Behind seven three-pointers from senior guard David Robertson, the UNC Asheville men’s basketball team recently picked up a 66-53 Big South Conference road win over Campbell at Gore Arena.
The win coupled with Winthrop’s 84-67 win over Liberty allowed Asheville (22-7, 14-2 Big South Conference) to take over sole possession of first place in the Big South Conference with two regular-season games remaining.
Neither team really came out of the gates strongly, but with just over five minutes left in half No. 1 the Bulldogs owned a 20-9 lead over Campbell (13-15, 6-10 Big South Conference) after a Robertson three-pointer.
The Bulldogs would own a 27-12 lead and their largest lead of the game at 18 points at 34-16 with 15:44 left in the contest.
Asheville would go on to outscore the Camels, 41-39, in the second half to emerge with the 13-point win.
The Bulldogs as a team shot 41.2 percent (21-of-51) from the field, while Campbell shot just 38.3 percent (18-of-47) as a team.
Robertson just missed on the school single-game record of eight made three-pointers with his career-high-tying seven treys in the game. It’s the second time in league play this year that Robertson has connected on seven three-pointers as he also knocked down seven treys in UNC Asheville’s 90-85 overtime win over Gardner-Webb on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016.
In total, Robertson was 7-of-13 from beyond the arc en route to collecting a career-high-tying 23 points that he also scored against Gardner-Webb. Robertson also had two rebounds, two assists and two steals in the win over the Camels.
Senior forward Will Weeks just missed on a double-double in the win over Campbell with 18 points and eight rebounds to go along with three assists, one block and one steal.
Playing without the nation’s fourth-leading scorer in Chris Clemons, Campbell was led by three players in double figures in their loss to the Bulldogs with Shane Whitfield and Marcus Burk each scoring 14.
(Photo credit: UNC Asheville.)