The hot shooting Rollins Tars made a trip to Nova Southeastern and got a 88-85 overtime win over the Sharks of Nova Southeastern at the Don Taft University Center Wednesday night. With the win the Tars improve to 9-16 (2-11 SSC.) The win was the second straight for Rollins in conference play. It is the third time the Tars have won two in a row this season, matching the longest win streak of the season. With the loss Nova dropped its fourth straight. The Sharks fell to 9-14 (5-9 SSC.)
The Tars shot 51 percent as a team in the victory (29-51.) They shot 46 percent- 18 of 39 from the 3-point line on the night. Rollins shot at a 80 percent clip (12-15) at the free throw line.
Individually the Tars were led by four players in double figures. Alex Blessig set a new career high with 27 points. The junior from Berlin set a Rollins single game record with nine 3-pointer's in the win- Jeff Merton scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds- Sharif Almulla scored 15 of his 17 points in the opening half- while Scott Schuette scored 15 points and dished out nine assists. Almulla, Blessig and Schuette each played all 45 minutes in the contest. The Tars had 21 assists and turned it over 12 times.
The Sharks were led by Harrison Goodrick and Chris Page who netted 19 points each- Maurice Fuller and Justin JeanGerard each tallied 12- while Stian Berg scored 10. NSU shot 45 percent (30-67) for the game. They shot 42 percent (18-43) from the 3-point line. The Sharks shot 70 percent (7-10) from the free throw line. NSU edged Rollins on the boards 34-33. The Sharks had 22 assists and nine turnovers.
The game got off to a even start in the first six minutes. Blessig would nail one of his nine 3-pointer's to give the Tars a 14-12 advantage at the 13:33 mark. Nova would fight back and take a brief lead a few minutes later before another Blessig 3-pointer would give Rollins a two point lead (24-22) at the 9:09 mark. The game would go back and forth for the rest of the opening half before Almulla would hit a layup on a Mike Bedulskis feed at the buzzer to take a three point halftime lead (44-41.)
The Tars would come out in the second half and stretch the lead to nine (50-41) on a pair of Blessig 3-pointer's. The Sharks would not go away though and after a Mike Chalas 3-pointer would knot the game at 61 with 11: 17 to go. The see-saw battle would continue in the next couple minutes until NSU would take a four point lead (70-66) on a Goodrick basket at the 7:25 mark. The Tars would come back once again and at the 2:35 mark would take a 74-72 lead after a Schuette 3-pointer. Only to see Berg give the Sharks the lead right back (75-74) at the 2:05 mark. Chris Uhle, playing for the first time in three games with a ankle injury nailed a huge 3-pointer at the 1:31 mark to give the Tars the lead back 77-75. Page would tie the game at 77 with 1:18 to go. Neither team would score in the final 1:18 of regulation, The Tars would have a chance to win it but a contested Almulla 3-pointer would not go as time expired.
The Tars came out and scored the first five points of overtime. Almulla would get a layup before Blessig would set the Rollins record with his ninth 3-pointer of the night. Page would hit another 3-pointer for the Sharks to cut the lead to 82-80 but that is as close as Nova would get. Jeff Merton would score a basket to stretch the lead to four, then after a defensive stop Schuette would nail a pair of free throws to make it 86-80 at the 41 second mark. Brian Cahill would get the Sharks within four (86-82) at the 15 second mark before Schuette sank two more free throws. JeanGerard would hit a three with one second to go to complete the scoring.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they take on Tampa at the Bob Martinez Center. Tip time is set for 4 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Tech 88 Barry 72
Lynn 92 Palm Beach Atlantic 80
Tampa 65 Saint Leo 57
Florida Southern 86 Eckerd 65
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 12-1 (24-1)
Barry 11-2 (20-3)
Lynn 10-3 (18-5)
Tampa 8-5 (16-8)
Nova Southeastern 5-9 (9-14)
Florida Tech 4-9 (14-11)
Saint Leo 4-10 (12-14)
Eckerd 4-10 (11-13)
Rollins 2-11 (9-16)
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