BUIES CREEK, N.C.--Freshman Jonathan Rodriguez scored 25 points and pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds to lead Campbell to a 71-60 victory over Gardner-Webb in Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball action Saturday at Carter Gym.

On a night where the Fighting Camels honored four departing seniors, the nation's fifth-leading freshman scorer jump-started a decisive 15-2 run late in the contest and Campbell clinched the sixth-seed in next week's A-Sun Championship tournament.

After Gardner-Webb scored nine-straight points to knot the game at 49-all with 7:53 remaining, Rodriguez made a pair of free throws to put the Camels in front for good and had seven points during the 4:06 burst that left the score 64-51 with 3:28 to play

Reggie Bishop added six of his nine points in the rally and senior Russ Gibson capped the spurt with a back-door lay-up off fellow senior Ledell Eackles' needle-threading pass. Gibson added nine points in his final Carter Gym playing appearance, while Kyle Vejraska tallied eight off the bench.

Rodriguez hit 9-of-16 from the field and 6-of-8 free throws, while adding six offensive rebounds for the Camels, who held a 13-0 edge in fast-break points over the Bulldogs. The first-year player from Miami, Fla., recorded his 11th double-double of the year and topped the 20-point barrier in his third-consecutive game.

Rodriguez owns a 17.2 points per game average (2nd in the A-Sun) and leads the league in rebounding (8.8), while ranking among the circuit's top 15 in seven other categories. He enters the league tournament just one point shy (499) of becoming just the fifth Camel to reach 500 points in a season since the program jumped to the Division I level in 1977-78.

Eackles had seven points, five boards, four assists and matched his season average with three steals, a mark (3.04) that ranks fourth among all Division I players.

Thomas Sanders scored 12 points for Gardner-Webb (9-20, 7-11) before leaving the game with 16:30 left due to a foot injury. Chris Gash added 12 points, while Takayo Siddle had 10. Matt French grabbed 12 rebounds.

Campbell (13-16, 7-11) won its second-straight game and in so doing, set a school senior college era (since 1961) for the most victories at Carter Gym (12-3) in one season. Campbell's 13 wins mark the most for the program since the 1995-96 squad finished 17-11.

The Camels also won on "Senior Day" for the first time since 2001 and stopped a three-game slide at Carter Gym against their in-state A-Sun rivals.

CU rode a 25-8 run midway through the first half to a 35-18 advantage when Eackles scored with just under 6:00 left. However, the Bulldogs closed the half on a 15-4 rally as CU went 1-for-6 from the field with three turnovers in the last 5:21 of the period.

Campbell shot 55 percent (11-20) from the field in the second half and hit 52.9 percent (27-51) of its attempts on the night. Gardner-Webb made just 32.8 percent (22-67) of its shots, but stayed close by converting 19 offensive rebounds into 15 second-chance points.

GWU finished with a 41-38 edge in the paint and hit 11-of-15 free throws (.733), while the Camels converted just 13-of-21 (.619) from the stripe.

The Fighting Camels will carry the sixth seed into Thursday's 3:15 p.m. quarterfinal of the General Shale Brick / Atlantic Sun Championship at Johnson City, Tenn. Campbell will meet third-seeded Jacksonville (15-13, 11-7) at the Memorial Center on the campus of East Tennessee State University.

Thursday's 1:00 p.m. quarterfinal will pit defending champion and second-seeded Belmont (20-9, 14-4) against seventh seed Gardner-Webb. Host and top-seeded East Tennessee State (22-8, 16-2) squares off against eighth-seeded Stetson (11-19, 6-12) at 7:00 p.m. Fourth seed Lipscomb (17-12, 11-7) meets fifth-seeded Mercer (13-16, 8-10) in the final quarter at 9:15 p.m. Friday's semifinals begin at 7:00 p.m., followed by next Saturday's A-Sun Championship, which will be aired on ESPN2 at 4:00 p.m.