Rollins To Host PBA in Return Meeting Wednesday.

The short-handed Rollins College Tars (8-3) losers of three of the last four will welcome the Sailfish of Palm Beach Atlantic to Warden Arena in the last non conference game of the season for the Tars. Rollins defeated PBA 63-47 to begin the season in West Palm Beach.
 The Tars who were as high as 10th in the NABC Division II Coaches poll just two weeks ago, fell out of the rankings in the most recent poll. The Tars will only suit up eight players in this one. Chris Malcolm (hamstring) will not be able to go. The Tars are coming off a hard fought two point win over California (PA) (57-55) in the consolation game of the Winter Park Rotary Tangerine Tournament won by West Georgia.  Myk Brown scored 19 points in both the win over Cal (PA) and the first meeting with Palm Beach Atlantic. The senior from Gainesville was a member of the All-Tournament team in the Tangerine tournament and leads the Tars in scoring at 13 points a game. Jeremy Sharpe comes into the new year averaging 12.9 a contest. Chris Malcolm averages 10.5 points and 6.7 rebounds a contest. The Tars will rely on red shirt freshman Jeff Dirkin, UCF transfer Dave Diakite and freshman Chris Uhle to pick up the slack on the glass in Malcolm's absence. The Tars come in averaging 68.9 points a contest while allowing 64.9 a game. Usually a strength of the Tars, the 3-point line has not been kind to Rollins this season. The Tars were just 9-39 (28 percent) from 3-point land in the Tangerine Tournament.
  PBA comes into the contest with a 3-10 mark. They were a 85-75 loser to North Florida in their last outing. The Sailfish have played five Sunshine State conference opponents on the season. They come in with a record of 2-3 in those five games, The two wins were against Barry and Lynn. The Salifish score 65.3 points a game as a team while surrendering 73.8 a contest. The Sailfish are led by the trio of Dante Valentine (14 points and 5.5 rebounds a game), Terrell Terry (13.7 a night) and Marcus Hardy (8 points a contest). Hardy had 15 in the first meeting against the Tars, while Terry was held to five and Cunningham held scoreless back on November 11th at Rubin Arena.
The line: Rollins by 15