HAMPTON, VA. – Jermaine Marrow scored 37 points and Hampton rallied to defeat Campbell 83-74 Thursday at the HU Convocation Center.
 
Ben Stanley added 21 points and Greg Heckstall 14 for the Pirates (9-10, 4-2 Big South), who shot 68 percent (15-22) in the second half and made eight more free throws overall (22-35) than the Camels attempted (10-14).
 
Cory Gensler led Campbell (11-9, 2-6) with 16 points and five rebounds, while Ja'Cor Nelson added 14 points and five assists. Cedric Henderson, Jr., chipped in 12 points for CU, which made 10-of-22 threes (.455) and shot 47 percent (27-58) overall.
 
Campbell led 49-41 with 16:24 to play when Gensler knocked down a wing three.  However, the Pirates rallied and grabbed the lead for good (58-57) on Marrow's pull-up jumper with 9:29 to go.  Marrow's drive capped an 11-2 Hampton burst and pushed the lead to 61-57 with 8:14 to go.
 
Gensler again hit from beyond the arc to pull the Camels within 70-66 with 3:12 to play, but Hampton extended the gap to as many as nine while scoring its final nine points from the line.
 
Hampton jumped to an early 13-5 lead when Marrow knocked down a three with 16:20 left in the opening half, but the Camels outscored the Pirates 20-7 over a 6:20 span to grab a 25-21 edge on Henderson's second-chance lay-in.
 
McCullough's triple from right of the key with 3.3 seconds left sent the Camels into the dressing room with a 39-35 lead.
 
Campbell shot 45.5 percent (15-33) from the field in the opening period, but knocked down 7-of-13 (.538) threes. Hampton made 43 percent (13-30) of its first half shots, including 4-of-7 beyond the arc, but was just 5-of-12 (.417) from the stripe.
 
Marrow (16) and Stanley (12) combined for 28 of Hampton's 35 first-half points. Nine different Camels scored in the opening stanza, led by Henderson's seven.
 
The Camels are off for a week until they host High Point next Thursday (Jan. 30) at 7 p.m.