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Campbell hosts Ball State after Newton’s 28-point game

Ball State Cardinals (3-7) at Campbell Fighting Camels (4-5)

Buies Creek, North Carolina; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Campbell plays Ball State after Muneer Newton scored 28 points in Campbell’s 149-62 win over the Virginia-Lynchburg Dragons.

The Fighting Camels have gone 3-0 at home. Campbell is third in the CAA with 12.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Chris Fields Jr. averaging 3.9.

The Cardinals are 0-4 on the road. Ball State ranks second in the MAC allowing 69.4 points while holding opponents to 45.4% shooting.

Campbell is shooting 46.8% from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points higher than the 45.4% Ball State allows to opponents. Ball State’s 39.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.5 percentage points lower than Campbell has allowed to its opponents (45.2%).

TOP PERFORMERS: DJ Smith is shooting 35.5% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Fighting Camels, while averaging 19.4 points. Dovydas Butka is shooting 56.1% and averaging 15.8 points.

Davion Hill is averaging 11.5 points for the Cardinals. Armoni Zeigler is averaging 10.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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