GAMEDAY CENTRAL
No. 13 Embry-Riddle vs. University of Maine at Fort Kent
DATE: Friday, November 14, 2014
CITY: Boston, Mass.
SITE: Fectau-Leary Gymnasium
TIP-OFF: 7 p.m. (ET)
LIVE STATS: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE AUDIO: ERAU Gameday Network
SERIES: First Meeting

No. 13 Embry-Riddle at Fisher
DATE: Saturday, November 15, 2014
CITY: Boston, Mass.
SITE: Fectau-Leary Gymnasium
TIP-OFF: 2 p.m. (ET)
LIVE STATS: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE AUDIO: ERAU Gameday Network
SERIES: ERAU leads 2-0
LAST MEETING: ERAU 97, FISHER 49 • Jan. 5, 2008 - Daytona Beach, Fla.

THE OPENING TIP
• Embry-Riddle treks to Boston, Mass. for a pair of games against Maine Fort Kent and Fisher.
• The Blue and Gold began its final NAIA season last Saturday before the department's transition to the NCAA II and the Sunshine State Conference.
• Embry-Riddle reached triple-digits for just the second time in three seasons on Tuesday in a 101-74 win over Florida College
• The Eagles No. 13 preseason ranking marks the sixth straight season the Eagles have been ranked in the preseason national poll.
• This weekend's contests mark ERAU Head Coach Steve Ridder's 837th and 838th career games.

THE EAGLES
Embry-Riddle has opened the 2014-15 season with a pair of blowout victories over Sterling and Florida College at the ICI Center. The Eagles are averaging 94.0 points and 55 percent shooting in their first two games, led by sophomore Dalton Barnes and junior Joseph Gonzalez with 16.0 points per contest each. Cesar Pastrana is shootng 83 percent (10-for-12) for 14.0 pointe per game while ERAU is averaging 26.0 assists and 15 steals per contest.

ERAU's schedule will get considerable harder with the Daytona Mitsubishi Shootout as nationally-ranked Cincinnati Christian and Talladega come to town along with Briar Cliff. The Eagles travel to NCAA II Nova Southeastern on Nov. 25 before heading to Kentucky for a game against NCAA III Berea on Nov. 29.

THE BENGALS
UMFK is 2-3 on the season, claiming victories over Mt. Allison University and St. Thomas (N.B.) before dropping three straight decisions to King's College, Dalhousie University and Lee Academy.

In their most recent game against Lee, forward Joe McCLockey led the Bengals with 18 points and 15 rebounds while Marquis Glenn added 13 points and nine board.

THE FALCONS
Fisher sports a 2-0 record with wins against Madonna (Mich.) and Albany College of Pharmacy. Tyler Shular paces the Falcons withy 17 points per game to go along with 6.5 rebounds, while Ira Haywood has 11 points per contest and Geodice Ortiz grabs eight boards per game.

The Falcons are shooting 41 percent with a +5.5 rebounding margin on the young season.

BY THE NUMBERS
1,319 - Points scored by DeForest Carter, No. 17 on the all-time scoring list
607 - Wins by Head Coach Steve Ridder now in his 26th season with ERAU men's basketball
606 - Career rebounds pulled down by Cesar Pastrana
224 - Conference wins in program history
90.9% - Production returning from 2013-14 to this year's squad
26 - Seasons under the guidance of Head Coach Steve Ridder
14 - NAIA National Tournament appearances
13 - The Eagles current national ranking
10 - Sun Conference Tournament titles
8 - Regular season conference championships
1 - NAIA National Championship (2000)

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Heading into his 26th season at the helm of the ERAU men's basketball program, Head Coach Steve Ridder ranks fifth on the NAIA Division II men's basketball winningest active coaches listing. Ridder has 607 wins in 25+ seasons as the Eagles' head coach.