Chanticleers Fall at Campbell 79-73
11/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) - D.J. Mason scored 17 points and collared a career-high 14 rebounds as Campbell rallied after halftime to defeat Coastal Carolina 79-73 in the Big South Conference opener for both teams on Saturday.
Campbell (2-2, 1-0) trailed by 10 early in the second half, but slowly worked into a 57-57 tie on a Mason layup with 9:46 to play.
Shivaughn Wiggins led defending Big South champion Coastal Carolina (3-3, 0-1) with a CCU career-high 24 points and converted a 3-point play with 5:34 left to give the Chanticleers a final lead. But Mason shot Campbell into a tie, 64-64, and Chris Clemons put the Fighting Camels ahead for keeps with a 3-pointer.
Clemons hit four treys and finished with 16 points, Kyre' Hamer added 14 and Curtis Phillips 11 with five assists.
Campbell had lost to the two-time defending Big South champs twice by 3 points in each of the last two seasons.
Elijah Wilson, who scored his 1,000th career point in the game, finished with 11, while Badou Diagne chipped in 10 for the Chanticleers.
The Chanticleers return to the friendly confines of the HTC Center to face SEC member Auburn (3-1) on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Coastal defeated the Tigers 58-54 on the Plains last season.
