RADFORD, Va. (AP) - Lorne Merthie scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half as Campbell defeated Radford 73-65 Thursday night for the Camels' third straight Big South Conference win.
Eric Griffin added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Campbell (13-8, 7-2), which shot 60.9 percent in the second half (14 of 23).
The Camels, who came in ranked 3rd nationally in field-goal percentage (.503), finished at 50 percent (24 of 48).
The Highlanders (4-17, 1-8), fresh off an 85-66 win over High Point, have lost 16 of their last 17 games.
After Radford led 30-27 at the break, Campbell opened the second half 11 of 15 from the field and used a 17-5 streak, highlighted by 16 points from Merthie, to lead 61-50 with 5:42 left.
Campbell's Darren White, following his lone non-double-digit game, had 13 points.
Javonte Green's 16 points led the Highlanders, who shot 39.6 percent (21 of 53).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Campbell (13-8) « | 27 | 46 | 73 |
| Radford (4-17) | 30 | 35 | 65 |
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| Campbell Fighting Camels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Griffin, F | 36 | 7-15 | 1-4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| M. Harris, F | 21 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| D. White, G | 36 | 4-9 | 4-6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| R. Ferguson, G | 30 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| L. Merthie, G | 30 | 5-9 | 6-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Wright | 20 | 1-3 | 5-8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| A. Ryan | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Celestin | 10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Horton | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 24-48 | 18-29 | 36 | 11 | 14 | 73 | |
| 50% | 62.1% | ||||||
| Radford Highlanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Cerrah, F | 19 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| R. Price, G | 33 | 4-11 | 4-6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Green, G | 29 | 5-9 | 5-8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| K. Noreen, G | 29 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Smith, G | 27 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Mitchell | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Smith | 20 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| C. Smith | 15 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Carethers | 8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals | 21-53 | 15-22 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 65 | |
| 39.6% | 68.2% | ||||||
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