Chris Clemons led Campbell with 27 points on Thursday night.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
BUIES CREEK — Campbell wrapped a 19-5 run around halftime and went on to defeat High Point 61-58 Thursday in a Big South Conference men’s basketball contest shown on ESPNU from Gore Arena.
Chris Clemons scored 27 points. Andrew Eudy added 16, plus a career-high 15 rebounds, for the Camels (16-11, 9-4), who moved into second place in the league standings.
Jahaad Proctor led High Point (14-13, 7-6) with 17 points, while Jordan Whitehead added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Panthers, who committed 16 turnovers, including 12 in the second half.
The nation’s leading scorer (29.8), Clemons (3,033 points) moved by Hersey Hawkins of Bradley (3,008 from 1984-88) into eighth place on the NCAA Division I all-time scoring list and hit double digits for the 109th straight game, third longest in NCAA Division I history.
High Point hit its first three triples and took its largest lead (25-16) on Whitehead’s jumper from the elbow with 4:59 left in the opening half. Eudy scored on a spin move in the paint, Clemons got the roll on a three and Cory Gensler scored twice on backdoor layups to draw the Camels even at 25.
The Panthers led 26-25 at the break, but Campbell took the lead for good (33-30) on Clemons’ wing trey that started an 11-0 run and ignited a season-high crowd of 2,952, the seventh-largest in arena history.
Playing without their second-leading scorer Brandonn Kamga, who had 17 points and 11 rebounds in a 58-57 win over the Camels two weeks ago at High Point, the Panthers missed 16 of their last 17 attempts beyond the arc.
Campbell led 55-40 after Eudy’s bucket in the lane with 4:58 to play before High Point pulled within 56-48 with 2:44 left. Eudy converted both ends of a 1-and-1 with 1:39 remaining and High Point didn’t score again.
The Camels finished with a 15-7 edge in points off turnovers, blocked a season-high seven shots (three by Eudy) and matched their season-low with four turnovers. Gensler finished with eight points, three assists, two blocks and four steals without committing a turnover in 36 minutes.
High Point shot 34 percent (17-50) from the floor, hit 4-of-17 threes and 10-of-14 (.714) from the field. Despite holding 42-31 edge on the boards, the Panthers finished with just a 13-11 edge in second-chance points.
Campbell shot 39 percent for the night, made 6-of-30 (.200) beyond the arc, and 9-of-11 (.818) from the line.
Off to the program’s best start in league play since 2011-12, Campbell has won five of its last seven outings and improved to 10-3 at home, 6-1 vs. Big South foes. The Camels return to action Saturday for a 3 p.m. tipoff at Longwood.
(Campbell media services provided the basis for this report)
CU’s Isaac Chatman finishes with his left hand against High Point.
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Chris Clemons leans away from a defender on a drive.
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Jordan Whitfield shoots in the first half for the Camels.
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Andrew Eudy (25) contributed 16 points for Campbell.
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Cory Gensler beats a Panther to the hoop at Gore Arena.
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Andrew Eudy looks to finish offensively for CU.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Chris Clemons puts up a reverse layup on the ESPNU telecast.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Campbell’s Ja’Cor Nelson scores despite tight defense.
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Chris Clemons takes off to tally on a layup for the Camels.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
