DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Embry-Riddle captures third championship title in Third Annual Carrabba's Shootout with an 89-62 victory against Alice Lloyd (Ky.).....full details to follow

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Jan. 6th
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) def. Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 89-62 Game Boxscore | Download Statcrew File (right click/save as/add .BPK extension/change pull down menu to all files)   All-Tournament selections Alice Lloyd - Shawn Newsome  Embry-Riddle - Drew Whitaker, Tyler DeBord, Ryan Exter

CONSOLATION GAME Jan. 6th
Farmingdale State (N.Y.) def. Husson (Maine) 60-57  Game Boxscore | Download Statcrew File (right click/save as/add .BPK extension/change pull down menu to all files)   All-Tournament selections Farmingdale State - John Gener, Jr.  Husson College - Martin Cleveland


FIRST ROUND GAMES Jan. 5th

Alice Lloyd (Ky.) def. Farmingdale State (N.Y.) 73-63  Game Boxscore | Download Statcrew File (right click/save as/add .BPK extension/change pull down menu to all files)

Alice Lloyd's Shawn Newsome scored 34 points on 7-for-11 shooting from beyond the three-point arc and was 9-for-10 from the charity stripe including 6-for-6 in the final 1:19 of the game to help the Eagles to the 73-63 victory in the first round of the Shootout. 

William Dillard was on the end of most of Newsome's long-range bombs finishing with 10 assists and added 14 points on 6-for-7 shooting from the field.  Rodney Mitchell added 14 points and seven boards for the Eagles (7-6).  Farmingdale State (6-3) was paced by Bobby Seible with 16 points, six boards and two blocks, while Rich Riss came off the bench to post 19 points with three rebounds and three assists.

The Rams trimmed the lead to three points at 57-54 with 4:46 to go after a Tom Canning layup.  After ALC's Corey Hairston pushed the lead to 59-54 with a layup, Farmingdale State missed a three-pointer.  Then Hairston who failed to capitalize on the bonus free throw on the previous possession, missed another pair of free throws, but this time be grabbed his own miss and was fouled once again.  This time he sank both attempts giving the Eagles a 61-54 lead wth 3:31 to go.  Then following a missed three-point attempt by Riss, Mitchell hit a jumper to build a comfortable nine-point cushion at 63-54 at the 3:02 mark.

Newsome, who nearly single-handidly put the Eagles in the driver's seat closed out the game with his deft touch converting all six free throw attempts down the stretch for the 10-point victory.

Embry-Riddle (Fla.) def. Husson (Maine) 75-58  Game Boxscore | Download Statcrew File (right click/save as/add .BPK extension/change pull down menu to all files)

Embry-Riddle worked the inside-out game to perfection with Denver Cobb scoring 20 points (four three-pointers) and Tyler Debord controlling the low-post adding 19 points and 14 rebounds to lead ERAU to the 75-58 victory against Husson (Maine).

Ryan Exter added 12 points, three assists and four steals, while Drew Whitaker who played 28 minutes registering seven points, nine rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot.  Whitaker saw the extended minutes with starting center Nick Miller battling foul trouble the entire game and fouled out with 7:25 to go in the game.

Husson (8-3) was led by Martin Cleveland who scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the loss.  The ERAU defensive pressure helped the Blue and Gold jump out to the early 23-9 lead with 8:53 to go in the opening half.  Embry-Riddle held Husson to 4-for-17 shooting from the field and forced five turnovers during the run.  HC shot just 25.0 percent in the first half (7-for-28) en route to a 20-point deficit at the intermission.

HC played a much better second half converting 43.3 percent (13-for-30) and more importantly after going 0-for-7 from beyond the three-point arc in the first half, hit 5-of-13 from downtown.  Husson outscored the ERAU 40-37 in the second half, despite Embry-Riddle shooting 56.5 percent in the half (13-for-23).