Rollins-Nova Battle Wednesday.

The Rollins Tars and the Nova Southeastern Sharks will do battle Wednesday night at the Don Taft University Center on Wednesday night. Tip time is set for 730 PM and you can catch all the action on the Geico Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and locally on 91.5 FM WPRK.
  Rollins (8-7 2-4 SSC) is coming off a 59-47 win over Palm Beach Atlantic that broke a four game losing slide. Eric Castaneda and Joey Galvis had 11 and 10 points respectively to lead the Rollins attack.  Galvis added a career high tying six steals. The Tampa native now has 37 steals to lead both Rollins and the SSC.  Jeff Merton scored nine points and grabbed six rebounds. The Naples product is one point shy of joining the 1,000 point club.
  Four players from Rollins are averaging double figures on the season. Sam Philpott has had a quiet last two games but still leads the team at 15.5 points a game. The Nobelsville, Indiana product is fifth in the SSC in field goal percentage, shooting at a 58 percent clip on the year.  He also grabs 4.9 rebounds a night. Merton is not far behind, as he averages 14.9 points a night.  He leads the team in rebounding at 5.1 per night and is shooting 41 percent from the 3-point line.  Joey Galvis scores 10.1 a game and leads the SSC with 2.5 steals per contest.
  Rollins averages 81.3 points a night, while allowing 81.5 a game.  The Tars are being out rebounded by 6.3 rebounds a contest. They lead the league in steals though getting 9.7 steals per contest.
  NSU (4-10 1-6 SSC) is coming off a 77-74 loss to Florida Southern last time out.  The Sharks have now dropped four straight.
  They are led by Harrison Goodrick who is putting up 18.4 points a night and grabbing 9.2 rebounds a contest.  Troy Spears (11.6 ppg) and Dwayne Gibson (11.4 points and 5.5 rebounds a night) also are averaging double figures on the season.  The Sharks are scoring 75.2 points a game as a team, but allow 79 points a contest.  NSU gets more than five more rebounds than their opponents but also turn the ball over more than five times as much as their opponents.
  The Tars have won three straight against NSU, including a season sweep last season.  The last meeting between the two schools was February 6,2016 with Rollins coming out on top 78-75.
The line: Rollins by 3
Other SSC Lines:
Florida Tech-2@Florida Southern
Palm Beach Atlantic+12 @Barry
Saint Leo+3@Lynn
Tampa+5.5@Eckerd
SSC Standings:
Barry 6-1 (12-1)
Tampa 5-1 (12-3)
Eckerd 4-2 (11-3)
Florida Tech 3-3 (10-5)
Lynn 3-3 (8-5)
*Palm Beach Atlantic 3-4 (7-7)
Florida Southern 3-4 (5-10)
Rollins 2-4 (8-7)
Saint Leo 2-4 (7-8)
Nova Southeastern 1-6 (4-10)
*Embry-Riddle 0-0 (9-5)
* indicates provisional member of conference. PBA's games count in conference standings but Embry-Riddle's do not.