BOCA RATON, Fla.—Lynn University's men's basketball team held the Tampa Spartans to a mere 28.6 percent shooting from the field en route to a 57-37 win in the Sunshine State Conference opener on Saturday. 

Josh Garcia paced Lynn (3-4, 1-0) with a game-high 19 points and three assists. Slobodan Miljanic added 11 points, three assists and four rebounds while the Fighting Knights reserves collected a combined 15 points.

The Knights came out of the game on fire as Miljanic drained the first two shots of the game and Lynn went up 6-0 with less than 01:00 off the clock.

With 05:41 left in the first half, Lynn reached one of its largest advantages of the half on a Garcia three to go up 12 at 29-17. The Blue & White ended the half up 11 after a Pascal Schuler jumper with 00:18 seconds left.

With a 60 percent mark from behind the arc during the first half, Lynn's three-point woes looked long gone. The Knights also tallied a 44.4 percent clip from the field during the first period.

Lynn dominated the second half of basketball and never surrendered the lead. In the first 05:00 minutes of play in the second half, the Knights stretched their tilt to 18, up 43-25. LU continued to press its advantage and maintained at least a 16 point margin for the rest of the game.

In addition to holding Tampa to 28.6 percent from the field for the game, the Knights limited the Spartans to only 15.4 percent shooting from behind the arc. The Blue & White countered with a 36 percent mark from the field and 47.1 percent shooting from downtown.

Ten different players found their way into the scoring column for Lynn. Bo Jukic had six points and five rebounds, Michel Vidal had three points and six rebounds with Preye Preboye leading the Lynn reserves with six points and six rebounds.      

The Knights return to action on Thursday, December 8, versus St. Thomas at 7:30 p.m. in the de Hoernle Center. Live action can always befound on the Fighting Knights Network starting just before tip-off. Go to LynnFightingKnights.com and click on the Game Central logo for details.