GAMEDAY CENTRAL
No. 7 Embry-Riddle (9-0, 1-0) vs. Alice Lloyd (4-7, 1-0)
DATE: Friday, December 12, 2014
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: ICI Center
TIP-OFF: 7 p.m. (ET)
LIVE STATS: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE AUDIO: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE VIDEO: ERAU Gameday Network
SERIES: ERAU leads 1-0
LAST MEETING: ERAU 89, ALC 62 • Jan. 6, 2007 - Daytona Beach, Fla.

THE OPENING TIP
• Embry-Riddle and Alice Lloyd will be playing for the 2nd time with ERAU holding a 1-0 all-time advantage.
• Friday's game is designated as the Food Brings Hope Game
• The Eagles are one of just six teams in NAIA II without a loss (Warner and Northwood are also amongst the unbeatens).
• Cesar Pastrana is the current three-time defending Sun Conference Player of the Week.
• Pastrana became the 28th member of the ERAU 1,000-Point Club last Wednesday. He is now tied with Pete Stubbs with 1,007 career points.
• DeForest Carter currently ranks third in the NAIA in steals per game at 3.44.
• The Eagles No. 13 preseason ranking marks the sixth straight season the Eagles have been ranked in the preseason national poll.
• Friday's contest marks ERAU Head Coach Steve Ridder's 843rd career game.

EMBRY-RIDDLE
Embry-Riddle is one of just six unbeaten teams remaining in NAIA II, moving to 9-0 overall last week with its first Sun Conference win of the year, a 67-56 victory over Webber International in Babson Park. The Eagles held firm at No. 7 in the most recent NAIA II Coaches' Top 25 Poll released on Tuesday.

The Eagles are scoring more than 82 points per game while holding their opponents to 62 points per contest and less than 40 percent shooting from the field. ERAU has been dominant on the glass all season, outrebounding teams by an average of 9.9 boards per outing.

Cesar Pastrana became the 28th Eagle to score 1,000 points in his career when he scored his seventh point at Webber International last Wednesday. The senior from Cartagena, Colombia is leading the team with 16.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, securing dobule-doubles in each of his last three contests.

Joining Pastrana in averaging double figures are sophomore Dalton Barnes (13.9 ppg) and senior DeForest Carter (11.4 ppg). Barnes also adds 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game while Carter dishes out 7.0 assists, pulls down 3.8 rebounds and records 3.6 steals per contest.

ALICE LLOYD
Alice Lloyd is 4-7 overall in 2014-15, with wins over Kentucky Christian, Bluefield, Crown College and Indiana Southeast on its resume. The Eagles are averaging 74 points per game and are shooting the ball at a 44 percent clip, but just 28 percent from three.

Trevor Tiller leads three players in double figures at 13.4 points per game, followed by Cody Malicoat at 12.8 ppg and Tyler Rogers at 12.7 ppg.

FOOD BRINGS HOPE
Embry-Riddle is proud to partner with Food Brings Hope, Inc. and will host appriximately 470 elementary and middle school aged children at Friday night's game. Food Brings Hope is an initiative founded by a visionary in the Daytona Beach community. Forough B. Hosseini, chairperson of this initiative, is a local businesswoman who is dedicated to fulfilling her dream that all school-age children in the local community should be free from hunger.

Food Brings Hope is supported by a donor-advised fund committed to helping break the poverty cycle for homeless and economically disadvantaged children enrolled in Volusia County schools. The program achieves collaborative solutions for families with children that experience hunger due to homelessness, poverty, or unfamiliarity with community resources that provide nutritional assistance. They work closely with caring partners in the school district, social service agencies, and other friends who provide us with the benefit of their time and/or contributions.

Please consider contributing to this great cause: www.foodbringshope.com

BY THE NUMBERS
1,405 - Points scored by DeForest Carter, No. 15 on the all-time scoring list
1,007 - Points scared by Pastrana in his careeR.
678 - Career rebounds pulled down by Cesar Pastrana
614 - Wins by Head Coach Steve Ridder now in his 26th season with ERAU men's basketball
633 - Career assists dished out by Carter, second all-time
583 - Career rebounds grabbed by Carter
545 - Career Points scored by Dalton Barnes, just his second season as an Eagle
261 - Career steals recorded by Carter
225 - 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
10 - Sun Conference Tournament titles
8 - Regular season conference championships
7 - The Eagles current national ranking
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 614 wins in 26 seasons as the Eagles' head coach.