For a team that started out the year picked to finish ninth in the Sunshine State Conference the Rollins Tars sure don't look like it. This time it was a comeback from 13 points down with five minutes to go and eight in the last 1:28 capped off by a Joey Galvis 3-pointer that proved to be the game winner with five seconds left. The Tars would win 75-74 at the Don Taft University Center and improve to 9-0 on the season. The nine wins by Rollins equals their win total from a season ago.
Galvis led the Tars (9-0 2-0 SSC) with a game high 20 points- Jeff Merton scored 19- while Sharif Almulla scored 18. Deion Clark just missed a double-double (12 points and nine rebounds.) Merton and Galvis each nailed six 3 pointer's on the day, none bigger than the Galvis game winner. The Tars shot 39 percent from the floor on the night. The first time this season they shot below 40 percent. They shot 41 percent (15-37) from the 3-point line. The top free throw shooting team shot 75 percent (12-16) from the foul line. They had 20 assists and 14 turnovers.
Nova Southeastern (3-4 1-2 SSC) was paced by Chris Page who scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half before fouling out with 16 seconds left. Mike Chalas nailed five 3-pointer's en route to his 15 points. Harrison Goodrick posted a double-double (14 points and 13 rebounds-) while Nick Pendergast added 11. The Sharks shot 46 percent from the floor- they shot 38 percent (11-29) from the 3-point line. NSU shot 85 percent (11-13) at the free throw line. They dominated the boards out rebounding the Tars 43-30. NSU had 17 assists on the night to go along with 23 costly turnovers.
Both teams started out the game cold and it would be the Sharks who would lead 5-0 two minutes in. Rollins would bounce back and tie the game at 8 with 14 minutes in the opening half. Rollins would then get hot from the 3-point line and open up a 10 point lead (22-12) at the 10:30 mark. NSU would counter with a 17-5 run of their own to take a 29-27 lead with 1:42 in the half. The Tars would get a 3-pointer from Almulla and then Clark would beat the buzzer to give them a three point halftime lead (32-29.)
Rollins would stretch the lead to seven (36-29) after a Clark dunk but the Sharks would have a huge response this time. A 21-2 NSU run would give them a 12 point lead (50-38) at the 11:20 mark. A Galvis 3-pointer at the 9:22 mark would get the Tars back to within four. The Sharks would then stretch the lead back out to 14 with 6:02 to go. The Tars would not go away and make it a seven point game at the four minute mark. Merton, who kept the Tars in the game down the stretch with his four 3'pointer's would nail his sixth of the night with 44 seconds to go to pull the Tars to within two (74-72.) With 16.6 seconds left James Ferrell may have had the biggest play of the night when he drew an offensive foul from Page, which consequently fouled him out of the game. Galvis would nail what would prove to be the game winner from the left wing with five seconds left. The senior from Tampa was not done yet as Galvis would steal the ensuing inbounds pass and kick out to Ferrell as time expired.
Rollins will now be off until December 12th when Eckerd will come to Warden Arena. Tip time is set for 4 PM Saturday and as always you can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and round the world at RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Tech 99 Florida Southern 93
Eckerd 81 Tampa 58
Lynn 97 Saint Leo 91
SSC Standings:
Eckerd 3-0 (8-1)
Rollins 2-0 (9-0)
Florida Tech 2-1 (7-2)
Saint Leo 2-2 (6-3)
Florida Southern 2-2 (4-4)
Barry 1-1 (6-2)
Nova Southeastern 1-2 (3-4)
Lynn 1-3 (4-3)
Tampa 0-3 (3-5)
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