The Rollins Tars (9-4 2-2 SSC) will be at home Wednesday to face the Fighting Knights of Lynn University (6-5 1-4 SSC.) The game will tip at 730 PM and can be heard on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and round the world at RollinsSports.com.
The last time out, Rollins played a solid game in Miami Shores but were done in by 22 3-pointer's, including 10 (nine in the second half) by reigning SSC Player of the Week and DII Player of The Week Yunio Barrueta en route to his 40 points. A game the Tars would eventually drop 98-85. The loss for the Tars was there fourth straight after nine straight wins to begin the campaign. A Rollins team that got as high as 11th in the country fell out of the NABC Division II poll this week, but did receive 14 votes. Sam Philpott led the Tars with a career high 18 points in the defeat- Jeff Merton and Deion Clark each netted 16- while Sharif Almulla chipped in 14.
Rollins comes into Wednesday contest scoring 83.2 points a night. At the other end, they give up 73.6 per contest. The Tars are second in field goal percentage (48.4 percent-) fourth in 3-point shooting (38.4 percent-) and lead the conference in free throw shooting (82 percent.)
A pair of Tars average double figure scoring on the season. Almulla leads the way at 15. 6 points per game- while Merton puts up 15.1 a contest. Mike Bedulskis leads the team in rebounding at 4.8 rebounds per game.
Lynn comes into the contest after a 101-85 loss to Florida Tech the last time out. Fred Landers and Jamal Palmer each had 18 in the losing effort. Three other Lynn players scored double figures on Saturday. David Johnson scored 15- Russell Wilson had 12- while Ben Berry put up 10.
The Fighting Knights come into Wednesday putting up 84.8 points per game. They struggle at the defensive end, where they are giving up 84.7 a night (8th in the SSC.) Lynn is seventh in the conference in shooting percentage (43 percent-) while they are the bottom team in the conference in 3-point shooting (28 percent.)
Landers is third in the conference in scoring at 21.7 points a game- while Johnson puts up 16 per contest. Vieux Kande is leading the Fighting Knights in rebounding (6.1 a game.) This is good for seventh in the conference.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com: Rollins by 3
Other SSC lines:
Barry -7.5@Tampa
Florida Southern-9@Embry Riddle
Nova Southeastern +8.5@Eckerd
Saint Leo+4.5@Florida Tech
SSC Standings:
Eckerd 4-0 (12-1)
Barry 3-1(9-2)
Florida Tech 3-1 (10-3)
Florida Southern 3-2 (7-7)
Rollins 2-2 (9-4)
Saint Leo 2-3 (8-6)
Nova Southeastern 1-2 (5-6)
Lynn 1-4 (6-5)
Tampa 0-4 (4-8)
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