The Rollins Tars (18-10 12-6 SSC) open up play in the SSC Quarterfinals when they take on the Fighting Knights of Lynn (13-13 8-10 SSC) at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. Tip time is set for 730 PM and you can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and worldwide at RollinsSports.com
The red hot Tars come into the game riding a five game win streak and having won of 10 out of the last 12 contests. They concluded the regular season Saturday with a come from behind 82-74 win over Saint Leo in which they trailed by as many as 17 points. The Tars come into the game led by Sam Philpott averaging 15 points per contest- Jeff Merton puts up 14.1 points and a team leading 5.5 rebounds per night. Also the Tars feature a stellar backcourt of Connor McKim (10.6 PPG-) and- Joey Galvis 10.3 points per contest. Galvis leads the SSC with 66 steals on the year. The Tars average 81.3 points per night- while they give up 79.8 per contest. Rollins is 11-3 at home on the season.
Lynn comes into the game as the sixth seed with a record of 8-10 in conference play this year. The Fighting Knights lost the tiebreaker to Florida Southern for the higher seed. Two of the three wins Lynn had in February were away from Boca Raton. The Fighting nights dropped both decisions to Rollins during the season. A two point defeat in the first meeting and 82-70 in the return trip.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:
#3 Rollins by 6.5
Other SSC Tournament games Wednesday:
#7 Florida Southern +8 @#2Eckerd
#4 Palm Beach Atlantic +7.5 @ #5 Tampa
#8 Florida Tech +12 @ #1 Barry
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