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BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Trey Williams led five Lipscomb players in double figures with 15 points and the Bisons survived Campbell's comeback attempt to claim a 65-64 Atlantic Sun win Saturday at Carter Gym.

Jason Hopkins and Michael Teller added 11 each, while Eddie Ard and Brian Fisk chipped in 10 apiece for the Bisons (12-8, 6-3), who held the nation's 11th-highest scoring team to a season-low 64 points. Saturday's final margin marked the fifth time in the last six meetings between the schools that the game was decided by six, or fewer, points.

Russ Gibson and Ruell Pringle topped Campbell (8-10, 3-5) with 12 points each. Point guard Ledell Eackles added 11 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, three steals and no turnovers in 34 minutes.

Fisk made the second of two free throws with 19 seconds left to give Lipscomb a 65-62 lead. Pringle's three-point attempt was partially blocked out of bounds by Williams with seven seconds to go. On the ensuing inbound pass, Eric Smith was trapped by a pair of Lipscomb defenders and he passed underneath to Jonathan Rodriguez, who missed a lay-up, but Gibson's tip-in with 1.7 seconds to go cut the gap for the final margin.

Michael Lusk then missed both free throws with 1.6 points to go. Rodriguez rebounded, but his full court attempt deflected off the rafters in Carter Gym and fell short.

Campbell entered the game atop the Atlantic Sun Conference in team scoring (83.9) and field goal percentage (.466). However, the Camels fell behind early as Lipscomb made nine of its first 17 three-point attempts.

Lipscomb improved to 12-3 on the year when holding opponents to 69 points or less. Campbell's 64 point output was five shy of its previous low this season in an 81-69 loss at San Diego.

After cutting Lipscomb's 11-point advantage to three at the half, Campbell drew within one on five occasions before taking its first lead of the game at 51-50 on Pringle's three from the left wing with 8:32 remaining.

The Bisons, however, answered with a 10-2 flurry to push the margin to 60-53 with 4:32 left. CU then tied the score less than two minutes later after Eackles' drive, then Gibson hit a three and scored in traffic off Rodriguez' feed. Hopkins hit two free throws with 2:14 left, then Pringle's short jumped tied the game at 62-all with 1:39 to go.

Fisk missed a thre, but Hopkins' tip-in put LU in front for good with 56 seconds remaining. Rodriguez then missed a jump shot and Fisk rebounded to set up the final sequence.

Campbell held a 33-30 edge on the boards and claimed a 12-5 edge in second-chance points. The Camels committed just 12 turnovers - their second-lowest total of the year after compiling 11 miscues in Thursday's 79-67 win over Belmont - but the Bisons converted those into an 18-8 edge in points off turnovers.

The Bisons finished the game shooting 44.7 percent (21-47) from the field, including 52.9 percent (9-17) in the second half. Lipscomb made 14-of-18 free throws (.778), while Campbell went to the line just six times, hitting each one. Lipscomb finished 9-of-23 (.391) from 3-point range, while Campbell hit 8-of-24 from long range (.333), 5-11 in the second half.

Lipscomb built a 34-23 lead on the strength of a 13-4 run as Teller hit a pair of treys in the stretch. The Bisons hit 9 of their first 17 threes before the Camels closed the half on an 8-0 burst and trailed by three (34-31) at the break.

The Bisons made 9-of-19 (.474) threes in the opening period and just 3-of-11 (.273) from inside the arc. Lipscomb also turned six Camel first-half turnovers into 12 points.

Campbell shot 43.3 percent (13-30) from the floor in the opening half, 3-of-13 (.231) from 3-point range.

The Fighting Camels continue their four-game home stand on Thursday in an 8:00 p.m. start against North Florida. Campbell's women host Lipscomb on Thursday at 5:45 p.m. [Box Score]