GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Embry-Riddle (9-5, 1-3) vs. Webber International (12-1, 5-0)
DATE: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
VENUE: ICI Center
TIP-OFF: 5 p.m. EST
LIVE STATS: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE VIDEO: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE AUDIO: ERAU Gameday Network

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
The Embry-Riddle women's basketball team is back in action tonight following a tough 60-57 road loss to St. Thomas on Thursday. The Eagles, who earned their first-ever conference win against Ave Maria on Jan. 10, moved to 9-5 overall and 1-3 in league play.
 
The Eagles have four players averaging double-digit scoring, led by Mercedes Jorge (11.5 ppg) and Kalah Martin (11.1). Sabrina Whiting is averaging 10.7 points per game and leads the team in assists (3.3 apg), while Taylor Cyphers is contributing 10.7 points per contest. Jorge and Cyphers are the Eagles' rebounding leaders, averaging 7.9 and 7.6 boards, respectively.
 
ERAU leads the nation in three-point percentage defense (.225) and is second nationally in field goal percentage defense (.319) and 12th in total rebounds per game (46.4). Cyphers' 2.29 blocks-per-game average puts her at 16th nationally in that category and Jorge ranks 25th in offensive rebounds per game (3.429).
 
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
Webber International comes into Saturday's game as the Sun Conference leader with a 5-0 league record. Head Coach Grady Morrell's squad improved its overall record to 12-1 with a 69-66 win against Northwood on Wednesday. The Warriors are riding an 11-game winning streak since suffering its only loss of the season to Florida A&M on Nov. 20.
 
Deslyn Applewhaite is the Warriors' leading scorer, averaging 12.5 points and 2.6 assists per game. Jurnee Pettigrew is WIU's leading rebounder with a 6.5 boards-per-game average. As a team, the Warriors rank in the top 10 nationally in steals per game (9th, 13.1) and offensive rebounds per game (16.2).
 
THE SERIES
The Eagles and the Warriors last met on Dec. 3. Taylor Cyphers and Ashley McWilliams had nine points apiece for ERAU but it was Deslyn Applewhaite who was the game's high scorer with 15 points to lead WIU to a 47-38 win.
 
THE LAST TIME OUT
The Eagles suffered a tough loss in Sun Conference play on Thursday, falling to defending conference regular season champion St. Thomas on the road, 60-57.
 
ERAU took a 10-4 lead to start the contest and built the advantage to 10 points (20-10) with 10:34 left in the half, but an 11-2 STU run cut the Eagle lead to just one point, 22-21. At the 4:28 mark Mercedes Jorge drove to the basket to put the Eagles up 24-21, but the Lady Bobcats answered on the other end, and reigning Sun Conference Player of the Week Dannisha Pierce scored STU's last four points of the half to put the Lady Bobcats up 27-24 at the break.
 
With ERAU trailing by five in the second frame, Sabrina Whiting hit a layup and back-to-back treys to put the Eagles ahead 43-40. Over the next three and a half minutes, the Eagles held the Lady Bobcats to just two points while building an eight-point advantage, but as was the case in the first half, St. Thomas was able to erase the deficit and reclaimed the lead (59-57) on a Desanta Franklin-Jordan layup and a free throw sealed the win for STU.
 
Jorge recorded her fourth double-double of the year with 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Eagles. Kalah Martin contributed 14 points and seven boards, while Whiting and Cyphers added 13 and 10 points, respectively.