BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell jumped out to a 21-4 lead and never trailed in a 68-46 Atlantic Sun win over Mercer Monday afternoon inside the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center.

The Lady Camels move to 5-10 overall with a 4-2 A-Sun mark with their fourth consecutive win, while Mercer falls to 1-13 on the season and 1-4 in league games. The victory was also Campbell's fifth-straight at home.

Senior forward Lauren Yesh fueled the Lady Camels with a career-high 19 points, adding 10 rebounds the Evart, Mich. native's second double-double of the season, and fourth in her career. Yesh totaled an 8-for-11 clip from the floor, including 2-of-3 from long distance. The senior also added two steals and an assist in the win.

Junior guard Kate Cloxton also reached double figures with 12 points behind four threes, adding five assists and three rebounds. Senior guard Courtney Cannon posted eight points and five rebounds, while sophomore forward Jazmine Cooper registered seven points and seven rebounds with career-highs of four steals and three assists.

Sophomore guard Monique Spry also poured in six points, four rebounds and three assists, while Tonisha Baker and Roslyn Presley tacked on five points apiece. Baker, a sophomore guard, also collected four boards and four assists.

The Lady Camels attempted a school record 31 three-pointers in the game, passing the previous mark of 29, reached twice in the program's history (vs. Liberty, 12/5/98; vs. UNC Wilmington, 12/21/95).

Leading the Bears was freshman forward Brittnee Hazel with 19 points and 10 boards, adding four steals. Freshman guard Rebecca Clanton added 11 points off the bench for Mercer, while Briana Williams, another rookie guard, added six points. Sharnea Boykin, a freshman guard, posted 10 assists with three points and three rebounds in the loss.

The Lady Camels opened the game on a 21-4 run, nailing three baskets from three-point range, matching the team's total from their previous game. Cloxton led the way in the hot start, draining a pair from distance.

Campbell extended its lead to 20 for the first time in the contest at the 4:23 mark when Katelyn Bass found Cooper on the backdoor cut for a lay-in, putting CU on top 34-14. The Lady Camels reached their largest advantage of the half with 15 seconds remaining in the frame, as Cannon took a Spry pass on the break and connected, pushing the CU lead to 43-21.

Campbell led 43-24 at the half.

Following a Mercer turnover, Yesh opened the half for CU with one of her two three-pointers, and Cloxton extended the lead to 23, 51-28, at the 16:45 mark on another three, one of her four on the afternoon.

Despite shooting 20.6 percent from the floor in the second half, the Lady Camels owned a 25-22 second stanza advantage, forcing the Bears to shoot just 23.1 percent.

Leading by as many as 27, Campbell's largest lead of the season, the Lady Camels defeated the Bears, 68-46.

Closing the 4-0 home stand, Campbell now travels to Nashville, Tenn. to take on A-Sun foes Belmont and Lipscomb, Saturday, Jan. 15 and Monday, Jan. 17.