The Rollins Tars (22-10) will face the Delta State Statesmen in the South Region Semifinals at Spragins Hall in Huntsville, Alabama Sunday. Tip time will be at 6 PM Eastern time. You can catch the game on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and round the world at RollinsSports.com.
Rollins is coming off a thrilling 89-85 overtime win over Valdosta State on Saturday. Jeff Merton led six Tars in double figures in the victory with 16 points- Eric Castaneda (14) and Jakobi Bonner (13) were solid off the bench. Mike Bedulskis turned in a big game with 13 points and nine rebounds- Sam Philpott added 12- and- Joey Galvis turned in a double-double (10 points- 10 rebounds- three assists and three steals.)
Rollins season box score is led by Philpott at 14.9 per night- Merton scores 14.4 per game to go along with 5.8 rebounds a night- while Joey Galvis scores 10.5 points a game. Galvis is in the top ten in the country with 77 steals in 32 games. Connor McKim is averaging double figures on the season as well and leads the team dishing out nearly four assists a contest. The Tars average 80.8 points a game as a team and allow 79 a night on the defensive end coming into the weekend.
Delta State (23-8) averages 76.4 points a game on offense- while defensively they allow just 70.8 per contest. They are coming off a 80-67 win over Christian Brothers Saturday.
Devin Schmidt leads the Statesman average 22.4 points a game to go along with 4.7 assists a night- Brett Warner scores 12.1 a night- and- Ravion Henry averages 9.8 per game. Schmidt leads the team in rebounding at 6.5 per night as well.
The two teams have only met one previous time as the Tars were a 82-70 winner on November 12, 2010.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsbooks.com:
Delta State by 6.5
Other Regional Semifinal Line:
#1 Alabama Huntsville -3.5 vs #4 Barry
Tuesday's Regional Final:
#1 Alabama-Huntsville/#4 Barry winner vs #3 Delta State/ #7 Rollins winner
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