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Kennesaw State Clips Campbell 81-77 In Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Golden Ingle scored 20 second-half points and hit what proved to be the game-winning three-pointer with 31 seconds to play and Kennesaw State won an 81-77 see-saw battle over Campbell Monday night at Carter Gym.

The Owls (6-8, 4-1) won their second-straight league road game after Friday's 74-68 upset at pre-season favorite Gardner-Webb. Campbell (4-9, 3-3) dropped its second-straight at home in a game where the lead changed 12 times and the score was tied on six other occasions.

Freshman Andre Morgan scored a season-high 30 points, 21 in the first half, for Kennesaw State, while Ronnell Wooten added 12. Ingle finished with 21 points, hitting 10-of-13 from the line.

Jake Wohlfeil and Ruell Pringle each hit season highs with 19 points for the Fighting Camels. Maurice Latham added 13 on 6-of-7 shooting, plus eight rebounds. Reggie Bishop had 10, while Comerlee Poole grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and Ledell Eackles dealt 10 assists.

Campbell's second-leading scorer, Eric Smith, who entered the game averaging 16.2 points, was held scoreless on 0-6 shooting.

The Owls hit 33-of-41 (.805) free throws to overcome a 50-30 deficit on the glass. Campbell made just 14-of-29 (.483) from the line and committed 22 turnovers, which Kennesaw turned into 30 points.

Kennesaw State jumped to an early 21-7 lead on Brent Ragsdale's three with 14:09 left in the opening half. Campbell, however, answered with a 16-2 run and knotted the score at 23-all on Pringle's free throws with 6:42 remaining.

The Owls led 38-33 at the break, converting 12 Campbell first-half miscues into 20 points. Campbell made just 39 percent (12-31) of its first-half field goal attempts and missed 7-of-13 foul shots during the period.

Campbell built its largest lead of the night (56-49) on Diego Aguiar's lay-in with 10:57 left. Pringle scored the first eight points of the 10-0 run on a pull-up jumper and a pair of triples.

Neither team led by more than four over the final 10:00. Pringle's lay-up with 1:38 to go broke a 73-73 tie, but Wooten answered with a three from the right corner on the following possession.

Pringle then knocked down a pair of free throws with 1:02 to go, before Ingle made his first three of the night (after four-straight misses) from the right wing as the shot clock wound down.

Bishop missed a three, then Ingle canned two foul shots with 21 seconds to go for what proved to be the final margin.

The Camels saw their string of three-straight 90-plus point performances come to an end. CU shot 41.5 percent (27-65) from the floor on the night and hit 9-of-29 threes.

Campbell plays at Gardner-Webb Friday in a 7:30 p.m. tip-off that will be televised regionally by Comcast-Charter Sports Southeast (CSS). [ Box Score ]