DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dalton Barnes' layup hung on the rim for a split second before falling through with 1.2 seconds left in the ICI Center on Saturday night. 1.2 seconds later Embry-Riddle Head Coach Steve Ridder celebrated his 600th career victory as the No. 3 Eagles came from behind to survive an upset bid from Warner, 59-58. The win comes 823 games into Ridder's career, making him the second-fastest NAIA coach to reach the 600-win plateau. The Eagles (19-2, 8-1) trailed by as many as 10 points to the Royals (9-11, 2-7), including a one-point deficit with 41 seconds left, but Barnes' bucket with less than two seconds on the clock sealed the victory for Embry-Riddle.

Embry-Riddle got 17 points from the freshman Barnes, including the last six Eagle points of the contest to down a depleted Warner side that suited up just eight players and played only seven. Embry-Riddle had to battle through 15 turnovers and a 39-percent shooting effort to win its 19th game of the 2013-14 season and keep pace with St. Thomas in the league standings.

ERAU will play host to No. 7 Northwood on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.

Warner scored the first points of the game via an and-one by Brandon Poore, pushing the advantage to 12-4 on a Warren Hall three-pointer with 15:53 left in the first, leading to Ridder bringing in five Eagles off the bench at the next dead ball. The Eagle backups cut the deficit to 16-11 on a Reed Ridder trey, but a quick 5-0 run by the Royals kept the visitors in front by double figures. Andy Schleitwiler hit a shot from deep as the Warner lead shrunk to seven and after the ERAU starters returned to the floor Jason Powell's jumper in the paint brought the score to 21-16 in favor of WU.

A 11-2 Eagle run that started with three minutes remaining in the period gave Embry-Riddle a 27-26 lead, capped by a Ridder fastbreak jumper off a DeForest Carter pass. However, Antonio Ansley, who scored 13 points in the half, hit a three at the buzzer to reclaim the lead for Warner at 29-27.

The Royals kept the Blue and Gold at bay for the first four minutes of the second half, but a Barnes layup and Powell three-pointer gave Embry-Riddle a two-point lead at 35-33. The Eagles grew their lead to four when Cesar Pastrana converted a pair of free throws with 13 minutes left, but a quick 6-0 run by Warner put the visitors in front, 40-38.

Two Powell free throws sparked a 9-0 run by Embry-Riddle as Powell, Carter and Ridder connected on shots over the next 60 seconds, but again the Royals answered, this time with a 7-0 run that knotted the game at 47-47 with nine minutes remaining.

The Eagles held a lead of no more than five over the next eight minutes, but were unable to put the Royals away and Mitch Rice's triple with 41 seconds left gave the Royals a chance at the upset.

Carter missed a jumper with 21 seconds. but following a defensive rebound and Eagle foul, Josh Ellis missed the front-end of a one-and-one, allowing the Eagles another chance to claim the lead.

With 11 seconds left, Barnes missed a contested layup and again Ellis rebounded and was fouled. Fortunately for the Eagles, Ellis' free throw had the same result as his earlier try, giving ERAU one final shot at the win.

Carter found Barnes on the right side of the floor and the Port Orange, Fla. native drove to the baseline before laying in the game-winner. The subsequent Royals' in-bounds pass was deflected as the Eagles held on for the 59-58 decision.

Barnes recorded a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, the first of his collegiate career, while Ridder was the only other Eagle to score in double figures at 10. Carter scored nine points and dished out six assists while the Eagles dominated the boards 45-26.

Hall led all scorers with 19 for Warner as Ansley finished with 13 points, none in the second half, and Rice collected 10 points for the Royals.

Ridder, who is in his 25th season at the helm of the Embry-Riddle men's basketball program, became just the fifth active NAIA II Head Coach to win 600 career games. Under Ridder's guidance, the Eagles have claimed 18 Sun Conference titles and made 13 trips to the NAIA National Tournament, with the ultimate prize of a national championship coming in 1999-00. Ridder's winning percentage of .729 ranks second amongst active NAIA II coaches with 600 victories.

Ridder's 100th, 200th, 300th, 400th, 500th and 600th wins have all come four years apart with the last 100 coming in just 133 games.