@ERAUMBasketball Heads to West Palm Beach to Face Northwood

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
No. 2 Embry-Riddle (23-1, 11-1) vs. Northwood (14-9, 6-6)
DATE: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
CITY: West Palm Beach, Fla.
SITE: Countess de Hoernle Student Life Center
TIP-OFF: 7 p.m. (ET)
LIVE STATS: ERAU Gameday Network
LIVE AUDIO: ERAU Gameday Network
SERIES: ERAU leads, 12-10
LAST MEETING: ERAU, 77-67 • Jan. 28, 2015

THE OPENING TIP
• Embry-Riddle faces Northwood in West Palm Beach for the final regular season meeting between the two schools in conference play.
• The Eagles are coming off a home victory over Warner on Saturday, 82-63.
• ERAU is 12-10 all-time against NU, including a 5-7 mark at the Countess de Hoernle Student Life Center.
• The Eagles rank sixth in the country in field goal percentage at .503.
• DeForest Carter currently ranks first in the NAIA in steals per game at 3.67 and fifth in the NAIA in assists per game at 6.71.
• Tuesday's contest marks ERAU Head Coach Steve Ridder's 859th career game.

EMBRY-RIDDLE
The second-ranked Embry-Riddle Eagles are 23-1 overall and 11-1 in The Sun Conference coming into tonight's Stretch Internet NAIA II contest against Warner. ERAU has won six straight since dropping their first, and thus far only, game of the season on the road to Thomas on Jan. 20.

Cesar Pastrana was on of four Eagles in double-figures on Wednesday night at Ave Maria, pouring in 14 points to go along with eight rebounds. Pastrana is one of four 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 1,604 points, good for ninth all-time. Carter is averaging 12.6 points, 6.7 assists, 3.7 steals and 4.4 rebounds in his senior campaign.

NORTHWOOD
The Seahawks are reveiving votes in the latest NAIA II Coaches' Poll after having been ranked 22nd on Jan. 27. Northwood is 14-9 overall and 6-6 in TSC action, sitting in seventh place in the league standings.

Northwood is averaging 73.2 points per game while holding opponents to 69.6 ppg. Chris Solomon has been the Seahawks' best offensive player, averaging 15.1 ppg while Fred Mattison is third on the team with a 12.5 ppg average and leads the team with 9.1 rebounds per contest.

THE SERIES
ERAU holds a 12-10 mark against the Seahawks and a 5-7 record on the road against Northwood. The Blue and Gold have won the last two games of the series in the Countess de Hoernle Student Life Center, including a 91-81 double-overtime victory in the 2013 Sun Conference Championship game.

BY THE NUMBERS
1,604 - Points scored by DeForest Carter, No. 9 on the all-time scoring list
1,177 - Points scored by Cesar Pastrana in his career, No. 20 on the all-time scoring list
790 - Career rebounds pulled down by Cesar Pastrana, ranked No. 5 in ERAU career history
759 - Career Points scored by Dalton Barnes, in just his second season as an Eagle
735 - Career assists dished out by Carter, most all-time
654 - Career rebounds grabbed by Carter, 9th all-time
628 - 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
319 - Career steals recorded by Carter, most all-time
236 - 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 now has 628 wins in 26 seasons as the Eagles' head coach.

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Players Mentioned

#4 Dalton Barnes: G; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#24 DeForest Carter: G; 6' 1"; Senior

#55 Cesar Pastrana: C; 6' 8"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#4 Dalton Barnes
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: G

#24 DeForest Carter
: 6' 1"; Senior
: G

#55 Cesar Pastrana
: 6' 8"; Senior
: C

Players Mentioned

#4 Dalton Barnes

#24 DeForest Carter

#55 Cesar Pastrana

Players Mentioned

#4 Dalton Barnes

#24 DeForest Carter

#55 Cesar Pastrana