Taking over for 12-year coach Kevin McGeehan, Andrzejek is trying to help Campbell adjust to life in its third year in the Coastal Athletic Association. Among trips to Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wake Forest and Penn State, he brought his Camels from Buies Creek, North Carolina, out to the Dee Events Center for the inaugural Junction City Jam.

“We’ve been trying to challenge ourselves in the nonconference … historic mid-majors like Weber State, they’ve had a lot of success,” Andrzejek said Friday after his team defeated UT Arlington. “I know how awesome this arena is — I used to coach on this side of the country (Washington State, San Francisco), so I knew it would be a good event to come here and play Arlington, too.”

Andrzejek said his team had time to get familiar with downtown, getting haircuts at Boneyard Barbering while eating at Stella’s on 25th and Roosters. Overall, he said the experience was positive.

“I think it’s great for my program to play two quality opponents, and the event put on by the city of Ogden and by Weber State was first-class. It was really well-run,” he said. “Everybody treated us really well, you could feel the friendliness from everybody. … It’s a great place, and a great tournament.”

The experience has been a little different for KT Turner and his Mavericks. UT Arlington played at Evansville (in Indiana) on Tuesday night so their trip to Ogden is more like two road games during a busy week rather than taking time to have an experience.

But after Friday afternoon’s loss to Campbell, he said they’d take the team out to dinner and a movie before Saturday’s matchup with Weber State.

“Playing two good games, this prepares us for our conference,” said Turner as the Mavericks prepare for the final season of the WAC. “Just getting our guys prepared for that … and get to see some beautiful mountains.”

WSU head coach Eric Duft said earlier this week he hopes WSU can expand the event to four teams next year.

GAME 2: CU 71, UTA 67

OGDEN — Campbell led for only 3:18 of Friday’s game but 2 of those minutes came at the end. Jeremiah Williamson-Johnson scored eight of his team’s final nine points and the Camels rallied late to defeat UT Arlington 71-67.

Former Northern Colorado wing Marcell McCreary’s failed conversion of an ambitious dunk attempt for Arlington put Campbell’s DJ Smith in transition for a layup to cut it to one with 3:35 left. Williamson-Johnson then beat the shot clock with a baseline jumper and splashed home a corner 3, putting his team up for good at 67-65 with 40 seconds left.

Smith led all scorers with 20 points to lead Campbell (3-3). Dovydas Butka totaled 17 points and nine rebounds. Williamson-Johnson finished with 12 points after his winning finish. The Camels now have the 10th-highest free-throw rate in the country after shooting another 32 attempts Friday.

Forward Raysean Seamster totaled 16 points and seven rebounds for UT Arlington (4-2). Cameron Jackson had 15 points and McCreary 14. Casmir Chavis dished eight assists.