ORLANDO, FLA. – David Holston, the nation's second-leading scorer, canned 40 points including eight threes to lead Chicago State to a 98-89 win over Campbell Monday in the opening round of the UCF Holiday Classic.

The Cougars (7-6) extended their win streak to four-straight games by shooting 56 percent from the floor and converting 25 Fighting Camel turnovers into 39 points. Holston, a 5-foot-7 senior, made 12-of-22 from the field, 8-of-16 from beyond the arc and 8-of-9 from the stripe, while adding 10 points.

John Cantrell added 19 points – 16 in the first half – and four steals for Chicago State, while Carl Montgomery had 15. CSU made 25 turnovers (10 by Holston), but the Camels were able to convert those into only 24 points.

Chicago State hit 11-of-26 threes (.423) and 23-of-29 from the stripe (.793) in its top offensive performance against a Division I opponent this season.

Jonathan Rodriguez led Campbell (3-7) with 22 points, 16 in the final stanza, while William Kossangue (16) and Matt Gwynne (14) both hit season-high scoring totals. Lorne Merthie added 12 points, 10 in the opening period.

Campbell held a 35-30 edge on the boards as Rodriguez, Kossangue and Gwynne pulled down six rebounds apiece, but the Camels shot just 43 percent from the field, 38 percent in the second-half.

After trailing 51-44 at the half, the Camels cut the deficit to three (58-55) on Kossangue's triple with 15:00 left. But Chicago State responded with a 10-2 run to push the advantage to double figures (68-57) on Christian Wall's lay-in with 12:03 remaining.

Campbell once again pared the gap to five (72-67) on Kossangue's free throws with 9:14 to go, but got no closer.

Chicago State built its seven-point half-time lead thanks to 29 points scored off 18 Camel turnovers and Holston, who entered the game averaging 26.8 points, hit 5-of-10 threes and had 23 points, plus five assists, in the opening period.

The Cougars led 28-19 on Montgomery's lay-in with 9:30 remaining in the half before the Camels cut the gap to one with an 11-3 run capped by Preston Dodson's free throws. Merthie's three gave CU a 34-32 edge with 2:41 to play.

However, Chicago State forced four Camel turnovers in a 13-3 run and led by nine before Merthie hit a pair of free throws with one-tenth of a second left on the clock.

Chicago State shot 55 percent (17-31) from the field and made 8-17 threes (.471) in the opening period, but committed 16 turnovers. The Camels hit 50 percent from the floor (4-of-6 threes) while sinking 16-of-21 from the line (.762).

Campbell will face the loser of Monday's second game between host Central Florida and Penn on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.