DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – Cesar Pastrana scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, ranked fourth nationally in NAIA Div. II, edged Cortland, 74-71 in overtime at the Land of Magic Classic. The host Eagles improved to 13-1 with the win. Cortland is now 8-2.

Senior Jesse Winter (Rockville Centre/South Side) led the Red Dragons with 30 points and eight assists and also pulled in five rebounds. He made 5-of-10 three-pointers and scored a combined 58 points in Cortland's two tournament games.

Senior Jeremy Smith (Bronx/Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy) made four three-pointers and finished with 14 points and four rebounds. Senior Harrison Hefele (Greenlawn/Friends Academy) totaled eight points, five rebounds and four assists and junior Kevin McMahon (Hoosick Falls) scored seven points and led the team with nine rebounds and three steals.

For Embry-Riddle, Pastrana hit 7-of-10 field goals and all nine of his free throws. DeForest Carter finished with 14 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and three steals and Daniel Mondragon registered 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds.

Cortland led by seven twice in the first half and held a 29-26 halftime lead. The Red Dragons were up by seven again at 51-44 after a Smith three-pointer with 6:13 left, but Mondragon and Brandon Serle hit treys in the next minute to cut Cortland's lead to one.

Down three, Cortland tied the game at 57-57 on a Winter three-pointer with 1:39 left. The Eagles regained the lead on a Mondragon trey with 23 seconds left. Cortland called a pair of timeouts with seven seconds left and the ball in the frontcourt.

Embry-Riddle elected to commit a foul after the ensuing inbounds instead of allowing a potential tying three-pointer. Hefele made the first of two foul shots with five seconds left. His second attempt missed, but the rebound went out of bounds off an Embry-Riddle player's hands. On the following inbounds pass, Hefele was fouled and hit two foul shots with three seconds left to send the game to overtime.

Cortland took its lone lead in overtime at 63-62 on a Smith three-pointer with 3:55 left. The Eagles scored eight of the next 10 points, including two Mandragon three-pointers, and led 70-65 with 41 seconds remaining.

Smith nailed a trey with 27 second left and Pastrana hit two foul shots with 20 seconds left. Another Smith three-pointer with 14 seconds remaining drew the Red Dragons within one, but Pastrana made two more free throws with 11 seconds left. Smith's off-balance attempt at a game-tying three-pointer missed the mark in the final seconds.

Cortland shot 37 percent from the floor and 28 percent (10-of-36) from three-point range. Embry-Riddle hit 42 percent of its shots and 31 percent (8-of-26) from the arc. The Eagles made 18-of-20 free throws to Cortland's 7-of-9 performance from the line.

Cortland returns to action on Tuesday, January 8, at 8 p.m. with a SUNYAC road game at New Paltz.