Campbell Falls In Overtime at Lipscomb 71-65 in Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball

Thursday, February 17, 2005

NASHVILLE, TENN. – James Poindexter scored six of his 19 points in overtime and Lipscomb held off Campbell 71-65 in Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball action Thursday night at Allen Arena.

Campbell's Russ Gibson had a chance to give the Camels their first win since December 11, but his runner in the lane at the end of regulation fell just short.

Lipscomb hit 3-of-4 three-pointers – two by Poindexter and one from Labrian Lyons -- in the overtime session to take a 66-60 lead with 2:12 left and the Bisons never trailed thereafter.

Poindexter hit 5-of-16 threes on the night and Brian Fisk added 17 points and seven assists for the Bisons (13-11, 8-9).

Ruell Pringle and Diego Aguiar led Campbell (2-22, 0-17) with 15 each. Jake Wohlfeil added 11 points and four assists, while Comerlee Poole had 10.

Campbell dropped its 19th-straight game and also saw its losing streak in A-Sun road games reach 31 since a January 2002 victory at Jacksonville State.

The Camels' last five losses have come by a total of 23 points. CU has had a chance to take the lead in the final seconds of regulation in each of the last three games.

After Lipscomb led by one at halftime (23-22), the lead changed hands 17 times in the final 25 minutes of play.

Campbell used 7-0 spurt to take a 47-41 lead with 8:12 remaining in regulation, but the Bisons rallied to take a 50-49 edge on Poindexter's triple with 4:30 to go.

The Bisons led 57-55 before Poole's bucket off Pringle's inbound pass knotted the score at 57 with 10.8 seconds to go. Lipscomb had a chance to take the last shot, but Fisk lost the ball under the basket with seven seconds to go, setting up Gibson's last second effort.

Campbell finished the game shooting 42.1 percent (24-57) from the floor, while Lipscomb hit 39.4 percent (26-66) from the floor. The Bisons made 10-36 threes (.278), compared to 3-of-11 for the Camels.

Lipscomb made 9-11 free throws, while Campbell converted just 14-22 (.636) from the stripe.

Lipscomb jumped to a 23-10 lead over the first 12:54 of play behind Fisk's nine points. However, the Camels closed the half on a 12-0 run to cut the gap to 23-22 at the break.

Campbell shot just 34.5 percent (10-29) from the floor in the first 20 minutes, while the Bisons hit just 36 percent (9-25) of their attempts. Lipscomb missed its final nine field goals of the first period and had four turnovers in the span.

The Camels continue their two-game tip to Nashville Saturday in a 6:15 p.m. (CST) tip-off at Belmont. [Box Score]

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