BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Freshman Brian Wright came off the bench to score a season-high 23 points and Lipscomb defeated Campbell 83-67 Monday night in A-Sun men's basketball action at Gore Arena.

Adnan Hodzic added 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting and 11 rebounds for the Bisons (9-13, 5-8), whiel Michael Lusk provided 13 points (9-of-12 free throws), seven assists and non turnovers in 34 minutes.

Lorne Merthie and Jonathan Rodriguez led Campbell (10-14, 7-8) with 15 points each, while Miles Taylor and William Kossangue chipped in nine each. Matt Gwynne pulled down a team-leading nine rebounds, while Junard Hartley dealt nine assists.

The Camels reeled off a 16-4 run – capped by Matt Gwynne's 3-pointer – to claim a 21-20 lead with 7:00 left in the first half. However, Lipscomb answered with a 15-2 burst of its own and took a 38-25 advantage into the dressing room.

Merthie's three cut the gap to 54-48 with 12:05 remaining in the contest, but Lipscomb responded by scoring 16 of the next 21 points to claim its largest lead (17) of the game when Hodzic's bucket pushed the margin to 70-53 with 4:34 to go.

Lipscomb shot 54 percent (26-48) from the floor and made seven more free throws (25-of-44) than Campbell attempted (11-of-18). Campbell hit only 39 percent of its shots from the floor, 6-of-26 (.231) from 3-point territory. The Camels finished with a 39-36 advantage on the boards.

Campbell, which has lost consecutive home games for the first time this year, returns to action on Saturday in a 4:15 p.m. tip-off at North Florida.