Rollins Picks Up Fifth Straight Win Wednesday.

The Rollins Tars was a 92-83 winner over Embry-Riddle at Warden Arena Wednesday. With the victory the Tars improved to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the SSC.  With the loss Embry-Riddle dropped to 4-4 overall and 0-3 in the SSC.
  The Tars were led by a 20-point evening from Eric Castaneda- while Deion Clark stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points- a career high 16 rebounds- and- five assists.  Jeff Merton scored 17- while- Sam Philpott added 15.
  Rollins shot 51 percent from the floor and 50 percent (11-22) from the 3-point line.  At the free throw line they shot at a 79 percent clip (19-24.)  The Tars had 19 assists and just seven turnovers as a team.
  The Eagles were led by Nashad Mackey with 17 points- Rudy Bibb-Boyd had 15- Elijah Jenkins (14-) and- Joshua Hawkins added 13.  Embry-Riddle shot 39 percent from the floor- and- 29 percent (10-34) from the 3-point line.  They shot 75 percent (21-28) at the free throw line.  The Eagles won the rebounding battle 41-35.  They had 15 assists and eight turnovers as a team.
 Rollins would take a six point lead (19-13) after a Daniel Lot basket in the first several minutes of the opening half.  That lead would be extended to 11 (34-23) later in the half, as Philpott would tip in a Merton miss at the 6:34 mark of the opening half.  The Eagles would come back late in the half though and Rollins would hold a three-point advantage (42-39) after the first 20 minutes.
  The Tars would get off to a good start in the second stanza and opened up a 10 point lead (52-42) with 17 minutes to go.  The Eagles closed to within seven but Rollins would get a Clark basket at the 10:49 mark that capped a run that gave them a 14-point lead (72-58.)
  The Eagles would not go away. They would get to within five (81-76) at the 5:46 mark.  Rollins would make their free throws and hold on for a fifth straight win.
  Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they head to Miami Shores to take on Barry. Tip time is set for 4 PM. You can catch all the action on RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores:
Eckerd 71 Florida Southern 67
Saint Leo 68 Tampa 64
Lynn 82 Florida Tech 72
Barry 85 Palm Beach Atlantic 74
SSC Standings:
Rollins 3-0 (5-2)
Saint Leo 3-0 (6-5)
Nova Southeastern 2-0 (5-0)
Barry 2-0 (5-1)
Eckerd 2-1 (7-1)
Florida Southern 1-2 (4-3)
Palm Beach Atlantic 1-2 (4-5)
Lynn 1-2 (2-3)
Florida Tech 0-2 (3-5)
Embry-Riddle 0-3 (4-4)
Tampa 0-3 (3-4)