DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ? In front of a homecoming crowd of 1,194, the Embry-Riddle Eagles basketball team tallied their third win of the season on Friday evening over the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs, 80-56.
The five point lead at halftime turned into a 13 point lead just under four minutes into the second half as the Eagles hit all but one of their early second half shots.
Denver Cobb followed with back-to-back three's to give the Eagles the 19 point lead. The Blue and Gold increased their lead to as much as 28 in the second half before clinching the 24 point win.
In the first half, the Eagles jumped out to a four point lead after
Eric Lorenzi and
Danny Krazit had jumpers on back to back possessions by the Eagles. The Eagles led the first half until the 8:43 mark as a jumper by the TWC's Alex Goldston, gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the game, 19-18.
The Eagles cut into TWC's five point lead, 27-22, on a three-pointer from
Glenn Dalcourt from just left of the top of the arc. This sparked an 11-2 run for the Eagles before the halftime buzzer sounded and the home team led, 33-28.
Freshman
Ray Graham was hot off the bench for the Eagles in the first half, tallying eight of his 12 points in nine minutes played.
Eric Lorenzi matched Graham's first half team leading points and ended the evening leading the team with 17.
Glenn Dalcourt had 15 points and four assists. Cobb finished the night with 14 points. Dalcourt and
Tyler DeBord led the team with seven rebounds each.
The Blue and Gold will step on the court again on Tuesday as they travel to Temple Terrace, Fla. to face off against Florida College at 7 p.m.