The Camels (12-15, 6-11) trailed by 8 with 9:23 to go and by four with 5:09 remaining before making the decisive run and moving a game in front of Stetson (7-21, 5-12) in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings.

Preston Dodson scored 16 points, including 8-of-10 from the line, grabbed 10 rebounds and did not commit a turnover in 35 minutes of action to lead the Camels, who ended a five-game losing streak. Eric Griffin added 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor, a block and 3 steals, while Junard Hartley scored 11, grabbed 6 boards and made 5 of his last 6 free throws. Amir Celestin, who finished with 9 points and 3 assists, hit a pair of free throws with 3.2 seconds left to seal the win.

Luis Jacobo led the Hatters with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Corey Walden added 12 in 30 minutes before leaving the game with an injury. Steve Forbes chipped in 15, plus 6 boards in 20 minutes off the bench for Stetson, while lost its 3rd-straight and fell for the 10th time in 11 contests.

"We tried to impress upon our kids that our conference tournament started with this road trip," said Camel head coach Robbie Laing. "Stetson was in a great offensive rhythm in the second half and made some threes against our man-to-man defense. But around the 8-minute mark, we went to the zone, stopped them on 6 of 7 trips and they never regained their rhythm. We just did not give them a clean look at the basket down the stretch."

Jacobo's 2nd three of the night put the Hatters in front 56-52 with 5:09 remaining, but Griffin drove the lane and fed Dodson for a layup with 3:53 to play that cut the lead to a pair. After Liam McInerney missed a triple, Hartley connected on Campbell's lone trey of the night with 3:13 remaining to put CU in front for the first time since early in the final period.

Joel Naburgs knocked down his third 3-pointer of the evening to give the Hatters a 59-58 edge with 2:27 remaining, but that was Stetson's final made field goal of the night.

Hartley answered on the next possession with a pair of foul shots; then Graeme Radford made the first of two free throws to knot the score at 60-all with 1:45 left.

Marvelle Harris' offensive board and bucket with 1:23 to go put the Camels in front for good (62-60). Forbes then made the first of two foul shots to cut the margin to one. Aaron Graham recovered the offensive board off the second miss, but Jacobo stepped on the half-court line for Stetson's 16th turnover of the game with 40.9 seconds remaining.

However, Celestin was whistled for traveling with 28.2 seconds left giving Stetson a final shot at the win. Jacobo had a look under the basket, but Harris blocked the attempt - his 3rd rejection of the night - with 6 seconds to go and Celestin grabbed the loose ball.

The junior from Miami made both free throws and the Camels swept the season series from the Hatters for the 2nd-straight year and more importantly, provided CU with the first tie-breaker with Stetson as both teams fight for the 8th and final spot in next month's A-Sun tournament.

Campbell, which played its 4th-straight game without injured pre-season all-league guard and second-leading scorer Lorne Merthie (11.2 ppg), made 23-of-36 free throws (.639), compared to 14-of-26 (.538) for the Hatters. Both teams connected on 20-of-49 (.408) from the floor. Stetson hit 7-of-18 threes (.389), compared to just 1-of-7 (.143) for the Camels, but Campbell scored 16 points off 16 Hatter turnovers.

CU continues its final road trip of the regular season Saturday in a 5:15 p.m. tip-off at Florida Gulf Coast (6-19, 3-12).

Among Stetson's 10 recent losses, 2 have come in overtime games and 4 others have been decided by 1-, 2- or 3-point decisions.

Campbell has now won 6 of the last 8 meetings between the schools, including the last 5.