Campbell 66, N.C. A&T 62
Box Score
A second-half surge with 10 consecutive makes from the floor propelled Campbell (14-11, 9-3 CAA) to its seventh straight win with a 66-62 victory over N.C. A&T (4-21, 0-12 CAA). Colby Duggan registered 18 of his 26 points in the final 20 minutes, finishing with an 11-for-17 shooting clip from the floor. Tasos Cook made his first start of the season and shined with 13 points, four assists and no turnovers. Caleb Zurliene rounded out those in double figures with 10 points.
Both teams battled back and forth until the Camels utilized a 9-0 run to claim a 13-8 edge following a triple from Nolan Dorsey to go with back-to-back slams and a fadeaway jumper in the paint from Duggan at the midway point of the half. N.C. A&T flipped the script and went on a tear, seeing Nikolaos Chitikoudis and Jahnathan Lamothe combine for 13 points on a 16-4 run to take a seven-point lead, 24-17, with 1:25 to play in the first half. The Aggies secured a five-point edge, 26-21, heading into the break after Bryson Ogletree corralled a missed corner trey and banked in the putback attempt before time expired.
Lamothe bumped the Aggies’ lead back to seven after consecutive finishes in close with 16:49 remaining. However, Campbell started to surge, hitting 14 of its next 15 shots. Consecutive treys from Zurliene and Elijah Walsh slashed the Camels’ deficit down to three, 36-33, with 13:33 on the clock. Duggan provided an acrobatic and-one finish before scoring seven of the next nine points and sparking 10 straight made field goals for the Camels. The home team continued to pressure the Aggies as Cook reeled in a backdoor pass from Nolan Dorsey to finish off a 22-14 run and claim a six-point edge, 58-52, with 3:32 left in regulation. Campbell staved off a late push by N.C. A&T down the stretch and held on for the four-point win. The Aggies’ Lamothe produced a 20-point, 17-rebound performance to go with four assists. Chitikoudis chipped in 17 points and Ogletree added 15 points of his own.