Rollins-Southern Battle To Close Out First Half Of Conference Action Wednesday.

The Rollins Tars (11-6 4-3 SSC) welcome the defending Division II champion Moccasins of Florida Southern (8-9 4-3 SSC) to Warden Arena to close out the first half of the Sunshine State Conference Slate Wednesday night. As always you can catch all the action on the Geico Tars Sports Network on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide at RollinsSports.com.
  The last time out Rollins battled back from a double digit deficit late, took the lead in the final minute but ultimately fell 88-86 to Palm Beach Atlantic.  The Tars were led by a pair of players in double figures in the loss. Sam Philpott led the way with 16 points- while Joey Galvis added 13.  Jeff Merton had a solid night with nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists- Deion Clark also added nine.
 The Tars shot 46 percent from the field- went 20-27 at the free throw line- and only turned the ball over eight times in the defeat.  They also shot 38 percent (8-21) from the 3-point line.
  Rollins comes into the game Wednesday averaging 83.4 points a night (sixth in the conference.)  They are second in the conference behind Eckerd on defense, where they allow 74.4 points per night. The Tars shoot nearly 50 percent from the field and shoot 39 percent from the 3-point line.  The Tars lead the country in free throw shooting (80.6 percent) on the year.
  A pair of Tars average double figures on the season. Merton leads the way at 15.5 points per game, which is good for ninth in the SSC. Sharif Almulla is scoring 13.8 points a contest, although he has been rather quiet in the last three games.
  Southern lost all five starters and there coach from the DII championship team of a year ago.  They defeated Nova Southeastern 84-79 on Saturday.  Sheldon Zablotny had a career high 23 points for the  in this one- while they were paced by a 26 point effort from Dylan Travis.
  The Mocs are second in the SSC in scoring putting up 88 points a contest.  The problems for FSC are on the other end where they give up 87 points a night (last in the SSC.)  They shoot 43 percent as a team- and- 37 percent from the 3-point line.
  Travis has had a solid year to date. He is second in the SSC in scoring at 21.9 points per game- to go along with a league third best 8.1 rebounds a night.  Dominique Williams also scores in double figures at 19.1 points per contest.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsbooks.com:  Rollins by 2
SSC Scores from Monday 1/18:
Nova Southeastern 88 Florida Tech 83
Other SSC Lines:
Nova Southeastern +4@Tampa
Barry -2@Florida Tech
Palm Beach Atlantic+1 @Lynn
Eckerd -9.5@Emby Riddle
SSC Standings:
Eckerd 8-0 (16-1)
Barry 5-2 (12-3)
Rollins 4-3 (11-6)
Florida Southern 4-3 (8-9)
Saint Leo 4-4 (11-7)
Florida Tech 3-4 (10-7)
Nova Southeastern 2-5 (6-9)
Lynn 2-6 (8-7)
Tampa 1-6 (5-11)