Rollins Overcomes Slow Start, Beats PBA.

In a sense Saturday's game at Rubin Arena between the Rollins College Tars and Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish was a microcosm of the Tars season. They got off to a slow start, but came away with a victory 80-72 at Rubin Arena in Palm Beach.
  Rollins (13-8 7-5 SSC) has now won five straight. The Tars were led by 20 points from Sam Philpott in this one- Connor McKim added 15- Jeff Merton netted 12 and grabbed seven rebounds- while Joey Galvis also scored in double figures with 10.
  The Tars shot 44 percent as a team in the victory- they shot 36 percent (9-25) from the 3-point line. At the free throw line The Tars shot 79 percent (15-19.)  They had 12 assists and 10 turnovers as a team in this one.
  PBA (9-10 5-7 SSC) was led by 18 points by Malek Barber- Bakari Warthen added 13- while Dakota Zinser and Milos Kostic netted 12 points each.  The Sailfish shot 40 percent as a team. From the 3-point line they shot just 24 percent (7-29.)  They also struggled at the free throw line where they shot 59 percent (17-29.)  The Sailfish won the rebounding battle 42-36. They had 14 assists, as well as 14 turnovers.
  PBA came out on fire and took a 13 point lead (19-6) to begin the game.  The Tars would then go on a 13-0 run of their own to knot the game at 19 with 9:01 to go in the first half.  The Sailfish would go up by seven (35-28) at the 3:34 mark of the opening half. The Tars would trim the Sailfish lead to one (38-37) at halftime.
  The Tars would come out in the second half and fall  behind by four early and would take a seven point lead (55-48) at the 12:54 mark.  PBA would come back and tie the game at 63 after a Zinser 3-pointer at the 6:53 mark. The Tars would then pick up the defensive intensity as PBA would not make another field goal until the game's final seconds. The Tars would lead by nine (74-65) at the 2:24 mark of the game. The Sailfish would not get any closer than six the rest of the way as the Tars would complete the season sweep of PBA.
Rollins be back in action Wednesday when Embry-Riddle visits Winter Park. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Barry 84 Eckerd 72
Embry-Riddle 104 Lynn 80
Florida Southern 73 Nova Southeastern 71
Saint Leo 68 Tampa 56
SSC Standings:
Barry 10-2 (17-2)
Eckerd 7-4 (14-6)
Tampa 7-5 (14-7)
Rollins 7-5 (13-8)
Florida Southern 6-5 (8-12)
Lynn 5-6 (10-9)
*Palm Beach Atlantic 5-7 (9-10)
Saint Leo 4-6 (10-10)
Florida Tech 4-7 (11-9)
Nova Southeastern 2-10 (5-14)
*Embry-Riddle 0-0 (12-7)
* indicates provisional SSC member