Friday, February 20, 2004
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Gardner-Webb Defeats Campbell 84-69
BOILING SPRINGS,
N.C. - Senior Chris Wiggins led a three-point barrage by
Gardner-Webb in his final collegiate home game and the Bulldogs
defeated Campbell 84-69 on Friday night at Paul Porter
Arena.
Wiggins finished
with 24 points on 8-10 shots, including 5-6 threes, and fellow
senior Tim Behrendorff added 12 points and 11 rebounds for
Gardner-Webb, which won consecutive games for the first time this
year. Bret Noonan added 13 for the Bulldogs.
Gardner-Webb (8-18,
5-12) wrapped a 28-7 run around halftime, hitting its first four
treys of the final staza. Wiggins made three triples in the first
3:21 of the final period and the Bulldogs led by as many as
25.
The Bulldogs shot 59
percent from the floor in the second half, 52 percent for the game,
and knocked down 11-21 triples (.524). Campbell made just 34
percent of its shots.
Campbell, which has
lost two-straight, cut the gap to 12 on a 15-3 run, capped by
consecutive threes by Atkinson and Corey Parker. Parker's trey
from the left corner pared the margin to 62-50 with 7:00 left, but
CU could not cut the lead to single digits.
Anthony Atkinson led
Campbell with 17 points and seven assists, the freshman's highest
offensive production in a month. Dominique Klein added 14 points
and 10 boards for his seventh double-double in the last 10 games.
Robby Dupre (12) and Lee Marsh (10) came off the bench to score in
double figures.
Gardner-Webb jumped
to a 7-0 lead and held a 22-14 edge on Matt Pait's three-point play
with 8:42 to go. But the Camels reeled off seven-straight points
to cut the gap to 22-21 on Klein's steal and uncontested
dunk.
However, the
Bulldogs closed the final 6:30 of the half on a 14-4 run, which
included four triples from Noonan (twice), Pait and Wiggins, to
claim a 36-25 lead at the break.
The Bulldogs hit
6-12 threes in the opening half and 46 percent overall, while
Campbell connected on just 29 percent of its attempts from the
field.
Campbell (3-22,
3-15) has lost 30-straight road games, dating to an 84-79 victory
at Jacksonville State on Jan. 19, 2002.
The Fighting Camels
travel to Florida Atlantic on Thursday for a 7:00 p.m.
start. [Box Score]
