The Rollins College Tars held a 45-38 lead at halftime at Warden Arena on Saturday. The next six minutes would be some of the worst basketball the Tars have played all season long. A 17-4 Barry run sparked by a full court trap that would force nine Tars turnovers in the first six minutes of the second half would play a big part. Ultimately the Tars would regroup but fall 79-77 at the Alfond Sports Center.
Barry would improve to 13-3 overall and 4-3 in the SSC with the win. Four Buccaneers would score in double figures on the day. Barry would shoot 63 percent (27-43) from the floor- they nailed 50 percent of there 3-point attempts (7-14.) Barry shot 72 percent (18-25) at the foul line. The Bucs would win the rebounding battle 26-22. The Bucs would have 19 assists and 23 turnovers. Maybe the biggest stat of the day would be the 33 points that the Bucs scored off 26 Tars turnovers. Yunio Barrueta paced Barry with 25 points- Savad Garner added 13- while Arie Williams and Deric Hill netted 12 each.
The Tars fell to 8-9 overall and 2-5 in the SSC with another tough loss. Four Tars scored in double figures. Jeff Dirkin paced the Tars with a career high 19 points to go along with six rebounds- Adam Allen netted 16 off the bench- Alex Blessig had another solid game with 13 points, six rebounds and six assists- leading scorer Mitch Woods added 13. The Tars shot 60 percent from the field in the game (24-40.) They shot at a 53 percent clip (9-17) from the 3-point line. Rollins shot 77 percent (20-26) from the foul line. They had 16 assists and 26 turnovers. 18 of the 26 turnovers were made in the second half.
The game started highly contested in the first three minutes and the Bucs had a slight 10-9 edge after a Barrueta 3-pointer at the 16:55 mark. The Tars would go on a 12-3 spurt over the next two and a half minutes and lead 21-13. After a couple of spurts by both teams the Buccaneers would cut the deficit to one (29-28) on a Barrueta free throw at the 6:15 mark of the half. Things would be played pretty evenly over the last 6:15 of the half but the Tars would take all the momentum into the locker room after a 3-pointer by Sharif Almulla would give Rollins a seven point halftime lead (45-38.)
The second half could not have started any worse for the home team. Soon the once seven point lead would disappear. A pair of Hill free throws would make it 51-49 Barry with 14:39 to go. Hill would make three free throws after a Almulla foul to cap off the six minutes of atrocious basketball and the Bucs would lead by seven (56-49.)
The Tars would show there resolve once again and go on a 11-0 run to lead by four (60-56) with 9:56 to go after a Woods old fashioned 3-point play. The game would be tied a couple times and then the Tars would go back on top by four (68-64) on a pair of Scott Schuette free throws with 4:20 left in the contest. Barry would counter and score the next seven points to take a 71-68 lead after a Barruetta 3-pointer at the 3:12 mark. Allen would score the next four Tar points and they would regain the lead 72-71 with 1:24 to go after a pair of free throws. Barruetta would score but then Woods would hit a pair of free throws to give the Tars the lead back with 1:04 to go. A Barrueta lay up would put the Bucs back on top and the Tars would get the ball back. A controversial five second call would go against the Tars and result in a huge turnover with 19 seconds. Barrueta would split a pair of free throws and the Bucs lead would be two (76-74.) The Tars would have another crucial turnover by Blessig with 12 seconds. Williams would hit a pair of free throws and it looked like the Bucs had the game locked up up four with 11 seconds. Schuette hit a pair of free throws and the lead was down to two with seven seconds. Williams split a pair of free throws so the Tars would have the ball down three (79-76) with six seconds to go. Barry elected to foul Allen. He made the first free throw. The second one was missed and the Tars would get the rebound. A Schuette 3-pointer from the corner would go off the side of the backboard but was touched by a Barry player. The Tars would have one last shot with 0.9 seconds but could not get a shot off and the Bucs would prevail 79-77.
Rollins will be back in action Wednesday when they welcome the second ranked team in the nation and arch rival Mocs of Florida Southern. Tip time at Warden Arena is set for 7:30 PM. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and round the world at RollinsSports.com
Other SSC scores:
Nova Southeastern 94 Tampa 65
Saint Leo 78 Lynn 64
Eckerd 79 Florida Tech 75
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 7-0 (18-0)
Barry 4-3 (13-3)
Saint Leo 4-3 (16-4)
Nova Southeastern 4-3 (7-11)
Tampa 4-4 (11-6)
Eckerd 3-4 (10-8)
Florida Tech 3-4 (13-5)
Rollins 2-5 (8-9)
Lynn 1-6 (7-10)
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