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Camels Fall at Troy State 120-82

TROY, ALA. – The Troy State Trojans hit 21 three-pointers en route to a 120-82 victory over the Campbell University men's basketball team Wednesday night in Atlantic Sun action.

Troy State remains in second place in the Atlantic Sun at 13-5 overall and 9-2 in league action. Campbell falls to 1-17 overall and 1-10 in the A-Sun.

Rob Lewin led all scorers with 21 points, while Greg Davis had a double-double with 14 points and 14 assists.

The Camels were led by senior Tarick Johnson's 16 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Junior Dominique Klein (13), freshman Colin Hunt (12), and freshman Anthony Atkinson (11) rounded out Campbell's top scorers on the evening. Atkinson also had seven assists in the game which tied a season-high.

Johnson moved into the top-20 on Campbell's all-time scoring list tying Don Whaley for the No. 19 spot with 1,118 career points.

The story of the game was in Troy State's shooting as they went 42-of-82 (.512) from the field and hit 21-of-51 from behind the arc. Zavier Mathis led TSU with six treys going 6-of-11 from downtown, while Johnson hit five treys of his own. Campbell shot 29-of-78 from the field and hit just 4-of-25 from behind the arc.

Campbell did out-rebound the Trojans 52-39 which was a season-high for CU. The Camels' 82 points was the fourth highest scoring production of the season.

Troy State jumped out to a 19-5 lead in the first 3:30 of the game hitting four consecutive three-pointers. The Trojans hit 11 three-pointers in the first half en route to a 60-37 half-time lead.

Troy State shot 12-of-24 from beyond the arc, while Campbell managed only 2-of-16 (.125).

Jarvis Acker and Lewin each led TSU with 11 points in the first period, while Kendrick Johnson added 10 points.

Hunt paced Campbell with 11 points going 4-of-6 from the field and Atkinson scored nine points.

Despite a 7-2 run to start the second half by Campbell, Kendrick Johnson hit three consecutive treys to push the Trojan lead to 70-48. Campbell had cut TSU's lead to 18 prior to Johnson's three-point spree, but was never able to recover after that spurt.

Klein produced 10 of his 13 points and Tarick Johnson hit 11 of his 16 total points in the second half. The game was the third consecutive double-figure scoring effort for Klein and Johnson's 13^th double-figure scoring game of the season.

The Campbell men's basketball team will return to action on Saturday, January 31^st as the Fighting Camels host Lipscomb at 1:00 p.m. The game will air in the Raleigh and Fayetteville media markets on PAX-TV. [Box Score]