HIGH POINT, N.C. - Campbell dropped its first Big South game of the season as High Point earned a 63-55 win, Monday evening at the Millis Center.

Campbell moves to 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the Big South following the loss while High Point improves to 6-4 and 4-1 in conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Campbell attacked the paint early, scoring 18 of its 19 points in the first quarter in the paint
• Lauren McNamara-Clement led the attack down low as the senior forward scored a career-high tying 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting in the first half
• High Point ended the second quarter on a 7-0 run as Campbell led 31-26 at halftime
• The Panthers continued its run after the break as Skyler Curran scored seven straight, giving High Point its first lead since early in the first half
• High Point led by as many as five in the third before a couple of made free throws by Taya Bolden and an inadvertent tip-in by High Point on its own basket made it a 44-43 Panther lead at the end of the period
• Campbell stayed within striking distance as McNamara-Clement made it a one-point game following a made shot at the charity stripe until Curran made two shots from the line after getting fouled on the next possession
• Cydney Johnson hit a jumper with 33 seconds remaining to put the game out of reach for Campbell as it fell, 63-55
• High Point was led by a trio of scorers as Curran (13), Johnson (12) and Jenson Edwards (10) each reached double-figures
• The Panthers held an edge from behind the arc, hitting nine 3-pointers to Campbell's two
• Lauren McNamara-Clement led all scorers with a career-high 18 points while Shy Tuelle added 11
• Taya Bolden ended with 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds while also dishing out a career-high five assists

NOTABLES

• Taya Bolden grabbed her 800th career rebound in the third quarter making her the 11th player in program history to reach the mark
• Bolden now sits 10th all-time in program history and is tied for 24th in Big South history with 803 boards
• McNamara-Clement's previous career-high of 14 points was set her freshman season against William Peace (11/17/17)
• Campbell scored 38 points in the paint, the most in a game this season since the Fighting Camels had 30 against UNCW

NEXT UP
Campbell returns to the Millis Center for the second game of the series against High Point tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6 PM on ESPN+.