The Fighting Camels (12-16) made 14 of their first 18 shots (.778) - including 5-of-7 threes - in the second half and led by as many as 25 (80-55) before the Lancers (9-21) closed the gap down the stretch.

Leading by just 43-38 with 18:14 left in the contest, Campbell went on a 17-2 run to build a 20-point cushion as Rodriguez and Ledell Eackles combined for 14 points in the spurt. Eackles' three pushed the gap to 80-55 with 8:03 remaining. The Camels led 84-64 on Russ Gibson's lay-up with 3:24 to go before Longwood ended the contest on a 16-4 run.

The fifth-leading freshman scorer in the country, Rodriguez finished 8-of-13 from the field and 9-of-12 from the line, while grabbing eight rebounds, and adding three assists, two blocks and two steals in 34 minutes.

Eackles scored all 13 of his points in the second half, while dealing six assists and making three steals. Eric Smith chipped in 12, plus eight rebounds and four assists for the Camels, who ended a three-game losing streak.

Clayton Morgan led Longwood with 27 points and 11 boards before fouling out late in the contest. Morgan hit 11-of-19 from the floor and 5-of-8 from the stripe. Maurice Sumter added 18 (7-of-12 field goals) and nine boards, while Brandon Giles had 10, plus six assists. Longwood lost its 14th-straight road contest and fell to 1-15 on opponents' home floors this year.

Campbell shot 66.7 (16-of-24) percent from the floor in the second half, 52.6 percent (30-57) for the game. The Camels knocked down 10-of-25 threes (.4000) and made 18-of-27 from the line.

With one game remaining in the regular season plus the Atlantic Sun tournament, the Fighting Camels matched the program's most victories in a season (12 by the 2000 club) since the 1995-96 squad finished 17-11.

Campbell also tied a school senior college era (since 1961) record for most wins in a year at Carter Gym, where CU has fashioned an 11-3 mark. The 1967-68 and 1974-75 teams also produced 11 wins at the site. Two of CU's three losses at Carter this year have come by one-point margins.

Longwood shot 46.9 percent (30-64) from the floor, made 6-of-21 threes (.286) and 14-of-19 from the foul line (.737). The Lancers finished with a 37-35 edge on the glass.

Rodriguez had nine first-half points and Jake Wohlfeil eight as the Camels took a 43-36 lead at the break. The Campbell bench out-scored Longwood's reserves 19-2 in the opening 20 minutes. Sumter scored 14 first-half points on 6-of-11 shooting for the Lancers.

The Camels used an early 12-0 run to build a 10-point lead (15-5) with 13:51 to play. Campbell stretched the gap to 12 at 36-24 with 4:16 to play after Wohlfeil hit a pair of technical free throws and a three-pointer from the right corner.

Campbell concludes its regular season Saturday with a 6:00 p.m. tip-off at home against Atlantic Sun Conference rival Gardner-Webb. Longwood, a Division I independent, closes its schedule Saturday at Savannah State.