GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Embry-Riddle (8-4, 0-2) vs Ave Maria (9-5, 1-2)
DATE: Saturday, Jan. 10, 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 had a six-game winning streak snapped at Warner on Wednesday. The Eagles, who are 8-4 overall and 0-2 in Sun Conference play, got 17 points and five assists from Kalah Martin, but it wasn't enough to get by the Lady Royals who topped ERAU 64-58.

Three Eagle players are averaging 10 plus points per game, including Martin (10.8), Mercedes Jorge (10.7) and Sabrina Whiting (10.5). Whiting also leads the squad in steals (2.42 spg) and assists (3.33 apg), while Taylor Cyphers leads the league and is 15th nationally in blocks per game (2.33).


SCOUTING AVE MARIA
Ave Maria is also coming off a loss after falling to St. Thomas, 70-65, on Wednesday. The Lady Gyrenes, coached by Bob Batson, now stand at 9-5 overall and 1-2 in conference play. Senior transfer Madison McDonald is pacing the AMU offense, averaging 17.1 points to go with 3.4 assists and 2.4 boards per contest.
Last season, the Lady Gyrenes finished tied for second in the conference regular season standings with an 11-5 record. The No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, AMU edged Webber International 70-69 to win the conference tournament and advance to the NAIA II National Championship.


AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Collectively, the Eagles rank No. 1 in NAIA II in field goal percentage defense (.310). The Blue and Gold also rank among the nation's top 10 in total rebounding margin (7th, 10.75), defensive rebounds per game (9th, 31.67) and total rebounds per game (10th, 46.9).