SWARTHMORE (PA) – The Delaware Valley University men's basketball team traveled to take on the 13^th ranked Garnet of Swarthmore College on Saturday evening, but it was the home team that came away with the 89-53 win in their home opener.

The Garnet improved to 2-0 on the young season while the Aggies fell to 2-1 with its first setback of the year.

Swarthmore jumped out to an early 11-4 lead and eventually held a 12-point advantage halfway through the opening half. The lead ballooned to as many as 15 before the end of the stanza as the home squad shot 50-percent (15-of-30) from the field and 5-of-13 from three compared to 8-of-27 (29.%) from the field and 0-for-5 for DelVal. The Garnet led 37-24 at the break.

In the second half, Swarthmore got even hotter, as it shot 57.6 percent (19-for-33) from the field and cashed in another three treys. The Aggies did connect on four 3-pointers in the second half but only managed to go 9-for-28 from the field.

For the game, the Garnet held a 45-27 advantage on the glass and never lost the lead as it cruised to the 88-55 victory.

Andre Butler led DelVal in scoring with 12 points and he added six boards while Alex Matsinye finished with eight points and a team-high 10 rebounds. Lybrant Robinson Scored 10 points and seven other Aggies scored in the game.

For Swarthmore, four players reached double-digit scoring led by 17 points from All-American Cam Wiley and 16 points from George Visconti. Nate Shafer led the team with 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots and Colin Shaw dropped 12 points.

DelVal will begin a four-game home-stand starting on Wednesday when it hosts Hood College at 1 p.m.