BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell wrapped a 26-6 run around the halftime
break to down Stetson, 61-46, in Atlantic Sun women's basketball
action Saturday inside the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center.
With the win, Campbell moves to 9-7 on the year with a 4-3 A-Sun
record, while Stetson falls to 3-14 and 3-4 in league play. The win
was the 13th in a row for Campbell at home over Stetson,
with its last home loss to the Hatters coming in 1996.
Stetson's 46 points is a season low for a Campbell opponent, with
the previous low mark coming in a 64-52 win over A-Sun foe North
Florida on Nov. 27. The Lady Camels held opponents under 50 points
four times last season, going 3-1 in those games.
Junior guard Courtney
Cannon led the Lady Camels with her first double-double in a CU
uniform, notching 12 points and 12 boards, while adding four
assists in the win. Sophomore guard Amanda O'Neill added a
season-best 12, also posting five rebounds, two assists and two
steals. O'Neill is the seventh Lady Camel to lead or tie for the
team scoring lead in a single game this season.
Senior forward Geami Britt tacked on nine
points off the bench with four rebounds, while Lauren
Yesh and Tonisha
Baker adding six each. Yesh ended the afternoon with 10
rebounds, her second-straight game with double digit boards. Baker
recorded a season-high seven rebounds with three assists and a pair
of steals. Jazmine
Cooper and Katelyn Bass also posted
five points apiece in the win.
Sophomore guard Kerri Simpson led the Hatters with a game-high 18
points, adding seven rebounds. Lyllique Roman, another second year
Stetson guard, joined Simpson in double figures with 11 points.
Junior center Natasha Graboski tallied eight points, 10 rebounds
and four blocks.
After Tonisha
Baker scored the game's first basket just four seconds into the
game, the Lady Camels went over seven minutes without points, but
trailed just 9-5 after an O'Neill three.
Stetson posted its largest lead of the half at the 10:29 mark, when
Lyllique Roman notched a jumper to put the Hatters up 13-5.
Campbell posted a 15-6 run to close the half, however, taking back
the lead on a Kate Cloxton jumper with 14
seconds remaining. CU entered the break with a 20-19 advantage.
The Campbell run carried over in the second half, as the Lady
Camels reeled off another 11-straight, capped off by a Baker
lay-in, putting CU up 31-19 with 17:10 on the clock.
The Lady Camels grabbed their largest lead of the half at the 8:16
mark on a Katelyn Bass layup from Ashley
Williamson, pushing the score to 52-28, a difference of 24. The
lead cushioned Campbell for a late Hatter run, 14-1 over the next
four minutes, cutting the lead to 11 with 3:15 remaining.
Courtney
Cannon and Amanda O'Neill chipped in
another four points each over the final minutes, however, closing
out the Hatters, 61-46.
The Lady Camels improved their shooting from 25.7 percent in the
opening stanza to 53.6 percent in the second half, evening their
game rate at a 38.1 clip. Campbell notched 20 assists for the
second time this season, with the first coming in an 84-54 win over
Winston-Salem State on Dec. 30.
The Lady Camels will return to action on Thursday, Jan. 21 in
Nashville, Tenn. taking on Belmont.
