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Men's Basketball Falls at Lipscomb 76-60

NASHVILLE, TENN. – Adnan Hodzic scored 21 points and Lipscomb defeated cold-shooting Campbell 76-60 Saturday night in the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season finale for both teams at Allen Arena.

Hodzic made his first seven shots of the game and the Bisons sprinted to a 21-4 lead. Campbell (10-19, 5-11) never closed the gap to single digits and suffered its seventh-straight loss heading into Wednesday's 8:15 p.m. (CST) Atlantic Sun tournament quarterfinal against top-seeded Belmont.

Lipscomb (15-15, 8-8) won for the seventh time in nine outings heading into next week's league tourney, which it will host at Allen Arena.

Hodzic finished the game 8-of-13 from the floor and grabbed a game-high 9 rebounds. LaKory Daniels added 13 and Josh Slater 12. Eddie Ard, who had a career-high 35 in Lipscomb's 86-79 overtime win at Campbell on Jan. 3, finished with just seven Saturday night on 3-of-8 shooting.

Hodzic scored 15 points in the first half and Lipscomb jumped to a 43-24 halftime lead. Daniels added 10 in the opening period for the Bisons, who hit 16-of-31 shots (52 percent) in the first half, while Campbell made just 8-of-33 (24 percent) before the break.

Campbell was able to cut the margin to 65-55 with 3:00 remaining on Reggie Bishop's 3-pointer that capped a 12-3 run, but drew no closer.

Julius Perkins tied his season high with 13 points on 5-of-7 from the floor and 3-of-6 from the line to lead the Camels. Bishop added 12 on 5-of-15 shooting, while Rodriguez was held to a season-low 10 on just 2-of-5 from the field and 6-of-10 free throws. The sophomore did manage to reach double figure points for the 37th-straight game.

Lipscomb finished the game shooting 48 percent from the field and grabbed a 47-30 advantage on the boards, converting 16 offensive rebounds into a 16-5 edge in second-chance points. Campbell shot just 32 percent for the game.

Lipscomb jumped to a 21-4 lead in the game's first 7:10 by hitting 10 of its first 16 shots. Campbell, meanwhile, made only 1-of-12 from the floor to open the game.

Rodriguez, the A-Sun's leading scorer at 21.4 points per game, picked up his third personal foul with 9:51 left in the first half and the Camels trailing by 27-10. The 6-foot-5 forward, one of only six players in the nation averaging 20-plus points and double-figure rebounds, was limited to four points on 2-of-3 shooting and 0 rebounds in 10 minutes during the opening stanza.

With his first bucket, Rodriguez became only the fourth player in Campbell senior college (since 1961-62) history to reach 600 points in a season, joining Clarence Grier (739 in ‘86-87), Cordell Wise (607 in ‘69-70) and Sam Staggers (602 in ‘76-77).

The Bisons extended the margin to 40-17 with 3:57 to go in the period, hitting 16 of their first 26 (61.5 percent) shots and holding a 21-11 edge on the glass. Hodzic made his first 7 shots of the game and had 15 of LU's first 40 points.

Saturday's result was uncharacteristic of the series between the A-Sun rivals. Seven of the previous eight games between the Camels and Bisons were decided by seven, or fewer, points.

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Players Mentioned

Reggie Bishop

#4 Reggie Bishop

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6' 3"
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Julius Perkins

#10 Julius Perkins

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6' 1"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Reggie Bishop

#4 Reggie Bishop

6' 3"
Senior
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Julius Perkins

#10 Julius Perkins

6' 1"
Junior
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