Red Hot Rollins Welcomes Saint Leo.

The Rollins Tars look to carry the momentum from 2019 into 2020 when they host the Saint Leo Lions at Warden Arena on Thursday night. The game will tip at 7:30  PM. You can catch the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park-and-worldwide at RollinsSports.com
 Rollins (8-3 2-1 SSC) is riding a four game winning streak. They are coming off a title in the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic. The Tars have also knocked off a pair of ranked teams during this current win streak. They knocked off top ranked Nova Southeastern- and- 25th ranked Drury. The Tars were led by Jakobi Bonner and Brooks Cluxton who scored14 points each in the title game victory over Montana State Billings. Cluxton also had five rebounds- five assists- and- two blocks in the 58-54 win that powered the Tars to the title. Bonner continues to be the Tars leading scorer on the season putting up 16.8 points per night- he has shot the ball very well this season (49 percent from the field- and- 46 percent from the 3-point line.)  Dayton Gumm is chipping in 12.5 points per night- and- Hutton Yenor has been the spark off the Tars bench tallying 11.5 points per night. Trevor Recio lead Rollins on the glass grabbing 7.6 rebounds per game- to go along with his eight points per contest. Rollins scores 75.9 points per night- while they allow 72.5 per contest.
 Saint Leo (8-4 2-2 SSC) has won the last two. They were a overtime winner over Tampa before knocking off Walsh prior to the holiday break. Rusty Moore poured in a game high 26 points to pace the Lions in the win over Walsh-as Kyran McClure also scored in double figures with 14.  McClure leads the Lions on the season putting up 20.3 points per contest- while Isaiah Hill nets 13 per night. Yalen Reed is the team's top rebounder at 7.3 per game. The Lions lead the SSC on the defensive end allowing just 65.9 points per contest- while they are 10th offensively scoring 74.1 points per contest.
 The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com: Rollins by 6
Other SSC Lines Thursday (Also presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:)
 Florida Southern -6.5 @Florida Tech
Tampa +8@Palm Beach Atlantic
Embry-Riddle+3@Barry
Eckerd +10.5 @Nova Southeastern
SSC Standings:
Embry-Riddle 3-1 (11-1)
Florida Southern 3-1 (11-1)
Barry 3-1 (9-2)
Nova Southeastern 2-1 (8-1)
Rollins 2-1 (8-3)
Eckerd 2-1 (6-5)
Saint Leo 2-2 (8-4)
Palm Beach Atlantic 1-2 (8-3)
Florida Tech 1-3 (7-5)
Lynn 1-3 (5-5)
Tampa 0-4 (3-9)