Rollins Nipped At Home By Barry.

The Rollins Tars were nipped 84-79 by Barry at Warden Arena on Saturday. With the loss Rollins drops to 12-12 and 6-10 in the SSC. After the victory the Buccaneers improve to 17-7 and 11-6 in the SSC.
 Jakobi Bonner led Rollins with 19 points- Connor Mckim added 17- and- Parker Davis scored 14. The Tars shot 41 percent as a team- 36 percent (12-33) from the 3-point line- and- 72 percent (17-22) at the free throw line. The Tars had 16 assists- and- 11 turnovers.
 Barry was led by Tylan Birts with 24- while Evan Walshe netted 21. They shot 60 percent as a team- seven of 19 from the 3-point line- and- 57 percent (13-23) from the free throw line. They had 20 assists- and- 18 turnovers.
 The game was tied at seven in the early going. It would be 13-9 Barry midway thru the opening half. After a Mckim 3-pointer at the 5:42 mark of the opening stanza it was 21-18 Bucs. They would stretch that lead to 33-22 at the half.
 Rollins would score the first five points of the second half and after a 3-pointer by Trevor Recio they trailed 33-27. After a Bonner layup at the 11:01 mark Rollins was within four (52-48.) The game looked to be in Barry's control but a push by the Tars capped by a conventional three point play by Bonner got them within six (72-66) at the 2:22 mark. At the 1:13 mark Dayton Gumm would convert a three point play and the lead was down to three (74-71.) Davis would hit a three with 30 seconds left and the Tars would get to within 79-77 but that is as close as they would get as Barry would ice it the free throw line.
Rollins will be back in action Wednesday when they host Lynn. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM at Warden Arena. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide on RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores Saturday:
Palm Beach Atlantic 93 Saint Leo 64
Florida Southern 102 Nova Southeastern 96
Florida Tech 77 Embry-Riddle 70
Lynn 80 Eckerd 78
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 15-2 (23-2)
Nova Southeastern 13-3 (19-3)
Palm Beach Atlantic 11-5 (18-6)
Barry 11-6 (17-7)
Saint Leo 8-8 (14-10)
Embry-Riddle 8-9 (16-9)
Rollins 6-10 (12-12)
Florida Tech 5-12 (11-14)
Eckerd 4-12 (8-16)
Tampa 3-13 (6-18)