HAMPTON, VA - Jermaine Marrow scored 26 points to go along with seven rebounds and Kalin Fisher added 11 points as Hampton defeated Campbell 64-58 Saturday night at the Hampton University Convocation Center.
Marrow made just seven of his 22 field goal attempts but knocked down all nine of his free throws over 38 minutes of action.
Chris Clemons led three double-digit Campbell scorers but was held to a season-low 14 points. The shot just 4-17 from the field but recorded his first double-double of the season by adding 10 boards.
Hampton (9-10, 4-2) carried a nine-point, 30-21, lead into the break and held on to the lead despite multiple comeback efforts from the Camels. Campbell cut the lead to three on six different occasions in the final 12:51 but could not inch closer.
Campbell (11-9, 4-2) cut the lead to three, 57-54, with 1:55 to play after Jordan Whitfield took the feed from Andrew Eudy and knocked down a triple from the wing. Hampton answered with two free throws after a foul, however.
Campbell again trimmed the lead to three with 18.3 seconds to play, 61-58, but Hampton converted its free throws down the stretch to secure the win.
Hampton went 20-57 (.351) from the field while the Campbell hit 21-68 (.309). Hampton knocked down its free throws down the stretch and made more free throws (18-23) than the Camels attempted (7-13).
Andrew Eudy scored nine of his 12 points in the second half to back the Campbell comeback while Jordan Whitfield added 10 but it was not enough as the nation's leading scorer, Chris Clemons, was contained.
Clemons 14 points marked 102 consecutive games in double figures – the longest active streak in the nation.
Campbell returns to action next Wednesday when the Camels travel to Virginia to take on league-leading Radford with tip-off set for 7:00 p.m.