DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's basketball team was sure glad to be back in the ICI Center on Wednesday night as the Eagles bounced back from a loss at Saint Leo on Saturday with one of the biggest wins of the season against the Sunshine State Conference-leading Rollins Tars. The Eagles (10-11, 4-9) were firing on all cylinders offensively to down the Tars (14-8, 10-4), snapping Rollins' six-game winning streak and earning the first-ever win over Rollins in the ICI Center.

ERAU saw all five starters score in double-figures as Nashad Mackey added to his already impressive debut season with the Eagles, going for a career-high 28 points to go along with 16 rebounds. Mackey led an Embry-Riddle free throw shooting clinic, going a perfect 16-for-16 at the charity stripe, breaking the ERAU single-game record and posting the second-best mark in NCAA II this season. As a team, the Eagles went 29-for-31 at the free throw line, and in addition went 15-for-30 from beyond the arc, a season-high in made triples for the Blue and Gold.

Mackey also broke the Embry-Riddle single-season double-doubles record with his 16th of the 2017-18 season, moving past former Eagles Tyler DeBord (2008-09) and Chinwuba Agba (2002-03) who each had 15 double-doubles in their respective seasons.

At the start of the game, it looked like the visitors would have no problem extending their winning streak as Rollins raced out to a 20-9 lead at the 14:21 mark as Jeff Merton connected on a three for an 11-point RC lead. However, the Eagles answered with a Joshua Hawkins three of their own on the next possession, the first of six triples from the Eagles over the next seven minutes as ERAU turned the 11-point deficit into a three-point lead when Mackey made a three with seven minutes on the clock. Brian Johnson pushed the Eagle lead to 34-29 with a pair of free throws and ERAU maintained a small advantage into the halftime break when neither team scored over the final three and a half minutes of the first half.

Elijah Jenkins was perfect on his first two three-pointers of the second half, growing the Eagle lead to 46-36 less than two minutes into the period, but Rollins came back with a 7-0 run to trim the lead back to one possession. A Rudy Bibb-Boyd three stopped the bleeding, and a layup from Luka Majstororvic and a dunk in traffic from Hawkins put the cushion back to double-digits for the Eagles with 15:16 left to play.

Embry-Riddle enjoyed its biggest lead of the night with 12 minutes on the clock when Bibb-Boyd was good on a trey off a Mackey feed, and ERAU held a 14-point lead at 74-60 on two Majstorovic free throws with seven minutes to go.

Deion Clark's two free throws sparked an 18-6 run for the Tars over the next three minutes, culminating on a Jack Fleming three to make it 80-78 ERAU with four minutes still to play. Bibb-Boyd again came up clutch for the Blue and Gold with a jumper to push the lead back to four, and after a stop defensively, Majstorovic was fouled and made both free throws for an 84-78 lead.

Majstorovic again was a perfect 2-for-2 at the line with 1:50 left as the lead went to eight at 88-80, and over the final minute the Eagles iced the game away, going 10-for-10 at the charity stripe, including eight straight from Mackey to end the game.

Bibb-Boyd finished with 21 points and eight assists, marking his 19th straight game scoring in double-figures to start his ERAU career. Hawkins went for 16 points, four rebounds and four assists, making a career-best four three's, while Jenkins ended the night with 14 points, three rebounds and three helpers. Majstorovic got his fourth double-double of the year with 14 points and 13 rebounds and three blocks.

The Eagles hit the road for a pair of games, first on Saturday against Nova Southeastern, tip set for 4 p.m. in Ft. Lauderdale, and then a 7:30 p.m. tip at Barry on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in Miami Shores.

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