The surging 24th ranked Rollins Tars head to Lakeland to face an old nemesis when they take on the Florida Southern Moccasins at Jenkins Field House on Wednesday night. 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 (16-6 8-3 SSC) hung on for a 78-75 win and a season sweep of the Nova Southeastern Sharks Saturday.
Jeff Merton led the Tars and all scorers with 23 points. He was one of four Rollins players in double figures on the day. Sam Philpott posted a 15 point game- Deion Clark just missed a double-double (12 points and nine rebounds-) while Joey Galvis had a second outstanding game in as many contests against NSU with 11.
Rollins comes into the game fifth in the SSC averaging 82.8 points per night- they are tops in the league shooting 49 percent from the floor on the season. They are also the best foul shooting team in the conference (79 percent.)
Four Tars come into Wednesday averaging double figures on the season. Merton continues to lead the way at 15.2 points a contest- despite a recent shooting slump Sharif Almulla is getting 12 of his own per night- Philpott is putting up 11.5 a game- while Clark rounds out the double figure scorers at 10.2 per contest. James Ferrell leads the Tars in assists at five per game.
Florida Southern (9-14 4-8 SSC) is coming off a 82-79 loss to Florida Tech on Saturday. Mocs leading scorer Dylan Travis (22.1 points per game) is a game time decision. He has missed four of the last six games. Dominique Williams is averaging 20 points a game in the last six.
Jarel Spellman of FSC was the SSC Defensive Player of the Week a week ago. He has blocked 21 shots in the past three games.
Expect the Mocs to fire up a ton of 3-pointers on Wednesday. They are fifth in the country and tops in the SSC with 718 attempts. They are third in Division II in 3-pointer's made (273) and fourth in the country in 3-pointer's made per game (11.) They also lead the SSC in blocks (109) and rebounds (904.) The Mocs average 86.3 points per game- but have struggled all year on the defensive end giving up 87.9 points per game. They are third in the conference in free throw shooting (75 percent.)
The Tars won 89-72 in the first meeting between the teams back on 1/20, but have only won 20 of the 85 meetings in Lakeland. The last win for Rollins at the Jenkins was back on 1/28/11.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsbooks.com: Rollins by 5.5
Other SSC lines:
Tampa+6@Nova Southeastern
Lynn +3@Palm Beach Atlantic
Embry-Riddle+10.5@Eckerd
Florida Tech +13@Barry
SSC Standings:
Barry 9-2 (17-3)
Eckerd 9-3 (18-5)
Rollins 8-3 (16-6)
Saint Leo 8-5 (15-8)
Florida Tech 4-8 (12-11)
Lynn 4-8 (10-10)
Nova Southeastern 4-8 (9-12)
Florida Southern 4-8 (9-14)
Tampa 3-8 (7-14)
Division II SIDA Media Poll
1. Western Oregon (20-2)
2. Wheeling Jesuit (22-1)
T3. Augustana (SD)
T3.4. Lincoln Memorial (20-2)
5. Barry
6. West Liberty
7. UC San Diego
8. MSU-Moorhead
9. Fort Lewis
10. Saginaw Valley State
11. Queens (NC)
12. Angelo State
13. Fairmont State
T14. Bellarmine
T14. Chico State
16. Holy Family
17. Northwest Missouri State
18. Ferris State
19. Alabama- Huntsville
20. Wisconsin-Parkisde
21. Concordia-Irvine
22. Southern Connecticut State
23. Seattle-Pacific
24. Rollins
25. Midwestern State
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