The Rollins Tars (7-7 0-3 SSC) welcome the Sharks of Nova Southeastern (5-7 1-3 SSC) to close out a five game stretch of home games Wednesday at Warden Arena. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM and you can catch all the action with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Seigel on 91.5 FM WPRK and worldwide on the Geico Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com.
Rollins comes in on a two game losing slide. The Tars dropped a tough one 57-54 in overtime against Saint Leo on Saturday. Saint Leo led 20-19 at the half, the game was tied at 51 at the end of regulation and the Tars held a brief one point lead after a Chris Uhle 3-pointer at the 2:25 mark of overtime but could not hang on for the win. Jeff Merton led the Tars with 16 points on Saturday- while Uhle added 13 points- three rebounds- and- six blocked shots. The six blocked shots.
Alex Blessig is leading the Tars in scoring at 11.1 a game. The junior has struggled in the past two losses though. Blessig was held to one point in the loss to Barry and just five in the loss to Saint Leo.
Rollins is second in the SSC allowing just 66.0 points per game. At the other end the Tars are eighth in the SSC scoring just 69.6 points a night. Uhle is putting together a solid senior campaign. He comes into Wednesday putting up 10.6 points per night- the big man from Ocala is one of the best 3-point shooters in the conference, having made 32 3-pointer's. That is good for fourth in the SSC. He is second in the league in blocked shots with 32.
NSU also comes in on a brief losing skid. The Sharks have lost three in a row. The last time out was a 77-74 loss to seventh ranked Florida Southern. The Sharks are the only team in the SSC with a losing record. The game against Southern was tied at halftime and the Sharks led late in the second half but could not get the win. Three Sharks scored in double figures in the loss to Florida Southern. Chris Page led the way with a game high 27 points- Maurice Fuller chipped in 14- and Justin JeanGerrard scored 10.
Page leads the Sharks box score and is second in the SSC putting up 20.4 points a game. Harrison Goodrick nets 11 points a night- while JeanGerrard is scoring 10.5 points and grabbing 5.5 rebounds per contest. Troy Spears leads the conference in 3-point shooting percentage (50 percent.)
The Sharks and Tars met three times a year ago. NSU come out on top in two of those meetings. A 75-71 overtime win ended the Tars season at the SSC tournament a year ago.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsbooks.com:
Nova by 1
Other SSC lines:
Saint Leo +8@Tampa
Lynn -10.5@Palm Beach Atlantic
Florida Tech +11@Barry
Eckerd +9@Florida Southern
SSC Standings:
Lynn 4-0 (10-2)
Barry 3-0 (11-0)
Florida Southern 2-1 (13-1)
Saint Leo 2-2 (10-5)
Eckerd 2-2 (8-5)
Tampa 2-2 (8-5)
Nova Southeastern 1-3 (5-7)
Florida Tech 0-3 (10-4)
Rollins 0-3 (7-7)
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