Rollins Edged By Eckerd Saturday.

The Rollins Tars led most of the way but could not hang on late in a 66-62 loss at Eckerd on Saturday. With the loss the Tars drop to 8-8 and 2-6 in the SSC. Eckerd improved to 12-3 and 5-2 in the SSC with the victory.
  Rollins had three players score in double figures in the defeat. Connor McKim and Jakobi Bonner each scored 13- while Eric Castaneda added 12. The Tars shot 47 percent for the game and 36 percent (8-22) from the 3-point line. They hurt themselves at the free throw line where they shot 50 percent (4-8.)  The Tars had 11 assists and 12 turnovers.
  The Tritons were led by Marco Behori and Gianni Dailey who scored 15 points each- while Drushaun McLaurn added 10 points- six rebounds- and- four assists. Eckerd shot 42 percent as a team- 31 percent (9-29) from the 3-point line- and- 72 percent (13-18) at the free throw line. The Tritons won the rebounding battle 34-29. They had 17 assists and 11 turnovers in the contest.
   The Tars would get a McKim three pointer six minutes into the game that gave them a 10-8 lead. The teams traded basket for the next several minutes and it would be knotted at 19 with 9:20 in the half. Rollins would then go on a 10-3 run to give them a 29-22 lead with 5:38 left in the half. The Tars would take a four point lead (38-34) into the intermission.
  Rollins would stretch the lead to 11 (49-38) with 14:38 to go. The Tars then went cold and the Tritons went on a 7-0 run to get to within four (49-45.) The Tars led by five (57-52) after a Castaneda layup with under six minutes to go. Rollins would have another four minute drought as Eckerd would go on a 9-0 run to go up 61-57 with under two minutes to go. After a Castaneda 3-ball it was a 64-62 Tars deficit with 15 seconds to go. A Rollins turnover and a pair of free throws would seal the Eckerd vicotry that was the Tars fourth straight loss.
 Rollins will be back in action on January 19th when Florida Southern comes to Warden Arena. Tip time is set for 4 PM and you can catch all the action on RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores:
Nova SOutheastern 90 Tampa 79
Florida Southern 79 Barry 65
Lynn 59 Florida Tech 57
Palm Beach Atlantic 80 Embry-Riddle 77
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 7-1 (13-1)
Lynn 6-1 (13-1)
Eckerd 5-2 (12-3)
Florida Southern 5-2 (12-3)
Barry 5-2 (10-4)
Tampa 3-4 (9-6)
Saint Leo 3-4 (6--9)
Palm Beach Atlantic 2-5(6-9)
Rollins 2-6 (8-8)
Florida Tech 1-6 (7-8)
Embry-Riddle 1-7 (8-11)