DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ? Senior Tyler DeBord scored 20 points to lead the 16th-ranked Embry-Riddle men's basketball team to a 90-85 win over Florida College in the Eagles' season opener, Saturday at the ICI Center. The Eagles are now 12-0 in home openers since 1989, while the Falcons fall to 0-2 on the year.

All five of the Eagles' starters scored in double digits, including DeBord, who also had a game-high 15 rebounds, Eric Lorenzi (13 pts., 9 reb), Danny Krazit (11 pts, 6 reb), Glenn Dalcourt (16 pts, 6 reb) and Denver Cobb (19 pts, 5 ast.).

Dalcourt, in the first start of his Embry-Riddle career, gave the Eagles a spark offensively in the first half with 14 points, including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc.

The Falcons scored the first bucket of the game but the Eagles quickly tied things up and went on a 14-2 run to take a 10-point lead with 16:40 left in the first frame. The Falcons closed the gap and pulled to within three with 6:41 remaining courtesy of 11 points from Ian Jones and 10 points apiece from Pete Alexandrou and Stanley Kelly. But the Eagles went on another run to reclaim the 10-point advantage and the Eagles' half ended as it started, with two points from Dalcourt, for a 50-41 Embry-Riddle lead.

The Eagles missed their first five attempts of the second half, but a pair of free throws by DeBord at the 17:41 mark sparked a 17-4 run, which gave the Blue and Gold a 17-point advantage. But turnovers and missed free throws by the Eagles, and a series of three-pointers by the Falcons helped Florida College close the gap and eventually take over the lead with 6:28 left to play.

The Falcons built the lead to as many as four points, but the Eagles clawed their way back tying the score at 82 on a jumper by Cobb. The Eagles, who only shot 63.6 percent from the charity stripe for the game, converted on eight of 10 free throws and held the Falcons to just three points in the last 3:42 to pull out the win.

Alexandrou and Jones each finished with 19 points, while Kelley and Jesse Hastings contributed 15 and 10 points, respectively, to the Falcons' effort.

The Eagles will have a special opportunity to play where the pros play as they will take on Johnson & Wales (Fla.) at the Amway Arena, home of the Orlando Magic, on Monday, Nov. 3. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.