Rollins Win Streak Snapped At Five.

The Rollins Tars saw a five game win streak stopped by the Eagles of Embry-Riddle 97-78 at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center Wednesday.  With the win the Eagles improve to 13-7 on the season. The Tars first loss in the last six games drops them to 13-9 overall and 7-5 in the SSC.
  Skyler Hogan was a perfect 7 of 7 from the 3-point line on the way to a game high 29 points in this one- Luka Majstorovic added 18- Dillon Graham netted 17- and- Shaquan McArthur chipped in 10. The hot shooting Eagles shot 58 percent from the field- and- 55 percent (12-22) from the 3-point line.  The Eagles struggled at the free throw line where they shot 54 percent (13-24.)  The Eagles won the rebounding battle 41-34. They had 23 assists and 17 turnovers.
  The Tars really struggled offensively in this one. They shot 40 percent from the field- went 7-30 (23 percent) from the 3-point line- and shot 75 percent (21-28) from the free throw line.
  Jakobi Bonner led the Tars with a career high 20 points- Joey Galvis scored 12- and- Nils Lehmann added 11. The Tars had 12 assists and 17 turnovers as a team.
  The Tars scored five of the game's first seven points before a 10-3 Eagles run gave them a 12-8 lead.  The game would stay tight until ERAU went on a 8-0 run to open up a nine point lead (31-22) halfway thru the opening half. The Eagles maintained that lead the rest of the first half and ERAU would lead by 11 (42-31) at the intermission.
  The Tars fell even further behind as the Eagles scored the first seven points of the second half to go up 18 (49-31.)  The Eagles would lead by as many as 29 and the Tars never really had an answer on this night.
  Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they travel to Saint Pete to take on Eckerd. Tip time is set for 4 PM. you can catch all the action on the Geico Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and locally on 91.5 FM WPRK.
Other SSC Scores Wednesday:
Eckerd 92 Florida Tech 87
Barry 80 Lynn 75
Palm Beach Atlantic 82 Nova Southeastern 71
Saint Leo 68 Florida Southern 65
SSC Standings:
Barry 11-2 (18-2)
Eckerd 8-4 (15-6)
Tampa 7-5 (14-7)
Rollins 7-5 (13-9)
Florida Southern 6-6 (8-13)
*Palm Beach Atlantic 6-7 (10-10)
Saint Leo 5-6 (11-10)
Lynn 5-7 (10-10)
Florida Tech 4-8 (11-10)
Nova Southeastern 2-11 (5-15)
*Embry-Riddle 0-0 (13-7)
* indicates provisional SSC Member