The Rollins College Tars (8-2) will host the 36th annual Winter Park Rotary Tangerine Tournament on Wednesday and Thursday. Rollins will face the Shock of Washington Adventist (2-8) in the nightcap on Wednesday. Flagler and Winston Salem State will do battle in the opener at 5 PM. The two winners will face each other at 7 on Thursday, with the two losers facing off at 5.
The Tars come in on a modest three game win streak. Nick Wolf leads the way averaging 20.1 points and 9.9 rebounds a night. The native of Cincinnati was the MVP of the Great Western Shootout in Las Vegas scoring 30 and 25 points in a pair of ten point wins. Matt Robertson has had a solid season thus far. The Alabama native and transfer from Samford averages 17.4 points a ball game. Myk Brown is now at 14.3 points a game after a slow start to the season. Rollins is averaging 80.7 points a game while allowing 72.1a night. The Tars are a very solid 77.5% at the foul line on the season while they have struggled from three point land shooting at just 32%.
Washington Adventist comes into the Tangerine Tournament off of their second win of the season. WAU has a 78-73 win over Notre Dame College in the Mercyhurst Tournament and a 64-55 win over Elizabeth City State University to there credit. The Shock is scoring 65.5 points a contest while the defense allows 71.1 points a night.
The line: Rollins by 32
In the opener Flagler will take on Winston Salem State. The Saints have five Winter Park natives on the squad. John Pietkiewicz leads the way for the Saints (6-1). The Winter Park native averages 16.4 points a night and has made a team high 23 three pointers on the season. Two other Saints average in double figures on the year. Chad July (13.0 points a game) and Kenny Moore (12.7 points a contest). The Saints average 73.3 points a game as a team while allowing 73.3. After six wins to begin the season the Saints suffered the season's first setback when they lost 76-66 to Nova Southeastern. The Saints did have a marquee win against then fifth ranked USC Aiken (79-73) on December 4th. Chad July scored 19 in the win against Aiken.
The Rams of Winstom Salem State (4-0) will be the opponent for Flagler. This will be the Rams first contest since December 4th. A combination of christmas break and some bad weather canceling their last contest is the reason for the long lay off. The Rams game against Brevard on December 16th was postponed. Lamar Monger is leading the Ram attack at 14.0 points a game. Red shirt Senior Shelton Carter comes in at 12.8 points a contest. Paul Davis comes in averaging a double-double. Davis comes in to Winter Park averaging 11.0 points and 10.5 rebounds a contest. Davis also has blocked 18 shots. The Rams come in averaging 76.5 points a contest while allowing 60.3 points a contest.
The line: Flagler by 6
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