DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Six players scored in double-figures led by 22 from
Ryan Exter to lead the No. 5 Embry-Riddle University men's basketball team to a 109-91 victory against Florida College Saturday night from the ICI Center.
The Eagles led 50-44 at halftime, but exploded for 59 points in the second half on 60.6 percent shooting and limited Florida College to 36.6 from the floor.
The Embry-Riddle bench scored 38 points led by 17 from
Houston Wright and 16 from
Denny Joseph. Both played 18 minutes apiece with Wright converting 6-for-10 from the floor and Joseph was 7-for-11 from the field with five boards.
Nick Miller pushed the Eagles out to the halftime advantage with 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting and finished the night with 15 points and eight rebounds.
Denver Cobb finished with 19 points (four threes and 7-of-10 from the charity stripe) and
Tyler DeBord added 13 points, seven boards and four blocked shots.
Adam Thompson led the way for Florida College with 25 points, Stanley Kelley added 17 points and 10 boards, while Peter Alexandrou and Casey Lowe added 16 and 13, respectively.
Florida College led 29-23 at the 9:22 mark of the first half, but ERAU went on a 16-2 run to take a 39-31 advantage and never looked back.
The Eagles depart for Georgia on Sunday for an eight-hour drive to Lookout Mountain and will play Covenant College (Ga.) at 6 p.m. on Monday.