Florida Memorial Men’s Basketball clicked on all cylinders in the second half to knock off Brewton-Parker College 83-70 at the A Chester Robinson Athletic Center on Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd for their Season Debut.

Florida Memorial Lions got off to slow start but, Florida Memorial quickly found its way back into the game after trailing 17-23 with 2:39 to go, The Lions went on a 12-6 run to tie up the game 29-29. Brewton-Parker was held scoreless for two minutes before they made a basketball. The teams went into the locker room with Brewton-Parker up by 2 point 31-29.

Coming out of the break, the Lions continued to pour on the offense at the start of the second frame with 5:32 left on the clock they were leading by 11 points (63-52). The team shot 42.9 percent from the field in the second frame, as opposed to 36 percent in the first; the Lions also shot 55.5 percent from beyond the arc and 19-of-22 from the charity stripe in the second half. Florida Memorial out shot Brewton-Parker, registering a 47.9 percent from the field while Brewton-Parker was 39.1 percent. Florida Memorial had slim rebound edge on their opponent 33-26.

Jarvis Joy led the Lions with 19 points 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists. Adrian White had 16 points 3 rebounds, 2 steals, while Michael Baptiste scored 12 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists. Bryan Portillo also poured in 10 points and 8 rebounds .also Adam Braswell added 8 points 5 steals, and 5 assists.

The Lions will return home on December 5, 2012 when they play host to St. Thomas University at 7:00 pm at The A. Chester Robinson Athletic Center.