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Gardner-Webb Downs Campbell 81-69

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Tim Behrendorff scored 20 points and Gardner-Webb handed Campbell an 81-69 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball loss on Friday at the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center.
Gardner-Webb (5-20, 2-10) opened the second half on a 12-3 run as Behrendorff buried a pair of threes and scored in the paint to push the margin to 52-39 with 16:13 left. The Bulldogs then pushed the advantage to 16 (55-39) on Chris Wiggins' three from the left corner with 15:01 to play.
Campbell (5-18, 1-11) was able to cut the margin to seven with 5:01 left, but could get no closer. Gardner-Webb, which avenged a 76-74 loss at Campbell last month, won back-to-back games for the first time this year. Campbell dropped to 0-11 on the road this year and is winless in its last 16 games away from Carter Gym.
Behrendorff, a 6-foot-11 center, made 6-of-11 shots, including a pair of threes, and hit 6-of-6 free throws. Chris Wiggins added 16 points on 4-for-4 threes and 4-4 foul shots, while Simon Conn came off the bench to contribute 11 points and seven rebounds.
Tarick Johnson led the Camels with a game-high 31 points on 13-of-21 shooting, 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Brooks Lee scored 12 points (nine in the second half) and added five assists, while Jonte' Edwards had 11 points and 10 rebounds for his second-straight double-double.
Gardner-Webb made 10-of-28 shots from beyond the arc and hit all 13 of its free throw attempts. The Bulldogs shot 44.6 percent from the field (29-65).
Johnson's performance marked the first time since the 2000-01 season that a Campbell player scored 30 or more points in consecutive games. Adam Fellers tallied 35 points vs. Jacksonville State on Dec. 4, 2000, then hit 32 against Coastal Carolina 10 days later. The 6-foot-4 junior from Fayetteville has scored more than 20 points in each of his last five games.
The Bulldogs jumped to a 14-6 lead in the first 7:41, but the Camels used a 10-4 flurry to take their first lead (29-28) on Dominique Klein's pull-up jumper with 3:20 left in the opening half. Despite Johnson's 16 first-half points, GWU led 40-36 at the break, scoring 11 points off nine Campbell turnovers.
After Campbell cut the lead to 70-63 on Lee's trey from the right wing with five minutes to play, GWU's Josh Chiles hit a triple and Andre Manning added a breakaway lay-up off a turnover to push the gap back to double digits.
Campbell shot 46.7 percent (28-60) for the game, 6-of-19 (.316) from 3-point range and 7-of-11 (.636) from the line. The Camels, however, committed 17 turnovers that G-W turned into 20 points. Gardner-Webb had just 11 turnovers on the night.
The Camels return to action on Thursday at A-Sun North Division leader Belmont. [Box Score]