The Rollins Tars (8-16 1-11 SSC) finally got on the board in Sunshine State Conference play with a 70-59 win over Eckerd (11-12 4-9 SSC) at Warden Arena Saturday.
The Tars were led by Alex Blessig who has been the catalyst for the Tars in all eight wins this season. The junior from Berlin had 20 points and dished out six assists in the victory. Sharif Almulla continued his solid season with 16 points in this one. Mike Bedulskis provided a lift off the Rollins bench in the opening half scoring eight of his 11 points as the Tars played a second straight game without Chris Uhle (ankle.) Scott Schuette scored in double figures for the second straight game with 10. The senior from Lexington Catholic was a perfect 4-4 at the free throw line down the stretch. All seven Rollins players who saw action scored in this one. Rollins shot 52 percent (22-42) from the field. They shot the ball very well, shooting at a 53 percent clip (10-19) from the 3-point line. Blessig went four-of- seven. Jeff Merton and Schuette each hit a pair from three. Rollins shot 73 percent (16-22) at the free throw line. The Tars won the rebounding battle 31-27, Merton led the way with eight. They had 16 assists and 12 turnovers.
The Tritons were also playing short handed as second leading scorer E.J. Moody was unable to go due to injury. The Tritons had three players tally double figures. Jerrick Stevenson led the way with 14 points- Matt Beneduci added 12- while Malcom Bruner Jr. scored 11. The Tritons shot 41 percent (21-51) as a team. They shot 40 percent (10-25) from the 3-point line. The Tritons were a dismal 47 percent (7-15) from the free throw line. They had 15 assists and turned it over 13 times.
The game was very evenly played for the first 15 minutes as neither team would lead by more than six. The Tars put together a run to take a 9 point lead (26-17) at the 4:49 mark of the half. The Tritons would respond with a 9-2 run in the final 4:49 to trim the Tars lead to two (28-26) at the intermission.
Shane Phillips would get a bucket to open the second half to knot the score at 28 before the Tars would respond with a 11-0 run to open up a 11 point lead of their own. The Tritons would get to within four two minutes later but the Tars would get clutch 3-pointer's from the trio of Blessig,Almulla and Merton to lead by 13 (51-38) at the 10:33 mark. The Tritons would get to within six four different times but that is as close as they would get as the Tars would go 9 of 10 from the free throw line to secure what would be there first conference win of the season.
The Tars will be back in action Wednesday when they head to the "Shark Tank" to battle Nova Southeastern. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Southern 82 Florida Tech 79 (OT)
Tampa 84 Palm Beach Atlantic 74
Barry 79 Nova Southeastern 71 (OT)
Lynn 70 Saint Leo 67
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 11-1 (23-1)
Barry 11-1 (20-2)
Lynn 10-3 (17-5)
Tampa 7-5 (15-8)
Nova Southeastern 5-8 (9-13)
Saint Leo 4-9 (12-13)
Eckerd 4-9 (11-12)
Florida Tech 3-9 (13-11)
Rollins 1-11 (8-16)
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