In a season that has seen it's share of adversity, the Rollins Tars bounced back from a tough loss Saturday with a huge 92-87 win over #17 Barry at Warden Arena Wednesday. The win was the 650th of the storied career of coach Tom Klusman. Klusman is just the fifth active coach to reach the 650 win plateau. It was rater fitting that the milestone win would come against a ranked opponent. With the win Rollins improves to 18-7 overall and 10-4 in the SSC. The loss by Barry drops them to 18-5 overall and 10-4 in conference play.
Rollins was led by six players in double figures in the victory. Sam Philpott posted a double-double (20 points and 10 rebounds-) Deion Clark went a perfect seven of seven from the floor on his way to an 18 point outing- Sharif Almulla and Jeff Merton each notched 14 points- Alex Blessig scored 13 off the bench- while James Ferrell added 11 points, nine assists and five rebounds. Rollins shot 52 percent (33-64) as a team in this one. They shot 35 percent (7-20) from the 3-point line- while shooting at a 76 percent clip (19-25) at the free throw line. Rollins won the rebounding battle 40-37. They had 19 assists and turned the ball over nine times.
Barry was led by Yunio Barrueta with 19 points. Although Barrueta was only 7-21 from the field in the game, including 5-11 from the 3-point line. Trey Leonard posted a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds- Arie Williams drained five 3-pointer's on his way to 15 points- Elvar Fridrksson scored 12- while Adrian Gonzalez added 10. The Buccaneers shot 44 percent (33-75) from the field. This included shooting 44 percent (16-36) from the 3-point line. Barry shot 71 percent (5-7) from the free throw line on the evening. They had 31 assists and turned the ball over 11 times.
The Tars would get off to a good start in this one. They would score the game's first five points and lead by seven at the 14:40 mark of the opening half. Barry would come right back and take the lead on a Williams 3-pointer at the 10:05 mark of the first stanza. The Bucs would stretch that lead to six at the 2:03 mark of the half. The Tars would trim the lead to two (41-39) at the intermission.
Barry would lead for the first eight minutes of the second half before Rollins would take a 60-58 lead after a Philpott slam at the 12:15 mark. Rollins would lead by five at the 9:34 mark of the game after a Blessig 3-pointer. The lead would not last long as the Bucs would take the 76-74 advantage at the 5:47 mark. The game would go back and forth over the next few minutes. It would be knotted at 84 until Philpott would score off of his own miss to take a 86-84 lead at the 1:45 mark. A lead the Tars would not relinquish. After a missed 3-pointer by Barry Almulla would split a pair of free throws at the 1:04 mark. Fredrickson would miss a 3-pointer and a Blessig basket would give the Tars a five point lead (89-84) with 26 minutes. Barrueta and the Bucs would not go away as his 3-pointer at the 16 second mark would cut the lead to 89-87. Blessig would hit a pair of free throws and block a shot, while Clark would have a block of his own and make a free throw to seal it.
The Tars will be back in action Saturday when they travel to Boca Raton to take on Lynn. Tip time is set for 4 PM. You can catch all the action on the Geico Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park.
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Southern 73 Tampa 72
Saint Leo 97 Palm Beach Atlantic 84
Lynn 82 Florida Tech 79
Embry-Riddle 60 Nova Souteastern 57
SSC Standings:
Eckerd 10-3 (20-5)
Barry 10-4 (18-5)
Rollins 10-4 (18-7)
Saint Leo 8-5 (16-9)
Lynn 5-9 (11-12)
Nova Southeastern 5-9 (10-14)
Florida Southern 5-9 (10-15)
Florida Tech 5-10 (13-13)
Tampa 4-9 (9-15)
South Region Rankings (Released 2.17, Top eight teams to qualify:)
1. Alabama-Huntsville
2. Eckerd
3. Barry
4. West Georgia
5. Stillman
6. Rollins
7. Saint Leo
8. Delta State
9. Union (TN)
10. Morehouse
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