BOCA RATON,  Fla.—Lynn University's men's basketball tallied an overtime win with the help of Jeremy Lampkin's 21 points and Josh Garcia game tying three-pointer at the end of regulation to defeat the Queen College Royals 81-79 on Monday.

Lampkin led Lynn (7-5) with 21 points on an 8-for-12 night from the floor. Josh Garcia collected 11 points with three buckets from behind the arc.

The Blue & White jumped out to a six point advantage after a DeMario Fountain three with 16:40 on the clock in the first half. Lynn built its first-half advantage to as much as 14 after Slobodan Miljanic connected on two free throws with 05:20 remaining to make it a 36-22 game.

The Knights ended the first half up nine with the score Lynn 46, Queens 37. LU posted an impressive 60 percent shooting from downtown during the first half and out-rebounded the Royals 16-10.

Lynn held its nine point advantage till the 15:15 mark in the second half when Queens posted an 11-3 run to take its first lead of the game since 14:24 on the clock in the first half. The Royals' run continued as they went up 60-56 with 10:44 left in regulation.

The advantage swayed back and forth the rest of the second half until Queens looked to put the Knights away after Brandon Nichols made two free throws to put his Royals up 72-69 with 54 seconds left.

On the ensuing passion, Garcia hit one of the biggest buckets of the season for Lynn on a three from the corner in front of the Lynn bench to knot the game at 72 with 29 seconds left.

The Lynn defense answered the call and stone walled the Royals to preserve the tie and send the game to overtime.

Lynn battled through a 28.6 percent clip from behind the arc in the second half while Queens collected a 48.1 percent mark from the floor in the second period.

Lampkin gave the Blue & White the first advantage in overtime after going one-of-two from the free throw line with 04:24 left. Then it was Lampkin again with a huge dunk to extend Lynn's tilt to three after a Queens turnover.

The Royals answered right back with back-to-back buckets from Brent Evans to claim the lead at 76-75with 02:45 left in overtime.

Senior captain Michel Vidal then stole the lead back for LU with two clutch free throws with 02:28 on the clock with the score 77-76.

Down by one, Queens' Nate Blackburn connected on a three with just under a minute and a half left to take the score to Lynn 77, Queens 79.  

The next possession, Lampkin found Garcia open for an easy layup to, once again, tie the game.

With the game tied at 79 and less than a minute on the clock, Fountain planted his feet on the baseline and collided with Queens' Daniel Bailey. Fountain earned the charge and a chance for the Knights to win the game with 42 second to play.

As the shot clock began to dwindle for Lynn in a tied game, Fountain knifed his way into the lane and drew a foul. Fountain converted both free throws and the Blue & White went up 81-79 with 12 seconds left in the game.

The suspense continued as Blackburn's three pointer clanked the iron but while grabbing the offensive rebound, the Royals leading scorer, Brandon Nichols was fouled. At the free throw line with less than two seconds left and down by two, Nichols missed the first free throw. The intentional miss on the second free throw caromed off the rim and over the back of the goal. The Knights were able to run out the remaining 1.4 seconds and collect their first overtime win of the season.

Lynn shot 48.2 percent from the floor for the game while hitting 47.8 percent of its shots from behind the arc. The Knights' perimeter defense allowed Queens a mere 14.3 percent shooting from behind the arc. 

Vidal was one point away from a double-double with 14 rebounds and nine points. He also dished out a team-high six assists. Miljanic added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Lynn starts the heart of Sunshine State Conference play in a New Year's Eve face-off versus the Saint Leo Lions starting at 4 p.m. in its next game. Stay tuned to LynnFightingKnights.com for information concerning live coverage of the Saint Leo game.