The Rollins Tars have been a tale of two teams much of the season. The Tars came in having been bad on the road and almost unbeatable at home. The Tars were at home on Wednesday started out the game playing the first half like a road game before mounting a furious comeback, taking the lead late before falling 90-88 to Florida Southern. With the loss Rollins fall into third place in the SSC at 14-10 overall and 10-6 SSC with its third straight loss. Southern improved to 15-9 overall and 9-7 in the SSC with the win.
The Tars were led by Eric Castaneda who scored 30 of his career high 34 points in the second half. Castaneda would have three free throws to tie the game in the waning seconds, but would make the first- then miss the second- before missing the third intentionally with less than a second to go. Jeff Merton added 19- while Connor McKim scored 13 points- dished out seven assists- and- grabbed five rebounds. The Tars shot 50 percent as a team. They shot 39 percent (11-28) from the 3-point line. Rollins shot at a 71 percent clip (15-21) at the free throw line. The Tars had 19 assists and seven turnovers in the contest.
Jonathan Lawton and Brett Hanson had 24 points each to lead the Mocs who have now won three straight. Trey Diggs also netted 21 for FSC. The Mocs shot 55 percent from the field- 56 percent (19-34) from the 3-point line- and- 64 percent (9-14) at the free throw line. The Mocs won the rebounding battle 33-27. They had 24 assists and 14 turnovers as a team.
The Mocs could not miss in the opening 20 minutes. They shot 72 percent from the field- and- 72 percent (13-18) from the 3-point line. Lawton hit a 3-ball on the opening possession and FSC was off and running. They would lead 26-11 halfway thru the opening stanza. The Tars briefly got to within 11 but the Mocs would stretch the lead to 58-34 at the intermission.
The Tars got six points from Castaneda during a 10-2 run that got them within 16 (60-44) with 17:40. The next next eight minutes would see the Tars get no closer than 11 as the Mocs looked to be in control. The Tars would go on a 14-5 run and get to within two (78-76) at the 4:03 mark of the contest. Castaneda knotted the game at 79 with a 3-pointer and then after a stop by Rollins on defense another Castaneda 3-pointer would give them a 82-79 lead with under three minutes to go. Diggs hit a 3-pointer for the Mocs- Castaneda scored in the paint- and- then Lawton 3-pointer gave Southern a four point lead (88-84) with one minute to go. A three-point play by Castaneda got Rollins within one (88-87) with 39 seconds left. After a Rollins stop Deion Clark was fouled with seven seconds to go. Clark missed the front end of the one and one, so he had to quickly foul Lawton. Lawton made both free throws to make it 90-87. Castaneda took the inbounds pass and fired a long heave with one second left and was fouled in the act of shooting. After making the first- Castaneda missed the second- and- intentionally missed the third as he was called for a line violation as Southern escaped with a victory and a season series split with Rollins.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they host Palm Beach Atlantic. Tip time is set for 4 PM and you can catch all the action on RollinsSports.com
SSC Scores Wednesday:
Barry 89 Embry-Riddle 73
Florida Tech 64 Tampa 60
Nova Southeastern 91 Saint Leo 77
Lynn 87 Palm Beach Atlantic 82
SSC Standings:
Eckerd 10-5 (17-5)
Barry 10-5 (14-6)
Rollins 10-6 (14-10)
Nova Southeastern 9-6 (15-6)
Florida Southern 9-7 (15-9)
Lynn 9-7 (12-10)
Saint Leo 8-8 (12-15)
Florida Tech 6-9 (11-12)
Palm Beach Atlantic 6-9 (12-14)
Embry-Riddle 4-11 (10-13)
Tampa 4-12 (8-14)
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