The Rollins Tars (14-12 8-8 SSC) will take on the Nova Southeastern Sharks (12-16 8-8 SSC) in the opening round of the Sunshine State Conference Tournament at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee on Wednesday night. The two teams split the meetings in the regular season. Nova was a 54-46 winner at the Bob Taft University Center in the first meeting. In the meeting in Winter Park the Tars prevailed 81-72.
The Tars come in as the five seed in the tournament and finished strong despite a tough loss to Florida Southern on Saturday night. The Tars got 35 points from Mitch Woods on Saturday-while Chris Uhle added 16 points and 11 rebounds. It was not enough as the Mocs prevailed 72-68. The Tars got off to a slow start this season going 1-4. They would rebounds and win four straight. The Tars would pick up a signature win against Florida Southern on January 30th in overtime. They also swept defending conference champ Saint Leo. Mitch Woods leads Rollins in scoring on the season. He was averaging 14.8 points a game before the 35 point outburst versus Southern. Alex Blessig (11.0 ppg) and Adam Allen (9.7) both had quiet games in the finale. The Tars continue to lead the SSC on the defensive end. They gave up 63.8 points per game before allowing 72 in the loss versus Southern. On offense they are scoring 68.7 a game and scored 68 against the Mocs.
NSU also had a up and down season. The Sharks got off to a slow start, got hot mid season and sputtered to the finish. The last time out for the Sharks was a 81-68 loss to Saint Leo. The Sharks have five players who average double figures on the season. Chris Page leads the way at 14.7 per night- Justin Jeangerard adds 13.4- Brian Cahill scores 12.7 a game- Casey Carroll scores 10.7- and- Stian Berg puts up 10.6. The Sharks score 76.4 points a game on offense. On the defensive end they give up 77.7.
The opening round lines presented by JuanBernalSportsbooks.com:
#4 Barry -5 vs #7 Eckerd
#5 Rollins -3.5 vs #6 Nova Southeastern
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