GAMEDAY CENTRAL
#16 Embry-Riddle (22-8, 9-7) v. Warner (18-12, 7-9)
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: ICI Center
TIP-OFF: 7 p.m.
LIVE STATS: Stretch Internet
LIVE AUDIO: Stretch Internet
LIVE VIDEO: Stretch Internet
ON THE RADIO: WELE 1380 AM
CURRENT STREAKS: ERAU: L1 - WU: W2
EMBRY-RIDDLE'S LAST 5 GAMES: 3-2
EMBRY-RIDDLE'S LAST 10 GAMES: 6-4
EMBRY-RIDDLE AT HOME IN 2012-13: 15-4
WARNER ON THE ROAD IN 2012-13: 3-6
SERIES: Embry-Riddle leads 40-14
LAST MEETING: Warner 79, Embry-Riddle 77 | Feb. 20, 2013 - Lake Wales
AT A GLANCE
Just three days after dropping their regular season finale to the Royals, 16th-ranked Embry-Riddle will need to bounce back against Warner in the quarterfinals of The Sun Conference Tournament. The Eagles earned the third seed in the nine-team event and with a win will advance to the Final Four, hosted by the highest-remaining seed in the tournament.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
The Eagles have history on their side on Saturday, having never lost a playoff game at home in the ICI Center. On Wednesday, the Royals forced overtime before getting a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Bryce Kachinski in the extra period to win the game. Kachinski scored 26 points for Warner while the Eagles were paced by Cesar Pastrana's 18 points.
SCOUTING WARNER
The Royals began the season ranked No. 10 in the NAIA Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll, but when games began the Royals struggled, beginning 0-5 in league play. Warner averages 77.4 points per game while holding opponents to 67.5 points each contest. Mark St. Fort leads the Royals with 15.5 ppg and 8.6 rpg, but in the first meeting of the season with the Eagles, St. Fort was held to eight points and five boards.
The Royals have made the second-most three-pointers of any conference team at 252 and average 35 percent from downtown. Chiverton and Bryce Kachinski have each made 57 treys, while Ian Wilhelm is third on the team with 44 from long range.
LAST GAME: Royals Drop Eagles with Overtime Buzzer-Beater in Regular Season Finale
LAKE WALES, Fla. - The 16th-ranked Embry-Riddle Eagles played their second overtime game in three contests, finding themselves the victims of a last-second three-pointer by Warner's Bryce Kachinski on Wednesday night in the Turner Athletic Center. Kachinski's trey gave the hosts a 79-77 upset victory on their senior night, dropping the Blue and Gold to 22-8 overall and 9-7 in The Sun Conference. Warner moves to 18-12 and 7-9, setting up a quick rematch between the two squads on Saturday in the first round of The Sun Conference Tournament. Embry-Riddle finished in a three-way tie for third place with St. Thomas and Ave Maria, but thanks to the Eagles early-season win over regular season champion Northwood, the Eagles claim the third seed in the nine-team event and will host the Royals in one of four quarterfinals on Saturday.
Kachinski's three capped a 5-0 run for the Royals to end the overtime period after the Eagles went up by three on a Jeremiah Applin trey with 1:50 left in the extra frame. A dunk from Mark. St. Fort cut the lead to 77-76 with 90 second remaining, but an Eagle turnover gave the ball back to Warner with under 28 seconds on the clock.
St. Fort missed a jumper with four seconds left, but a tip-out on the offensive rebound found the hands of Kachinski who nailed his sixth three-pointer of the game to account for the 79-77 final.
The game was tightly contested throughout regulation with neither team holding more than a nine-point lead. Embry-Riddle held a 33-28 advantage at the break, getting nine points from Cesar Pastrana in the opening half.
The Eagles grew their lead to nine when Jason Powell made a trey with just over 17 minutes left in regulation. However, the Royals were able to trim the deficit to just two points with 11:04 remaining when St. Fort converted a layup.
Neither team could pull away from that point as the two squads matched each other shot for shot. The Eagles held a 69-67 lead when DeForest Carter made a free throw with 26 seconds on the clock, but St. Fort answered with a pair from the charity stripe to knot the game with 13 seconds left.
