BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Evan James caught a 30-yard touchdown pass to give Furman a fourth quarter lead, and Joshua Stoneking made it stand up with a fourth down sack with 16 seconds remaining to clinch the Paladins' 28-24 victory over Campbell at Barker-Lane Stadium on Saturday.

Furman (2-1) trailed 24-21 in the fourth quarter before quarterback Trey Hedden engineered a nine-play, 80-yard drive that featured six consecutive completions, including the go-ahead 30-yard toss to James, who turned around his defender on the play to easily collect Hedden's aerial in the end zone with 4:50 remaining.  The Paladins' game winning drive was aided by an illegal substitution penalty on Campbell on fourth down that gave Furman a first down at its own 31.

James, a freshman wide receiver from Apopka, Fla., caught 10 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown.

Hedden, a sophomore, connected of 26-of-35 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns.  His first strike of the game covered 24 yards to tight end Jackson Pryor in the second quarter to give Furman a 9-7 lead.  Campbell jumped offside on the PAT, and Furman elected to go for two, which it converted with a Jayquan Smith run that stretched the advantage to 11-7.

Stoneking, a redshirt sophomore defensive end from nearby Raleigh, headlined the Paladin defense with six tackles and 2.5 sacks.

Ja'Keith Hamilton finished with seven receptions for 104 yards, including a 28-yard catch and run on an inside screen play that set up a Smith 1-yard scoring dive to help put Furman up, 18-17 late in the third quarter.

Campell went ahead 24-20 on a JJ Cowan 7-yard scoring run on the second play of the fourth quarter, but Furman responded with the last 10 points of the game, beginning with Ian Williams' second field of the game, from 28 yards, to make it 24-21 with 12 minutes to go.

The Paladins' game winning drive featured three catches for 45 yards by James, an 11-yard grab by Hamilton, and 19-yard connection from Hedden to Devin Hester, Jr., that set up the 30-yard go-ahead score by James on the next play.

Campbell's final possession saw the Camels move from their 25 to the Paladin 10, but on fourth down Furman's defensive rush hemmed in Camel quarterback Kamden Sixkiller, and Stoneking put him on the turf at the Paladin 17-yard line with 16 seconds on the clock.

Sixkiller hit on 34-of-43 passes for 294 yards a a touchdown.