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Men's Basketball Pulls Away from Kennesaw State 75-55

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Jonathan Rodriguez led four double figure scorers with 20 points and Campbell defeated Kennesaw State 75-55 in Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball action Thursday at Carter Gym.

Reggie Bishop (16), Preston Dodson (14) and Jake Wohlfeil (11) also scored in double digits for the Fighting Camels (10-12, 5-5), who ended the game on a 16-3 run over the last 4:20 to claim their second win in a row.

Jon-Michael Nickerson scored a season-high 17 points and Shuan Stegall added 12 plus nine rebounds for the Owls (6-18, 3-7), who fell to 0-12 on the road this season. Kennesaw senior Ronell Wooten entered the game averaging 19.9 points in nine outings against conference foes, but was held scoreless in the first half after playing just 10 minutes due to foul trouble. He finished the night with just six points on 2-of-10 shooting.

Campbell scored the final five points of the first half, including a triple from Wohlfeil at the buzzer to take a 32-25 lead at the break. The Camels increased the edge to 42-30 with 15:29 remaining in the contest.

Kennesaw whittled the margin to 46-40 by hitting 6-of-its first 10 shots in the final period, but the Owls went cold over the last 11 minutes. KSU made just 4 of its last 17 (.235) attempts from the floor, while the Camels shot 56 percent for the second half.

After Nickerson's bucket cut the Camel lead to 59-52 with 5:49 to go, the Owls missed their last 10 shots from the floor and had four of their 20 turnovers in the same span.

Rodriguez finished the night shooting 7-of-13 from the field and 6-of-9 from the line. He grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds, and had two assists, two blocks and three steals. The sophomore from Miami, Fla., now has 995 points in 53 career games and is just five points shy of becoming the 24th player in Campbell's senior college era (since 1961) to reach 1000 points.

Bishop hit 3-of-6 threes and 5-of-9 shots overall, while dealing four assists in addition to his 16-point effort. Dodson, a 6-foot-5 freshman, made 5-of-7 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line while pulling down six rebounds. Wohlfeil canned 3-of-6 triples while hitting double figures in his ninth-straight game. Junard Hartley dealt eight assists.

A 17-2 run gave the Camels a 17-6 lead in the first 4:50 of play, but Kennesaw rallied with a 14-3 flurry to knot the score at 20-all with 6:44 remaining in the opening half.

Campbell finished the night shooting 53 percent (26-49) from the floor, including 46.7 percent (7-15) from 3-point range. Kennesaw connected on just 36 percent (20-55) of its attempts and only 4-of-24 threes (.167). Campbell finished with a 36-29 edge on the boards and had 21 turnovers, but finished with a 20-14 advantage in points off miscues.

The Camels travel to Macon, Ga., for a 5:00 p.m. tap on Saturday against Mercer.

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Players Mentioned

Reggie Bishop

#4 Reggie Bishop

G
6' 3"
Senior
Preston Dodson

#51 Preston Dodson

F
6' 5"
Freshman
Junard Hartley

#12 Junard Hartley

G
6' 3"
Freshman
Jonathan Rodriguez

#3 Jonathan Rodriguez

F
6' 5"
Sophomore
Jake Wohlfeil

#2 Jake Wohlfeil

G
6' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Reggie Bishop

#4 Reggie Bishop

6' 3"
Senior
G
Preston Dodson

#51 Preston Dodson

6' 5"
Freshman
F
Junard Hartley

#12 Junard Hartley

6' 3"
Freshman
G
Jonathan Rodriguez

#3 Jonathan Rodriguez

6' 5"
Sophomore
F
Jake Wohlfeil

#2 Jake Wohlfeil

6' 4"
Senior
G