15.4 points a game. Hawkins is also third in the league in steals (2.40), sixth in free-throw shooting (.787) and ninth in three-point percentage (.330). Junior Ebony Johnson is the team’s second option at 8.2 points a game and ranks fifth in the league in rebounding 7.1.

Overall, USC Upstate are 10^th in the league in scoring at 55.3 points a game. The Spartans are also a steady free-throw shooting team (.672) and knocked down on average nearly five threes an outing (4.74) The Camels are the best overall rebounding team in the conference at nearly 42 rebounds a game (41.2). CU is also fourth in league in defense (62.8) and seventh in scoring (58.4).

The game can be heard live through a web broadcast on Campbell’s website, GoCamels.com as Campbell broadcaster Clint Oftedahl calls the game. At game time, live stats and video will also be run on the website.

Next, Campbell starts on its final road trip of the regular season and heads to Nashville, Tenn. to take Belmont on Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. CST.