Gediminas Mokseckas pushes the attack for the Camels after a steal.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
BUIES CREEK — Winthrop’s Sin’Cere McMahon scored 19 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to lead the Eagles to a 78-74 Big South Conference men’s basketball win over Campbell on Saturday afternoon at Gore Arena.
The Camels (7-11, 2-4 Big South) led by as many as 11 early and held a five-point advantage at the half, but went just one for 11 from beyond the arc in the second half, while Winthrop (8-11, 3-3) shot seven for 14 from deep in the final 20 minutes.
Ricky Clemons led the Camels with 18 points, thanks to getting to the foul line often and going nine for 11 from the stripe. Laurynas Vaistaras joined him in double figures with 13 along with a team-high seven rebounds. It was a balanced effort across the box score for Campbell, with Juan Reyna scoring eight and five other Camels scoring seven.
Winthrop finished with four in double figures, with Toneari Lane scoring 16.
Winthrop stormed back to take its first lead of the game at 48-46 following a Lane 3-pointer. The lead would change five more times before the Eagles went up 59-56 and never trailed again.
Winthrop led by six with 1:05 to play, but Campbell got back within 77-74. The Camels forced a turnover, but Juan Reyna missed a 3-pointer to tie.
Campbell shot 51 percent for the game, its fifth highest mark of the year, but Winthrop hit 59.5 percent, the highest percentage allowed by the Camels this season.
Campbell returns to action Wednesday at 7 p.m. at home against Radford (ESPN+).
(Campbell media services provided the basis for this report)
Ricky Clemons scores two of his team-high 18 points.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Anthony Dell’Orso drives to score for the Camels on Saturday.
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Jasin Sinani gets a basket to tie the score at 62.
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Former CU program members included (not in order) James Forthofer, Gary Elmore, Cory Gensler, Glenn Lindsay, Andre King, Russ Gibson and Mark Ennis. (Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
