DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The NAIA II No. 1 Embry-Riddle men's basketball team never trailed in their 82-60 win over Central Christian (Kan.) on Saturday night. The win gave the Eagles their sixth straight Bahama House & Best Western Aku Tiki Shootout title, and their 11th tournament crown overall. The Blue and Gold improved to 13-1, the fifth time in program history the Eagles have started the season with such a record, while the Tigers dropped just their second game of the year to move to 12-2.

Saturday's contest also marked the final non-conference regular season game of 2013-14 for the Eagles as they now turn their attention to the bulk of The Sun Conference schedule, starting with a home date against Florida Memorial on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m.

Junior DeForest Carter moved past Michael Pyle on the Eagles' all-time scoring list with 21 points in the title game, earning tournament MVP honors for his performance in Embry-Riddle's two victories. Carter is in 22nd on the all-time scoring list with 1,068 points in 80 games in an Eagle uniform. The Big Cypress, Fla. native also recorded a double-double with 11 rebounds while collecting six assists, two steals and a block in 29 minutes of action.

Embry-Riddle scored the first seven points of the game and never trailed, holding their biggest lead of 25 late in the game. The Eagles held the nation's No. 1-ranked rebounding team to just 28 boards while ERAU grabbed 51, the second-highest total of the season.

After jumping out to a 7-0 lead, the Eagles held a slim margin for the first 10 minutes of the game, going up 17-10 when Reed Ridder buried a trey with 10:04 on the clock. Carter followed his teammate's triple up with one of his five on the night before finding Daniel Kiesling for an open jumper as the Eagle lead grew to 22-12.

CCC cut the Embry-Riddle cushion to five at 24-19 when Aaron Miller converted a layup. but Ridder hit another three and Carter recorded a pair of short jump shots for the Eagles who went back up by 12 at 31-19 at the 2:26 mark.

Carter hit his third long range shot of the half with 14 seconds left, but the Tigers closed the period with a Nathan Fort jumper to send CCC into the lockerroom, trailing 34-25.

The Eagles and the visitors traded baskets in the early going of the second half, but the home team went on an 11-5 run to take their 39-29 lead to a 50-34 advantage when Rico Saldana was fed by Jason Powell and finished the play with a lay-in a little over five minutes into the half.

Powell's trey at the 12:03 mark gave the Eagles a 17-point advantage and the next six Eagle points were all recorded in the paint with layups from Cesar Pastrana, Dalton Barnes and Powell. Carter's season-high fifth three-pointer pushed the Embry-Riddle lead to 20 at 65-45 before Powell hit a triple and Hudson Cadet layed in a pass from Barnes for a 72-49 ERAU lead.

Drew Sciano stayed perfect from long range with a three with under three minutes left and Kiesling accounted for the 12th and final Eagle three with 53 ticks left on the clock.

Carter was the game's high scorer with 21 on 7-for-11 shooting from the floor. Powell added 14 points, five rebounds and four assists while Pastrana was the only other Eagle in double-figures with 10 points while grabbing nine boards.

The Eagles shot 49-percent from the field, 43-percent from deep and held the Tigers to 33-percent and 32-percent respectively.

Joining Carter on the All-Tournament team were Ridder and Barnes while Miller and Daniel Nwosuh of CCC and Idris Idris of Bethany (Kan.) also earned All-Tournament recognition.