The Rollins Tars who were already without Lukas Winegarner (broken foot) for the rest of the season, got a bit of surprising news prior to Saturday's game at Eckerd. guard Scott Schuette would have to serve a one game suspension after a flagrant foul versus Tampa on Wednesday. Schuette who was visibly frustrated after not getting a call on a 3-point shot that fell about two-feet short made a hard foul at the other end. Was it intentional yes, worthy of a flagrant two I really don't agree. My vote does not count and the commissioner on his second day on the job decided to suspend Schuette. It should be noted that the new commissioner of the SSC was an Eckerd grad. Schuette was not able to travel with the team either.
Missing Schuette's shooting ability all day long the Tars would ultimately fall 66-57 at the MaCarthur Center. With the loss the Tars dropped to 10-11 overall and 4-7 in the SSC. Three Rollins players scored in double figures on the day. Mitch Woods led the way as he has much of the season with 15 points. Sharif Almulla scored a season high 12 points in 19 minutes before leaving in the second half with an injury to his knee or ankle. The extent of the injury was not known at the time of this writing. Chris Uhle scored 11 points, all in the second half and also grabbed nine rebounds. The Tars shot 43 percent (20-46) from the field on the day but shot 30 percent (7-23) in the opening half. The Tars went 8-25 from the 3-point line. They were not good at the foul line where they were nine of 17.
The Tritons improved to 13-9 overall and 5-5 in the SSC with the win. It improved there home record to 9-3 on the season. They had four players score in double figures. Josh Snodgrass led the way with 19 points. He was 11 of 12 at the foul line. Matt Beneduci had 11 behind a trio of 3-pointers- while Jerrick Stevenson and Ray Darnell each scored 10. The Tritons shot 53 percent on 16-30 from the field on the day and made a living at the foul line where they shot 82 percent (31-38.)
The game would start with both teams having a hard time finding the basket. Mitch Woods would tie the score at two with a jumper at the 17:45 mark. Over the next six plus minutes the Tritons would go on a 10-0 run and lead 12-2. Woods would score again to cut the deficit to eight (12-4) at about the 11 minute mark. The Tars would get going a little on offense late in the half. A Woods basket and Jeff Dirkin dunk would cut the Eckerd deficit to six (20-14) with 4:49 in the opening half. The Tritons would stretch that lead to 10 (28-18) at the half.
The Tars would get off to a better start in the second half behind the play of Almulla and a pair of 3-pointers by Uhle. James Ferrell would nail a 3-pointer at the 9:49 mark and the game was knotted at 40.. The Tars would again tie it at 44 about a minute later. The Tritons would then go on a 13-2 spurt and would open up a 11 point lead (57-46) with 2:51 to go. The Tars would get to within seven but that is as close as they would get as the Tritons cruised to a season sweep.
The Tars will open up a three game home stand (the last of the season) when they welcome Florida Tech to Warden Arena on Wednesday night. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide on RollinsSports.com. Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel will have the call from Winter Park.
Other SSC Scores:
Nova Southeastern 97 Palm Beach Atlantic 88 (non conference game)
Tampa 72 Florida Tech 64 (OT)
Saint Leo 78 Barry 58
Florida Southern 94 Lynn 71
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 9-2 (20-2)
Tampa 7-4 (14-6)
Nova Southeastern 6-4 (10-12)
Barry 6-5 (15-5)
Saint Leo 6-5 (18-6)
Eckerd 5-5 (13-9)
Florida Tech 4-7 (14-8)
Rollins 4-7 (10-11)
Lynn 1-9 (7-13)
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