The Rollins Tars will look to build off a solid performance on Wednesday evening when they battle Nova Southeastern at Warden Arena Saturday. The 2003-04 Rollins College elite eight team will be in the building Saturday as motivation. The game will tip at 4 PM and can be heard on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide at RollinsSports.com. Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel will have the call.
The Tars come into Saturday's contest 11-11 on the year and 5-7 in the SSC. They currently sit seventh in the SSC with four conference games remaining. The Tars were a 84-59 winner Wednesday. Mitch Woods and Chris Uhle each had big days. Woods scored 20 points- while Uhle added 17 points- seven rebounds- and seven blocks. The Tars had a team record 12 blocks in the win.
Mitch Woods leads the Tars in scoring at 14.3 a night. The senior is 10th in the conference in scoring. Alex Blessig is getting 10 points and dishing out 3.5 assists a game. Adam Allen adds 9.3 a night. Jeff Dirkin continues to lead the Tars in rebounding at 6.1 a night to go along with his 7.7 points per contest.
The Tars come into Saturday's contest with the seventh best defensive team in the country, giving up just 63.8 points a game. The offense is at the bottom of the SSC scoring 67.6 a game.
The Sharks have really taken off since conference play began. Nova Southeastern in currently second in the SSC with a 7-4 conference record,despite having a losing record (11-12) overall. The Sharks have won three in a row and are coming off a 81-79 win over Lynn Wednesday. Three players scored in double figures in that one. Stian Berg paced the Sharks with 18 points. Chris Page put up 19- and- Justin JeanGerrard scored 13 to go along with nine rebounds.
A balanced attack is part of the reason why the Sharks are playing as well as they are. Five players average double figures on the season for NSU. Page paces the squad at 14.1 a night- JeanGerard puts up 13. 2.- Brian Cahill scores 13.1- with Berg adding 11.1- Casey Carroll (11 a night) and Maurice Fuller (10 a game) also average in double digits.
The Sharks average 77.9 points a game as a team- and allow 78 a night. They shoot free throws at a 75 percent clip. That is good for tops in the conference.
Nova was a 54-46 winner in the first meeting between the two teams back on January 18th.
The lines presented by JuanBernalSportsbooks.com:
Nova Southeastern +1 @Rollins
Florida Southern-7.5@Florida Tech
Tampa-5@Lynn
Eckerd+6@Barry
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 10-2 (21-2)
Nova Southeastern 7-4 (11-12)
Saint Leo 7-5 (19-6)
Tampa 7-5 (14-7)
Barry 6-5 (16-5)
Eckerd 5-6 (13-10)
Rollins 5-7 (11-11)
Florida Tech 4-8 (14-9)
Lynn 1-10 (7-14)
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