BUIES CREEK, N.C.- Campbell closed to within two halfway through the second half, but couldn't catch Lipscomb in dropping its fifth straight game, 58-50, on Monday evening.

The second half began very slowly for the CU offense with the team being held scoreless until the 13:50 mark, at which time Lipscomb had built a 13-point advantage (30-17). Sophomore Kelly Hufstedler then ignited the offense with a three from the right corner, as the Camels went on a 12-1 rally of its own to close to with two (31-29) on sophomore Lauren Arthur's triple from the right wing. Lipscomb just as quickly put together a 15-5 rally of its own, keyed by a pair of threes from Catie Woods, to firmly take control of the game

The Camels (5-10, 0-2 A-Sun) were led in defeat by senior Marlena Murphy's ninth double-double of the season. Murphy totaled 17 points and 15 rebounds. This was also the fourth game that Murphy has pulled in 15 or more rebounds in a game this season. Sophomore Lindsay Smithberger used a late-game barrage of threes to finish with 15 points for CU.

The Lady Bisons, who came into the game on a five-game skid and had fallen in 10 of its last 11 games, received 16 points from both sophomores Jilian Partin and Woods to stop the slide. Partin also pulled down 10 rebounds and recorded seven steals to clinch head coach Frank Bennett's 550th career win.

The game was tied at the 17 at the break with the teams combining to only shoot 13-for-51 from the field. Murphy led the CU offense with six points, while the LU's Dana Carrigan knocked down a pair of three-point field goals for six points.

In the second half, the Lady Bisons (3-12, 1-1 A-Sun) started to heat-up from beyond the arc and went 6-for-12 (50 percent). The team knocked down 10-of-18 attempts in the second stanza for an overall field-goal percentage of 38 percent. The Camels continued to have shooting problems and while they improved their shooting to 29 percent in the second half (9-of-31), the squad still only shot 27 percent for the game.

Both teams struggled from the free-throw line with the Camels hitting 54 percent (14-of-26) and the Lady Bisons hitting 58 percent (15-of-26).

The Camels lost their fifth straight game despite outrebounding visiting Lipscomb by 17 (49-to-32). Among the 49 rebounds for Campbell were 25 on the offensive glass. CU did knock down six threes, but were outdone by nine from the Lipscomb.

CU now travels to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on USC-Upstate on Saturday, while Lipscomb returns home to battle against Belmont also on Saturday.

Notes: The all-time series with Lipscomb now favors the Lady Bisons by a slight 5-4 margin ... the five-game losing streak is a season-long drought for CU and the longest since Jan. 27-Feb. 10 of last season when the team also dropped five in a row.