The 19th ranked Rollins College Tars (14-4 6-2 SSC) head to Saint Pete to battle the Eckerd College Tritons at the Macarthur Center on Saturday. It will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The Tars rolled to a 73-45 win in the conference opener back in December at Warden Arena. Brett Chance scored 17 points, Adam Allen had 13, and Kyle McClanahan stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and two steals in the first meeting.
The Tars have dropped the past two contests after winning the first six of the conference season and are tied for second place with Saint Leo one game behind front running Florida Southern. The Tars most recent game was a 97-74 loss to the Mocs in front of the largest home crowd in more than a decade at Warden Arena. Kyle McClanahan led the Tars with 18 points, while Adam Allen chipped in 13 and Dave Diakite netted 12. The Tars shot 55 percent from the field and hit nine of 20 3-pointers in the loss. The Mocs shot 52 percent from the field and knocked down 14 of 35 threes in the victory.
McClanahan leads the season box score for the Tars putting up 14.2 points a game. He is second in the conference in field goal percentage at 59 percent, ranks second in assists at (5.0 per game) and seventh in steals (1.9 a contest.) Diakite is second on the team in scoring at 14.1 points a game and leads the team in rebounding at 6.2 boards a contest. Adam Allen scores 11 a game to round out the Tars double digit scorers. He has made 41 3-pointers.
The Tars come into Saturday third in the league in scoring putting up 74 a night, while the defense sits third giving up 65 a night. The Tars lead the conference in field goal shooting, shooting at a 48 percent clip and also lead in blocked shots at 4.6 a game. Jeff Dirkin is one of the top shot blockers in the conference blocking 30 shots on the season, while Chris Uhle has 27 blocked shots. The Tars are shooting 40 percent as a team from the 3-point line.
The Tritons (12-4 5-3 SSC) come in having won four in a row and six of the last seven. The last two victories for the Tritons were a 68-60 win over Palm Beach Atlantic and a 81-70 win over Lynn. Five Tritons scored in double figures in the victory over Lynn. Darrien Mack led the way with 21 points and eight rebounds, Alex Bodney and Woody Taylor netted 14 and 12 points respectively. E.J Moody and Junior McLeod each scored 10 in the win over the Fighting Knights.
Mack is third in the conference and leads the Tritons in scoring at 17.3 per game. He also leads Eckerd on the glass, averaging 7.6 rebounds a game. Bodney puts up 10.9 a night. The Tritons have had six different players lead them in scoring on the season.
EC comes into Saturday's game fifth in the league in both offense and defense. On offense, the Tritons put up 72.3 a game, while on defense they give up 68.7 a night. The Tritons shoot 43 percent from the field as a team and third in free throw shooting (74 percent.) Eckerd is last in the conference in 3-point shooting shooting at a 31 percent clip. The Tritons are 7-2 at home on the season.
The line: Rollins by 1
Other SSC Lines:
Tampa -8@Palm Beach Atlantic
Saint Leo -3.5@Nova Southeastern
Florida Tech -3 vs Barry
Florida Southern -11 vs Lynn
Current SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 7-1 (15-2)
Rollins 6-2 (14-4)
Saint Leo 6-2 (14-4)
Eckerd 5-3 (12-4)
Nova Southeastern 4-4 (11-6)
Barry 3-5 (9-8)
Tampa 2-6 (14-6)
Lynn 2-6 (10-8)
Florida Tech 1-7 (7-10)
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