The Rollins Tars fell in a 6-0 hole early, got three consecutive 3-pointer's from James Ferrell and never looked back in a 88-75 win at Jenkins FieldHouse on Wednesday. The win by the Tars was the first at Florida Southern since January 28,2012. With the win Rollins improved to 17-6 overall and 9-3 in conference play. The win was the team's sixth straight and completed the season sweep. It also clinches a home game in the first round of the conference tournament for Rollins. While the reeling Mocs fell to 9-15 overall and 4-9 in conference.
Eight of the 10 Rollins players who entered the game scored on Wednesday. They were paced by Sam Philpott who scored 19 points on the evening- Jeff Merton added 14- Ferrell stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, four rebounds and three assists- while Joey Galvis scored 11 points for the second consecutive game.
Rollins shot 48 percent (29-61) from the field in the game. They were a solid 40 percent (12-30) from the 3-point line. The Tars shot at a 86 percent clip (18-21) from the free throw line. They had twice as many assists (16) as turnovers (8.)
FSC playing without leading scorer Dylan Travis was led by Dominique Williams who pumped in a game high 30 points- 23 coming in the second half-Sheldon Zablothny added 21- while Tyler Ross scored 15. Ross posted a double-double, as he added 12 rebounds.
The Mocs had a tough shooting night. They shot 39 percent (26-67) from the floor. FSC did not shoot well from the 3-point line, where they shot 29 percent (11-38.) The Mocs were a solid 75 percent (12-16) from the free throw line. They edged the Tars in the rebounding battle 40-38. Southern had 19 assists and turned the ball over 11 times.
Southern started out the game with a pair of 3-pointer's to take a 6-0 lead in the opening two minutes. The Tars would then get three straight 3-pointer's from Ferrell to go up 9-6. The lead would go to seven (17-10) with 12:53 in the opening half. Rollins would then stretch the lead to 12, before five straight Galvis points would make it a 17 point Rollins lead (29-12) with 6:45 in the half. The Tars would grow the lead to 23, and after a Merton 3-pointer right before halftime would take a 23 point lead (49-26) into the locker room.
The Mocs would start the second on a 7-2 run to get to within 18 (51-33) at the 17:10 mark. The Tars would then garner what would be their largest lead of the game at 26, before a 10-0 Mocs run would cut it to a 16 point contest with 14:33 remaining.
Merton would hit a pair of 3-poiner's nearly three minutes later and the Rollins lead would be back to 23. After the Tars stretched the lead to 25 a 9-0 FSC run would cut the lead to 16 (70-54) at the 8:05 mark.
Rollins would score the next five points and get the lead back to 20. Southern would not go quietly as they would get to within 12 at the 2:45 mark but that is as close as they would get.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they welcome Florida Tech to Warden Arena. Tip time is set for 4 PM. You can watch all the action on the Geico Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park.
Other SSC Scores:
Tampa 86 Nova Southeastern 71
Barry 104 Florida Tech 88
Palm Beach Atlantic 71 Lynn 63
Eckerd 60 Embry-Riddle 52
SSC Standings:
Barry 10-2 (18-3)
Eckerd 9-3 (19-5)
Rollins 9-3 (17-6)
Saint Leo 8-5 (15-8)
Lynn 4-8 (10-11)
Tampa 4-8 (8-14)
Florida Tech 4-9 (12-12)
Nova Southeastern 4-9 (9-13)
Florida Southern 4-9 (9-15)
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