BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Lorne Merthie scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-11 shooting and Campbell never trailed while handing Appalachian State a 92-63 loss Wednesday night at the Pope Center/Gore Arena.

The Camels jumped to a 22-6 lead, and the Mountaineers were able to cut the margin to single digits just once (27-18 with 8:01 remaining) the rest of the night.

Jonathan Rodriguez added 20 points, seven rebounds, four assists and five steals for the Camels (7-4), while Preston Dodson matched his career-high with 16 points on 7-of-9 from the floor. Campbell is off to its best 11-game start to a season since the 1993-94 club was 8-3 at the same point.

Donald Sims led Appalachian (7-6) with 16 points, plus seven assists, and became the 29th player in Mountaineer history to reach 1,000 points for his career. Sims now has an even 1,000 in 75 career games. Jeremi Booth added 15 points and six boards for the Mountaineers, while Ryann Abraham had 11.

Campbell entered the game ranked among the nation's top 10 in steals per game, and had 11 thefts on the night. 27 of Campbell's season-high 92 points came as a result of 19 Appalachian turnovers. Meanwhile, the Camels committed a season-low 7 miscues, just three in the first half, while improving to 6-1 at home this year (the lone loss a 71-60 setback to Virginia Tech).

The Camels shot 62 percent in the opening half (18-29), hitting 6-of-11 threes, and led by 15 (48-33) at the break.

Appalachian was able to cut the gap to 64-52 on Josh Hunter's foul shot with 13:48 remaining, but Campbell answered with a 13-0 run as five different players scored during the stretch. The Camels led by as many as 30 down the stretch.

Merthie was a perfect 6-of-6 from the field in the second half, 3-of-3 from long distance, while scoring 15 points after the break. Junard Hartley finished with 10 assists and just one turnover in 29 minutes. Amir Celestin added six assists and no turnovers in 23 minutes off the bench.

The Camels finished the night shooting 58.6 percent (34-58) from the field, 52.6 percent (10-of-19) from 3-point territory, and canned 14-of-16 free throws (.875). Appalachian hit 44.7 percent (21-47) of its shots, 4-of-18 (.222) from long range.

Campbell ended an 11-game losing streak against current Southern Conference members, dating to an 84-70 victory on Jan. 20, 1997 at Wofford. Campbell's victory was the first against Appalachian since February 1984, but the teams did not play for 21 seasons until the series resumed in 2006-07.

Campbell returns to Atlantic Sun Conference play Saturday in a 2:00 p.m. tip-off at USC Upstate.