DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's basketball team nearly pulled off the upset of visiting No. 21 Lynn on Wednesday night, but the Fighting Knights used a late run and impressive three-point shooting to down the Eagles, 78-74. The Eagles (8-10, 1-6 SSC) dropped their fourth straight as Lynn (12-1, 5-1 SSC) grabbed a share of the SSC lead with the victory.

Lynn connected on 12 triples on the night while the hosts struggled from deep, managing just a 6-for-23 effort. Luka Majstorovic led the way for the Blue and Gold with 21 points and seven rebounds while Nashad Mackey registered his sixth double-double of the year, his first since returning from injury, with 16 points and 10 boards.

A closely-contested game throughout, the turning point came late in the second half. Elijah Jenkins hit a jumper in the paint with 6:45 on the clock to give the home team its first lead of the second period at 64-63. However, it would be the last points ERAU would score for more than three minutes as the Knights went on a 10-0 run, including back-to-back treys from Brandon Bornelus, making it a 73-64 game with four minutes to play.

Mackey finally stopped the bleeding with an and-one at the 2:53 mark, and after Lynn's Michael Baez made a pair of free throws the, the Eagles again went to Mackey who converted a jumper to cut the Lynn lead to 75-69.

The ERAU defense held firm over the next two Lynn possessions, but the offense couldn't get one to go until a three from Majstorovic ignited the Eagle crowd and made it a one possession game, 75-72 with 70 seconds left.

A missed three from Jamal Palmer was corralled by Mackey with 36 seconds left, but tough defense from the Knights forced Mackey into a tightly-contested three with 12 seconds to go which ended up out of bounds in favor of Lynn.

ERAU was forced to foul and Lynn went 3-for-4 from the charity stripe the rest of the way to close things out.

Palmer, Baez and Bornelus combined for 64 of Lynn's 78 points, while Baez did the bulk of his damage at the free throw line, going 12-for-13.

Jenkins joined Majstorovic and Mackey in double-figures with 11 points, while Chris Murray went for seven points and six rebounds. ERAU finished the night with a slight, 37-35 rebounding advantage.

The first half featured two big runs, one for each team as Lynn took a tied game (13-13) out to a 12-point lead with two minutes before the half before the Eagles ended the period on a 9-0 run, starting with a Majstorovic three and ending with a Nick Heard three as Lynn took a 38-35 lead into the break.

The Eagles will hit the road for their first true road game in more than a month at Palm Beach Atlantic on Saturday. Game time is set for 4 p.m. in West Palm Beach.