The Rollins College Tars came into Saturday with a bad taste in their mouth after a rough performance on Wednesday against Lynn. They left no doubt in this one as they routed Eckerd 90-65 at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. Mayson Quartlebaum scored a season high 25 points, Omar Figueroa added 19, and Jah Nze tallied 15 in the win.
"What. a tail of two different teams," Rollins assistant coach Kyle Frakes said in the postgame show after defeating the team that they lost to by 26 points on the road in the first meeting and then came back to beat by 25 at home.
"How about Mayson Quarterlbaum tonight? His game is really starting to come along and I don't know a single person in our program who doesn't root for that kid after beating cancer," Frakes added.
Rollins (12-9 6-7 SSC) won for the third time in the past four games. The Tars shot 60 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent (7-21) from the 3-point line, and 56.5 percent (13-23) from the free throw line in the win.
Eckerd (10-10 4-9 SSC) got 14 points from Miguel Llompart, Timothy Thompson added 11, while both Jacob Davis and Caden Walton tallied 10. The Tritons shot 40 percent from the field, 21.7 percent (5-23) from the 3-point line, and 61.5 percent (16-26) from the free throw line.
Rollins jumped out to a quick 9-2 lead to start this one after a Jackson Gaffney triple at the 17:56 mark of the first half. The lead grew to 11 on a pair of occasions. After a layup by Quartlebaum at the 9:01 mark of the first half Rollins had a 10 point lead (26-16.) Another Quartlebaum layup at the 2:51 mark of the half made the lead 16 (36-20.) Rollins would take a 16 point advantage (43-27) into the locker room. Rollins shot 54.5 percent from the field, 28.6 percent (4-14) from the 3-point line, and 42.9 percent (3-7) at the free throw line in the opening 20 minutes. Eckerd shot 36 percent from the field, 15.4 percent from three (2-13) and 63.6 percent (7-11) at the free throw line in the first half.
The second half saw the Tritons provide some resistance early on but ultimately the Tars would cruise. After being within 13 (57-44) after a Llompart trey Rollins would go on the game deciding run. Over the next 7:37 Rollins would score 27 points to just 13 for Eckerd and the lead was 27 (84-57.) The win was punctuated by a breakaway dunk by Quartlebaum. The rebounding was all even at 34 for the two teams. Rollins had 22 assists and seven turnovers in the complete effort. Both Quartlebaum and Figueroa added three steals as well.
Eckerd had 12 assists and 14 turnovers in this one. They lost for the fourth straight time. Leading scorer on the season Wyatt Triestman was held scoreless on five field goal attempts.
Frakes said this about the defense on him:
"How about Matus (Malovec) today? He holds Eckerd's leading scorer scoreless. You look at the box score and see he was just 0-2 from the field. He was +21 in his minutes. If you asked him he would probably tell you he'd like to score 8-10 points but he has been so good for us," Frakes explained.
Rollins will be back in action on Wednesday when they head to Melbourne to take on Florida Tech at the Clemente Center. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Saint Leo 88 Florida Tech 83
Palm Beach Atlantic 83 Lynn 73
Nova Southeastern 110 Tampa 78
Barry 81 Embry-Riddle 80
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 12-1 (17-1)
Palm Beach Atlantic 10-3 (18-3)
Florida Southern 9-3 (17-5)
Embry-Riddle 7-6 (10-10)
Barry 6-6 (11-9)
Rollins 6-7 (12-9)
Lynn 6-7 (11-9)
Tampa 4-8 (10-9)
Eckerd 4-9 (10-10)
Florida Tech 4-9 (8-13)
Saint Leo 2-11 (7-14)
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