The Rollins College Tars had an eventful day on Saturday to say the least. After the start of Saturday's game in Miami Shores got delayed by nearly two hours as the team bus got a flat tire Rollins put together a scrappy win at the Health & Sports Center. It all started on the defensive end where the Tars forced 23 Barry turnovers. Jah Nze had a big day for Rollins as he poured in 31 points to go along with six rebounds, four steals, a pair of assists and a pair of blocked shots. He was joined in double figures by Omar Figueroa who had 17 points to go with a game high five steals, and Jackson Gaffney netted 10. With its fourth win in five contests the surging Tars improve to 9-5 and 3-3 in the SSC. Barry was paced by Deon Perry with 29 points, Marko Sarenac tallied 16 points to go with 13 rebounds, and Jose Benitez tallied 10. With the loss the Bucs fall to 6-7 and 1-4 in the SSC.
The two teams went back and forth in the early going as Barry led 9-8 after a Ryan Renfro layup for the Tars at the 15:10 mark of the first half. Gui Tesch put Barry up 16-11 but Rollins would respond with an Nze triple. It was 22-18 Barry and they took a 26-20 lead before Rollins came back and knotted the game at 28 on a Ricky Ghedini trey at the 2:22 mark of the first half. That would be the beginning of a 9-0 Rollins run to close the first half as Figueroa, Nze, and Renfro would score to give Rollins a 34-28 lead at halftime. In the opening half Rollins shot 40 percent from the field, 27.8 percent (3-11) from the 3-point line, and 78.6 percent (11-14) at the free throw line. Barry shot 57.1 percent in the first 20 minutes, 22.2 percent (2-9) from the 3-point line, and 50 percent (2-4) from the free throw line in the half.
An Nze layup and triple gave Rollins a 9 points lead (39-30) with 18:26 to go. After five quick points by Barry got them within four Rollins answered with a 7-0 run of their own to lead by 11 (46-35) after an Nze steal and layup with 16:29 to go. The Bucs went on a 7-0 run as a pair of Sarenac free throws got the home team within four (46-42) with 13:16 to go. After a Malik Stanley triple with 11:57 on the clock we were tied at 48. After each team made a free throw Rollins would get the lead back on a Mayson Quartlebaum layup at the 9:50 mark. That would be a lead the Tars would not relinquish as they went on a 11-0 run capped by a Nze block and Figueroa layup that had the Tars up 60-49 with 7:57 to go. Barry would get to within six on a Sarenac layup at the 3:51 mark but Figueroa would knock down a trey, Rollins would make free throws down the stretch and do just enough to come away with their first true road win of the season. Rollins shot 46.2 percent from the field, 26.3 percent (5-19) from the 3-point line, and 78.8 percent (26-33) from the free throw line. Rollins had 10 assists and 15 turnovers in the win. They also had a season high 16 steals in the contest.
Barry shot 54 percent from the field, 27.3 percent (6-22) from the 3-point line, and 60 percent (9-15) from the free throw line in the loss. They had 11 assists and 23 turnovers in this one. Barry did out rebound the team with the best rebounding margin in the Sunshine State Conference 30-28.
Rollins will be back in action on Wednesday when they take on Eckerd in Saint Pete. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM.
Embry-Riddle 99 Eckerd 73
Nova Southeastern 104 Florida Southern 86
Lynn 77 Saint Leo 62
Tampa 78 Florida Tech 65
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 5-1 (10-1)
Palm Beach Atlantic 4-1 (12-1)
Embry-Riddle 4-1 (7-5)
Lynn 4-2 (9-4)
Florida Southern 3-2 (11-4)
Rollins 3-3 (9-5)
Tampa 2-3 (8-4)
Florida Tech 2-4 (6-8)
Barry 1-4 (6-7)
Saint Leo 1-4 (6-7)
Eckerd 1-5 (7-6)
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