GAMEDAY CENTRAL
No. 2 Embry-Riddle (22-1, 10-1) vs. No. 24 Warner (16-6, 6-6)
DATE: Saturday, February 7, 2015
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, 44-13
LAST MEETING: ERAU, 82-71 • Jan. 7, 2015

THE OPENING TIP
• Embry-Riddle hosts Warner in Daytona Beach for the final regular season meeting between the two schools in conference play.
• The Eagles are coming off a road victory over Ave Maria on Wednesday, 56-34.
• ERAU is 44-13 all-time against WU, including a 21-5 mark at home.
• The Eagles rank sixth in the country in field goal percentage offense at .503.
• DeForest Carter currently ranks first in the NAIA in steals per game at 378 and fourth in the NAIA in assists per game at 6.7.
• Saturday's contest marks ERAU Head Coach Steve Ridder's 858th career game.

EMBRY-RIDDLE
The second-ranked Embry-Riddle Eagles are 22-1 overall and 10-1 in The Sun Conference coming into tonight's Stretch Internet NAIA II contest against Warner. ERAU has won five straight since dropping their first, and thus far only, game of the season on the road to Thomas on Jan. 20.

Cesar Pastrana recorded his fifth double-double of the year on Wednesday night at Ave Maria, pulling down 14 rebounds to go along with 14 points. Pastrana is one of three Eagles to average in double-figures offensively, bringing 13.3 points per game to the ERAU effort along with 8.1 rebounds. Dalton Barnes leads the Eagles with 14.1 ppg while averaging 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

DeForest Carter, who entered the program's top 10 in career points over the last two weeks, stands at 1,590 points, good for ninth all-time. Carter is averaging 12.5 points, 6.8 assists, 3.7 steals and 4.3 rebounds in his senior campaign.

WARNER
The Royals are ranked No. 24 in the latest NAIA II Coaches' Poll, but have dropped back-to-back games to St. Thomas and Thomas since cracking the top 25. Warner is 16-6 overall and 6-6 in TSC action, in a three-way tie for sixth in the league standings.

Warner is averaging 76.3 points per game while holding opponents to 63.6 ppg and 41 percent shooting from the field. Warren Hall has been the Royals' best offensive player, averaging 19 ppg with 5.4 rebounds while Eddie Delegal is second on the team with a 14.8 ppg average and leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per contest.

THE SERIES
ERAU holds a 44-13 mark against the Royals, winning four straight in the series and seven consecutive in the ICI Center.

BY THE NUMBERS
1,590 - Points scored by DeForest Carter, No. 9 on the all-time scoring list
1,163 - Points scored by Cesar Pastrana in his career, No. 20 on the all-time scoring list
782 - Career rebounds pulled down by Cesar Pastrana, ranked No. 6 in ERAU career history
745 - Career Points scored by Dalton Barnes, in just his second season as an Eagle
731 - Career assists dished out by Carter, most all-time
649 - Career rebounds grabbed by Carter, 9th all-time
627 - Wins by Head Coach Steve Ridder now in his 26th season with ERAU men's basketball
.618 - Career Field Goal Percentage by Cesar Pastrana, ranking third all-time
316 - Career steals recorded by Carter, most all-time
234 - 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 627 wins in 26 seasons as the Eagles' head coach.