DELAND, FLA.-Campbell converted 19-of-20 free throw attempts and Courtney Cannon notched 16 points as the Lady Camels defeated Stetson, 70-61, in Atlantic Sun women's basketball action Thursday night inside the Edmunds Center.
Campbell moves to 13-9 overall and 8-5 in A-Sun play with the win, while the Hatters fall to 5-18 with a 5-9 conference mark. The Lady Camels' 13 wins are the most since the 2001-02 season.
Cannon, a junior guard, went 9-for-9 from the charity stripe, all coming in the second half, adding six rebounds. Senior center Ashley Williamson collected her third-consecutive double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Now with 483 career boards, needs 17 to become the 17th Lady Camel in program history to reach 500.
Monique Spry and Kate Cloxton added nine points each, nailing three baskets from distance apiece. Cloxton also chipped in three assists and a pair of steals.
Leading the Hatters was Ashli Jackson, who posted 15 of her game-high 18 points in the second half. Lyllique Roman added 10 points and five rebounds while Natasha Graboski and Tierra Brown added nine and eight points, respectively.
Down 14-11 in the first half, Spry put the Lady Camels on top 17-16 with back-to-back threes at the 11:05 mark. After that basket, however, Campbell suffered nearly a five minute scoring drought before Tonisha Baker drove one in with 6:46 remaining, tying the game at 19. Stetson also went almost five minutes without a field goal, going from the 10:05 mark until 5:25.
Knotted at 23-all, the Hatters posted four straight to take the 27-23 lead at the 3:38 mark, but Campbell answered, tallying the game's final six points of the half to take a 29-27 lead into the break.
After not connecting on a three point field goal in the first half, the Hatters notched five in the second stanza's first seven minutes to take a 48-43 lead, led by four from Jackson.
Clawing back, the Lady Camels went back on top, 53-52, at the 9:20 mark when Katelyn Bass sank a short jumper in the paint. Roman then tied the game at 53-all with a free throw.
With 4:46 remaining the game was still tied at 53 when Roman knocked down another bucket for the first points from either team in over four minutes. Cloxton immediately answered, however, sinking a three from the top of the key, sparking a 17-6 run for the Lady Camels over the game's final minutes.
The Lady Camels will be back in action on Saturday night, taking on Florida Gulf Coast in Ft. Myers, Fla.