BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) - Darren White scored 24 of his 31 points in the second half as Campbell won its season opener Friday night by defeating Averett 74-55.
White, who made 11 of 18 field goals and 9 of 12 free throws, also had seven rebounds and three steals. Playing only 26 minutes, he finished two points shy of his career-high of 33.
After Averett took a 5-0 lead, the Camels scored 19 unanswered points, with Darian Hooker coming off the bench to score 10 of his 12 first-half points during the run. Hooker finished with 15 points and Trey Freeman added 10 while Marvelle Harris pulled down 10 rebounds.
Campbell led 35-15 at halftime and by as many as 36 after White's jump shot made it 70-34 with 5:44 remaining.
Grant Chandler scored 14 points, hitting 4 of 5 3-pointers, to lead the Division III Cougars, who counted the game as an exhibition.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Averett (0-1) | 15 | 40 | 55 |
| Campbell (1-0) « | 35 | 39 | 74 |
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| Averett | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Scott, F | 33 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Pierce, F | 23 | 2-13 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| P. Porter, C | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Ram, G | 36 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| G. Chandler, G | 26 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Robinson | 24 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Ford | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| T. West | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Absher | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Garrison | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hawkins | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Redd | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 23-59 | 2-6 | 34 | 12 | 23 | 55 | |
| 39% | 33.3% | ||||||
| Campbell Fighting Camels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Harris, F | 26 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Leonard, F | 24 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Freeman, G | 29 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| D. White, G | 26 | 11-18 | 9-12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| A. Ryan, G | 24 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Hooker | 28 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| R. McCarter | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Kalpic | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Bremer | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Leek | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Perrin | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-60 | 16-23 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 74 | |
| 45% | 69.6% | ||||||
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