DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Ognjen Miljkovic hit a runner in the lane with 0.6 seconds left to propel the Embry-Riddle men's basketball team to an 82-80 victory over visiting Warner in an exhibition contest on Saturday night. Miljkovic was also fouled on the shot, hitting the free throw before the Royals' full-court desperation heave was off target in ERAU's final tune-up before the 2015-16 season.

Miljkovic scored 24 points on a 9-for-15 night from the floor and a perfect 5-for-5 effort from the charity stripe. The Eagles led by as many as 17 with less than 10 minutes left in the game, but the Royals, led by Warren Hall and Eddie Delegal's 23 and 16 points, respectively, clawed their way back to take the lead when Jamie Anderson got a steal and fastbreak layup while also drawing a foul with eight seconds left to put WU up 80-79. Embry-Riddle advanced the ball into the front court before calling a pair of timeouts to set up the final Miljkovic bucket off an in-bounds pass.

Embry-Riddle was dominant for the first 30 minutes of action, going up 21-10 when Dalton Barnes made a layup with 11:55 on the clock in the first, and never feeling much danger from former conference mate Warner until the final 10 minutes.

Miljkovic scored half of his 24 in the first half as the Eagles took a 44-34 lead into the break. Embry-Riddle held Hall to just one first half point while the Royals managed just 38 percent from the floor with ERAU shooting 55 percent.

Coming out of the lockerroom, Hall scored his team's first eight points, cutting the Eagle lead to 48-42 with a trey at the 17:08 mark, but Daniel Kiesling answered with a triple of his own to stop the bleeding.

A few possessions later Kiesling nailed another from long range to push the Blue and Gold cushion to 11 before Barnes found Miljkovic underneath the basket for an easy layup and a 59-46 lead with just under 14 minutes to play.

Joseph Gonzalez had a big second half for the Eagles, coming off the bench to score 13 points in the period, going 5-for-5 from the field, including 2-for-2 from deep, and he scored 13 consecutive Embry-Riddle points, capped by a free throw that put ERAU up 72-61 with 6:32 to go.

Trailing 79-71 with just over two minutes left, the Royals reeled off the next nine points as the Eagles went cold from the floor and turned the ball over twice prior to losing the lead on Anderson's and-one layup.

After the Eagles brought the ball into the front court and called a timeout with four seconds left, they struggled to get the ball in, and when they finally did, more than a second came off the clock before a second timeout was called. Second time proved to be the charm for Embry-Riddle as Miljkovic caught the in-bounds pass at the top of the key before driving down the lane and converting his shot and getting fouled as the Eagles celebrated the win.

Kiesling had 16 points and three assists in the ERAU effort while Gonzalez added 15 points and five rebounds. Barnes was the only other Eagle to score in double-figures with 10, and the junior guard added five boards and three assists. Freshman Skyler Hogan grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.

The Eagles officially open their first NCAA II season on Wednesday when they host fellow Sunshine State Conference provisional member Palm Beach Atlantic at 7:30 p.m. following the women's basketball game versus the Sailfish that is slated for a 5:30 p.m. start.