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 Campbell
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NCCU
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
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Campb | 21 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 71 |
NCCU | 12 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 55 |
Freshman Jerni Kiaku and junior Kimeira Burks both had their best performances of the season and they accounted for over half of North Carolina Central University’s scoring in a 71-55 non-conference women’s basketball home loss to Campbell University on Saturday afternoon.
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The Camels pulled away from the Eagles with a decisive 28-11 third quarter. Junior Christabel Ezumah scored all eight of her points in that frame. Campbell (2-0) had a 16-0 advantage on points off turnovers in the third quarter, which ended up being the margin of victory to remain undefeated on the season.
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Kiaku scored a season-high 16 points, making six of her nine field goal attempts (66.7%). She also had four rebounds, four assists and three steals.
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Burks made three of NCCU’s five made 3-pointers on way to 14 points, which is her first double-digit point performance since joining the maroon and gray this season. She also had three rebounds and three steals.
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Campbell led for most of the first half, including a 21-12 advantage after the first quarter before NCCU started the second quarter on a 13-0 run to catapult ahead by four points (25-21). Burks scored the last nine points of that rally, completing an and-1 play before she drilled two consecutive 3-pointers.
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The Camels then held the Eagles scoreless for the final six minutes to respond with their own 12-0 run to take a 33-25 advantage at halftime. Campbell would not relinquish its lead in the second half.
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Burks and senior Kira Lowery each had nine points for the maroon and gray at the halfway point. Lowery would finish with a season-high 11 points.
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Graduate student Shy Tuelle and freshman Gianna Boone both scored 13 points for the Camels. Tuelle hit a game-high four 3-pointers and flirted with a double-double by dishing out eight assists.
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Campbell ended the contest with a 42-25 rebounding advantage and senior Svenia Nurenberg paced the way with a game-high eight rebounds.
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Junior Blessing Okoh chipped in six points while sophomore Aniya Finger tallied four points, four rebounds and two blocks in her NCCU debut.
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NC Central (1-2) will next play at Rutgers University (Piscataway, N.J.) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Next Game: at Rutgers 11/16/2022 | 7:00 PM
Team Statistics
Game Stats | Campb | NCCU |
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FG% | .452 | .431 |
3FG% | .364 | .455 |
FT% | .636 | .500 |
RB | 42 | 25 |
TO | 26 | 27 |
STL | 13 | 12 |