The fifth ranked Nova Southeastern Sharks came to Winter Park with a mission Wednesday and came away with a 92-65 pummeling of the Rollins College Tars at Warden Arena. With the win Nova remained uneaten at 11-0 overall and 5-0 SSC while the Tars fell to 8-5 and 2-3 in the SSC.
David Dennis led five Sharks in double figures with 24 points to go along with 10 assists- Eddie Puisis added 17- Connor Zinaich had 15- Mikkel Kolstad netted 11- and- Mark Mathews had 10 in the victory. NSU shot 59 percent as a team- 47 percent (16-34) from the 3-point line- and- 75 percent (6 of 8 at the free throw line.) The Sharks dominated the boards 38-25. They had 30 assists and 21 turnovers as a team.
Rollins was led by 13 points from Eric Castaneda to go along with five steals- while Connor McKim added 11. The Tars shot 46 percent as a team- 33 percent (8-24) from the 3-point line. They shot 33 percent (3-9) from the free throw line. They had 12 assists and 19 turnovers as a team.
Rollins hung with NSU for the first seven minutes and the game was tied at 17 with 13:10 in the opening half. NSU would take control and lead by as many as 20 before taking a 54-36 lead into the locker room.
The Tars got to within 18 early in the second half but the lead would be as many as 29 and the Sharks would cruise from there.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday as they will host Barry. Tip time is set for 4 PM and you can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and on RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Tech 77 Florida Southern 59
Palm Beach Atlantic 74 Tampa 63
Barry 96 Embry-Riddle 81
Lynn 84 Saint Leo 76
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 5-0 (11-0)
Lynn 4-0 (11-0)
Barry 4-1 (9-3)
Eckerd 2-2 (9-3)
Florida Southern 2-2 (9-3)
Rollins 2-3 (8-5)
Tampa 2-3 (8-5)
Florida Tech 1-3 (7-5)
Palm Beach Atlantic 1-3 (5-7)
Embry-Riddle 1-4 (8-8)
Saint Leo 1-4 (4-9)
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