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MACON, GA. - Shaddean Aaron's tip-in with 1.8 seconds left lifted Mercer to a 94-93 comeback win over Campbell Saturday night at the University Center. Mercer rallied from a 21-point deficit with just over 12 minutes remaining to end a two-game losing streak, while claiming its 5th-straight home court victory.

Mercer trailed 75-54 after Reggie Bishop hit 1-of-2 free throws with 12:02 remaining. However, the Bears outscored the Camels 38-17 and knotted the score at 92-all on Hrvoje Pervan's 3-pointer from the left wing with 43 seconds to go. Campbell then committed its 13th turnover of the second half when Jake Wohlfeil was whistled for traveling with 13.8 seconds to go.

On the ensuing possession, Aaron was unable to inbound the ball and called for a timeout when the Bears had none remaining. Ledell Eackles hit the second of two technical free throws for a 93-92 Camel lead, but Aaron's tap off a Sam Dolan missed proved to be the winning margin.

Pervan led the Bears (7-9, 3-3) with a career-high 26 points, hitting 4-of-4 threes and scoring 18 in the second period. Freshman James Florence also scored 26, while Aaron finished with 21, plus 10 rebounds.

Freshman Kyle Vejraska topped Campbell (7-8, 2-3) with a season-high 25 points, including 5-of-7 threes. Eackles had 14 points, eight assists and four steals. Wohlfeil and Jonathan Rodriguez scored 13 apiece, while Russ Gibson had 10.

After trailing by as many as 23 in the first half and 56-35 at the break, Mercer shot 61.3 percent in the second half and converted Campbell's 13 final period miscues into 22 points. Aaron's tap-in also gave the Bears a 17-4 edge in second-chance points.

Campbell dropped its second-straight game overall and fell to 1-7 on the road this year.

Vejraska hit all 3 of his 3-point attempts in the first half as CU made 8-of-13 (.615) from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes and led 56-35 at half-time. Wohlfeil and Pringle both canned 2-of-3 triples in the span. CU had a 22-6 lead in fast-break points in the first period and converted 15 Bear turnovers into 17 points.

Campbell's 56-point first half was its greatest output in a half in Atlantic Sun play this season as eight different Camels made buckets in the opening 20 minutes. The Fighting Camel bench outscored Mercer's reserves 27-2 in the first period. Vejraska (11) and Wohlfeil (10) both hit double figures before the break. Russ Gibson and Ruell Pringle also chipped in eight each in the first stanza.

CU jumped to a 38-17 lead, converting 11 Bear turnovers in the first 12:03 of play into 13 points, and registering 15 fast-break points in the span. CU made 16 of its first 27 shots (.593), and led by as many as 23 in the opening half.

Campbell continues its two-game A-Sun road swing Monday in a 7:00 p.m. start at Stetson. [Box Score]