Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. - Four players scored in double figures to lead the Lynn University men's basketball team to a dominating 100-81 win over Johnson University in its season opener, Saturday evening.
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The Fighting Knights scored 53 in the first half to lead by 15 at intermission en route to their first 100-point game since January 2020.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Fighting Knights led wire-to-wire and the score was never tied as they raced out to a 9-0 lead
- Lynn shot 65.5 percent from the floor in the opening half of action and rolled to a 53-38 lead at intermission
- Lynn led by a game-high 26 points (76-50) with 11:09 to play in the second half after a layup from freshman
Jimel Lane
- The Fighting Knights forced 22 turnovers and turned those miscues into 24 points
- Lane led the way in scoring with 30 points on 12-of-17 shooting with eight rebounds
- Fellow freshman
Nordin Kapic was second on the Lynn roster with 16 points with a team-best 10 rebounds
- Sophomore
Montez Leath scored added 14 points with four assists and three steals
- Freshman
Esteban Lluberes finished with 11 points and seven assists
- Junior
Braxton Bartlett and freshman
Rickey Ballard each scored eight points.
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Gallery: (11-12-2022) Basketball vs. Johnson 11/12/22
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