DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's basketball team dropped a hard-fought, 79-73 decision to visiting Lynn on Saturday night in the ICI Center. The Eagles (10-14, 4-12) took a serious blow to their Sunshine State Conference Tournament chances as the Fighting Knights (13-10, 10-7) outscored the hosts by six in the second half to complete the series sweep of the Blue and Gold. The Eagles led by one with about 16 minutes left to play in the second, but the visitors took the lead and went up by as many as 11 before ERAU rallied late, but couldn't get the final push, dropping their sixth game at home in 2017-18.

The game went into the break tied at 34-34, and after Nashad Mackey opened the second five straight Eagle points, including a three to make it 39-38, Luka Majstorovic have the Eagles a 41-40 advantage with a jumper at the 16:33 mark. Lynn got a Rasheed Worrell bucket to retake the lead and the visitors never relinquished it, going up five on a Brandon Bornelus three, 48-43. Both teams then went cold from the field as neither squad scored for the next three minutes until a free throw from Lynn's Jamal Palmer. 

Majstorovic's and-one with 12 minutes left trimmed the deficit to 49-48, but five quick points from Lynn gave it some breathing room. After a Cole Hunter triple, the Fighting Knights answered with a trey of their own, and then a second, pushing the lead to nine at 60-51. The lead would stay in the 8-11 points range until about two minutes left.

Down 75-66, the Eagles got a free throw from Brian Johnson and then a jumper from Joshua Hawkins to cut the Lynn lead to six with 1:12 to play. After a missed Lynn free throws, Elijah Jenkins nailed a three, making it a one-possession game at 75-72. A steal from Hawkins on the next Lynn possession led to a three attempt from Rudy Bibb-Boyd, but it was off the mark with about 35 seconds left and the visitors went 4-for-6 at the charity stripe down the stretch to seal the win.

Hawkins led the way for ERAU with 20 points and seven rebounds, while Mackey registered his 19th double-double of the year, 18 points and 17 boards. Bibb-Boyd scored a dozen points with three assists for the Blue and Gold.

ERAU will host Eckerd on Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the ICI Center.