GAMEDAY CENTRAL
No. 2 Embry-Riddle (19-1, 7-1) vs. No. 20 Northwood (12-5, 5-3)
DATE: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: ICI Center
TIP-OFF: 7:30 p.m. (ET)
LIVE STATS: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE AUDIO: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE VIDEO: ERAU Gameday Network
SERIES: ERAU leads, 11-10
LAST MEETING: NU, 76-71 • Jan. 29, 2014

THE OPENING TIP
• Embry-Riddle returns to Daytona Beach for the final regular season matchup with the Northwood Seahawks in the ICI Center.
• The Eagles went 2-1 last week, dropping their first game of the season at Thomas before earning wins over Johnson & Wales and Southeastern.
• ERAU is 6-3 all-time against NU at home.
• Dalton Barnes and DeForest Carter have saved their best for the conference season, averaging 15.6 and 14.4 points per game, respectively.
• DeForest Carter currently ranks first in the NAIA in steals per game at 3.8 and fourth in the NAIA in assists per game at 6.8.
• Wednesday's contest marks ERAU Head Coach Steve Ridder's 855th career game.

EMBRY-RIDDLE
The Eagles are coming off a busy week in which the Blue and Gold suffered its first loss of the 2014-15 season before earning two big wins over the second place teams in The Sun Conference, Johnson & Wales and No. 22 Southeastern. Embry-Riddle (19-1, 7-1) holds a two-game lead in the loss column over three teams (JWU, SEU and Northwood) in the league standings with 10 games remaining.

The Eagles continue to shoot the ball at a high percentage, averaging 51 percent from the field and 38 percent from long range. ERAU's 37.0 rebounds per game ranks first in The Sun Conference while the Eagles also pace the league in assists (19.9) per contest.

Dalton Barnes leads a trio of Eagles scoring in double-figures with 14.9 ppg, followed by Cesar Pastrana (13.5 ppg) and DeForest Carter (12.7 ppg). Pastrana paces the Eagles with 8.1 boards per outing while Carter leads ERAU with 6.8 assists and 3.8 steals per game.

NORTHWOOD
Northwood (12-6, 5-3) comes to Daytona Beach after a 2-1 week with wins over Florida Memorial and Ave Maria and a loss to Thomas on the road. The Seahawks are averaging 73.2 points per game while shooting 45 percent from the floor.

Chris Solomon leads NU with a 15.2 ppg clip, shooting 40 percent from three and 85 percent from the free throw line. Fred Mattison averages 12.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game for the Seahawks while Marcus Hardy brings 11.1 points and 6.4 rebounds to the Northwood effort.

THE SERIES
ERAU is 11-10 all-time against Northwood, including a 6-3 mark at home versus the Seahawks. Last season, the Eagles and Seahawks split the regular season series with each team winning on the road.

BY THE NUMBERS
1,555 - Points scored by DeForest Carter, No. 11 on the all-time scoring list
1,127 - Points scored by Cesar Pastrana in his career, No. 21 on the all-time scoring list
756 - Career rebounds pulled down by Cesar Pastrana, ranked No. 6 in ERAU career history
710 - Career assists dished out by Carter, most all-time
718 - Career Points scored by Dalton Barnes, in just his second season as an Eagle
624 - Wins by Head Coach Steve Ridder now in his 26th season with ERAU men's basketball
.613 - Career Field Goal Percentage by Cesar Pastrana, ranking third all-time
638 - Career rebounds grabbed by Carter, tied for 10th all-time
307 - Career steals recorded by Carter, most all-time
231 - 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
2 - 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 624 wins in 26 seasons as the Eagles' head coach.