Embry-Riddle's shot at the buzzer was offline and the teams advanced into overtime for the third (ERAU) and first (WU) times in 2012-13.
Warner scored first in OT, but the Eagles then went on an 8-2 run to hold a three-point lead on Applin's trey, but the Royals scored the final five points in the game to send the Eagles to their seventh loss in conference play and eighth loss overall.
The Eagles were led by Pastrana's 18 points and eight rebounds while Powell added 16 points and seven boards and Carter fell just one rebound and two assists shy of a triple-double with 11 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Applin came off the bench to give ERAU three treys in an 11-point outing.
THE SUN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
For all information pertaining to The Sun Conference Tournament, Click Here.
QUARTER CENTURY OF EAGLE BASKETBALL
The 2012-13 season marks the 25th edition of Eagle basketball and Embry-Riddle athletics overall. The basketball, baseball, men's tennis and men's golf programs began in the 1988-89 academic year and were the foundation the rest of the department was built upon.
Embry-Riddle is 577-242 in 25 seasons, capturing eight conference regular season titles, nine conference tournament titles, claiming 17 NAIA All-America honors, 15 Honorable Mention All-American honors and reaching the pinnacle of NAIA basketball in 2000 when the Eagles won the NAIA II National Championship.
|
|
|
|
#16 Embry-Riddle (22-8, 9-7)
vs.
Warner (18-12, 7-9)
2/23/13 | Daytona Beach, Fla. - ICI Center | 7 p.m.
|
|
|
|
1st |
2nd |
OT |
Total |
|
Warner |
1062 |
1249 |
10 |
2321 |
|
Embry-Riddle |
1085 |
1177 |
31 |
2293 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stats at a Glance |
WU |
ERAU |
|
FG Percentage |
825-1837 (.449) |
783-1705 (.459) |
|
OPP FG Percentage |
670-1597 (.420) |
708-1755 (.403) |
|
3PT FG Percentage |
252-720 (.350) |
243-693 (.351) |
|
FT Percentage |
421-613 (.687) |
484-675 (.717) |
|
Offensive Rebounds |
386 |
389 |
|
Defensive Rebounds |
757 |
815 |
|
Total Rebounds |
1143 |
1204 |
|
Rebounding Margin |
+3.9 |
+8.2 |
|
Assists |
15.7 |
18.8 |
|
Turnovers |
14.5 |
17.0 |
|
Steals |
9.4 |
8.3 |
|
Blocks |
3.4 |
3.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statistical Leaders |
WU |
ERAU |
|
Points |
St. Fort - 15.5 |
Carter - 13.5 |
|
Rebounds |
St. Fort - 8.6 |
Pastrana - 8.2 |
|
Assists |
Kachinski - 3.4 |
Carter - 7.1 |
|
Steals |
Chiverton - 1.9 |
Carter - 2.6 |
|
Blocks |
St. Fort - 1.7 |
Carter - 1.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Links |
|
• 2012-13 Embry-Riddle Basketball Media Guide |
|
• 2012-13 Embry-Riddle Stats |
|
• 2012-13 Warner Stats |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sun Conference Postseason Games this Weekend |
|
Friday, Feb. 22 - Play-in Game |
|
• #9 Johnson & Wales at #8 Southeastern | Live Video |
|
|
|
Saturday, Feb. 23 - Quarterfinals |
|
• #8/9 Winner at #1 Northwood | Live Video |
|
• #7 Florida Memorial at #2 Webber International | Live Video |
|
• #6 Warner at #3 Embry-Riddle | Live Coverage |
|
• #5 St. Thomas at #4 Ave Maria | Live Video |
|
|
|
Final Sun Conference Regular Season Standings |
|
1. Northwood 14-2 (28-2) |
|
2. Webber International 10-6 (15-11) |
|
T3. Embry-Riddle 9-7 (22-8) |
|
T3. Ave Maria 9-7 (22-7) |
|
T3. St. Thomas 9-7 (19-10) |
|
6. Warner 7-9 (18-12) |
|
7. Florida Memorial 6-10 (9-16) |
|
8. Southeastern 5-11 (14-15) |
|
9. Johnson & Wales 3-13 (11-17) |
|
|
