The Rollins Tars will be back in action Thursday afternoon when they take on Puerto Rico Rio Piedras at Warden Arena. The game tips off at 1 PM and can be seen on the Geico Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park. Robert Segal and Jim "Shooter" Ferro will have the call.
Rollins (6-3) comes into the game after what was the team's best defensive effort of the season in a 66-64 win over Warner. Sam Philpott had a career high 25 points in his second consecutive start after coming off the bench earlier in the season. Philpott now paces the Tars attack averaging 16 points per night- Jeff Merton has tailed off in the last couple games but is second on the team at 14.6 a contest. Merton is 93 points shy of 1,000 for his Rollins career. Joey Galvis is also coming off a stellar performance. The senior from Tampa Jesuit had a big game including the game winning old fashioned three point play against Warner. He is averaging 10.2 a game- Galvis is shooting 50 percent from both the field and the 3-point line. The Tars have never lost to Piedras going 11-0. The last time the two teams met Rollins was a 87-53 winner in 2012. Dave Diakite (16 pts.) and Brett Chance (15) led the Tars in that one.
The Gallitos are paced by Esteban Cordero who is scoring 13.2 points a game and grabbing 4.5 rebounds per night- Omar Font is second on the team in scoring at 12.8 a night- while Krystian Medina nearly averages a double-double (9.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per contest.) Last time out they were a 89-82 loser to Flagler Wednesday afternoon. Medina scored a game high 31 in the defeat. Font also scored in double figures with 20 in the loss to Flagler.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:
Rollins by 15.5
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