BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Jonathan Rodriguez had a double-double to lead Campbell to a 72-57 win over Mercer Saturday in an Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball contest Saturday at Gore Arena.

The 6-foot-5 junior finished with a game-high 19 points, 12 in the second half, and added 13 rebounds for his 33rd career double-double. Miles Taylor added 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting, plus five boards, while Junard Hartley scored a season-best 13 points – all after the break – and dealt a career-high 12 assists.

James Florence led Mercer (7-7, 1-2) with 15 points on 5-of-14 shooting, while E.J. Kusnyer chipped in 11. Daniel Emerson finished with nine points, just one in the final period, and a career-high 20 rebounds. The 6-foot-8 junior made just 3-of-9 free throws as the Bears connected on just 12-of-25 (.480) from the stripe.

Campbell (4-8, 1-2), which entered the game second in the league in rebounding behind the Bears, finished with a 44-38 edge on the boards and canned 19-of-28 foul shots (.679), plus 7-of-16 (.438) from 3-point range. The Camels shot 40 percent from the field overall.

Mercer, which earlier this year defeated Alabama and Auburn and lost to Georgia Tech in overtime, shot just 36 percent from the floor and hit just 3-of-18 from long distance (.167).

The Camels rode a 12-2 run to take a 27-20 lead on Matt Gwynne's three from the left corner with 4:31 left in the opening period.

CU led 30-26 at the break behind Taylor's 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting. Rodriguez and Gwynne each had seven first-half points for the Camels, who shot 38.5 percent from the floor, but hit 5-of-9 threes (.556).

Mercer was able to cut the margin to one point on three occasions in the final period, the last with 15:20 to go on Florence's two foul shots that pulled the Bears within 36-35. However, the Camels stretched the gap to double digits with a 14-5 flurry over the next 3:19 as Lorne Merthie had a pair of three-point buckets in the stretch.

The margin was just six after Michael Ellis canned two free throws with 4:12 to play and brought the Bears within 55-49, but CU stretched the gap to as many as 17 when Preston Dodson's three-point play with 0:58 to go capped a 15-4 burst.

Rodriguez moved into 13th place past Scott Neely (1377 points from 1991-96) on Campbell's all-time scoring list at the 11:01 mark of the second half. Rodriguez has 1385 points in his CU career, second-most among juniors in the NCAA Division I ranks. He also became CU's all-time leader in free throws attempted for the Division I era (since 1977-78) with 543 in just his 73rd career game.

The Camels continue their two-game home stand against Kennesaw State Monday at 8:00 p.m.