BUIES
CREEK,
N.C. – Longwood scored 27 points off 21 Campbell turnovers and
the Lancers defeated Campbell 83-80 Wednesday in men's basketball
action at Carter Gym.
Kirk Williams scored 22
points – including the 1000th of his career – to lead
five Lancers in double figures. Lamar Barrett added 17, Billy Robinson
Jr., 17, while Ryan Bogan and Kevin Swecker chipped in 13 apiece
for Longwood (7-22), which won for only the second time in 19 games
away from home this year.
Jonathan Rodriguez led
Campbell (10-14) with 28 points and seven rebounds. Kyle Vejraska added 17 on 7-of-8
shooting, including 3-of-3 from long range. Reggie Bishop scored 12 and Preston
Dodson 11 for the Camels.
Campbell wrapped a 21-2 run around
half-time to claim a 43-38 lead. However, Williams had eight points in
a 13-0 run capped by Robinson's bucket with 6:35 left that put the
Lancers ahead for good (64-55). CU cut the margin to four on four
different occasions, but got no closer until Rodriguez' bucket at
the final horn.
The Camels made 54 percent
(29-54) of their shots, but hit just 7-of-19 threes (6-of-14 in the
second period). Longwood
had 17 turnovers, but the Camels converted those miscues into only
nine points.
LU shot 48 percent (28-58)
from the floor, made 9-of-21 triples (.429) and 18-of-26 (.692)
from the stripe in splitting a two-game series with CU this
season. Campbell, which won
82-80 at Farmville, Va., last month, connected on 15-of-21 from the
stripe, but got to the line only six times in the final
stanza.
Longwood hit 15 of its first
28 shots and went ahead 36-22 on Barrett's jumper that capped a
10-2 burst with 3:56 left in the half. However, on the next possession,
Barrett picked up his third personal foul and was whistled for his
fourth on a technical that sent Campbell on a 10-2 half-closing
run.
The Lancers led 38-32 at the
break on the strength of 6-of-12 shooting from 3-point range and a
12-3 edge in points off turnovers. Campbell also missed three front ends
of one-and-one free throw opportunities in the opening
period.
Campbell returns to Atlantic Sun
Conference action on Saturday at Gardner-Webb (8:15).
