Rollins Returns Home To Face #3 Nova Southeastern

 The Rollins College Tars (9-6 3-4 SSC) return home to face the Nova Southeastern Sharks (10-1 5-1 SSC) on Saturday (1/10.) The game is slated to begin at 4 PM with Robert Segal and Jim "Shooter" Ferro on the call on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the Sunshine State Conference digital network at SunshineStateConference.TV 

 Rollins is coming off a tough 82-56 loss at Eckerd last time out. Jah Nze led Rollins with 15 posts while Marshall Klug added 12. Despite the loss Rollins has won four of six. Rollins scores an SSC 8th best 83.5 points per game while they give up an SSC second best 72.6 points per night. Rollins shoots an SSC third best 46.5 percent from the field and 35.8 percent from the 3-point line which is sixth in the SSC. They shoot at a 73.3 percent clip from the free throw line which is fourth in the conference. Rollins is seventh in turnover margin (-1.33) and sixth in assist to turnover ratio (1.28.) They dish out 17.1 assists per game which is good for sixth in the conference.  They continue to lead the league in rebounding margin at +11.9 (42-31.1 boards per night.) Nze leads the Tars and is fourth in the SSC getting 18.7 points per game while Omar Figueroa puts up 15.1 points per night. Matus Malovec pulls down a team leading 5.7 rebounds per game to lead the team. Figueroa leads the team shooting 48.1 percent from the field and continues to lead the SSC in 3-point percentage (46.2 percent.) Figueroa leads the team in assists at 2.9 per game while Klug is fifth in the SSC shooting 88.2 percent from the free throw line. Figueroa is also top five in the league in threes made per game (2.8.) Ryan Renfro leads the team in blocked shots at 0.7 per game and Nze is getting two steals per night which is fourth in the SSC. Nze and Figueroa are also 9th and 10th in the conference respectively in minutes per game. 

 #3 Nova Southeastern  is  coming off of a 104-86 win over Florida Southern last time out.  Jaxson Nap had a monster game scoring 23 points and pulling down 19 rebounds, Ross Reeves had 22, Dallas Graziani added 21, and Bennett Kayser netted 14. NSU shot 58.4 percent from the field, 37.5 percent (6-16) from the 3-point line, and 61.5 percent (8-13) from the free throw line. The Sharks lead the conference scoring 104.5 points per game while they give up 77.7 points per night. They shoot 49.7 percent from the field which is second in the SSC, 35.9 percent from the 3-point line which is fifth in the SSC, 71.4 percent from the free throw line (6th SSC) while being first in the conference in both turnover margin (+9.45) and assist to turnover ratio (1.90.) They also lead the league in assists per game (20.9) and steals per game (13.2 per contest.) They are 3rd in opponent 3-point percentage (30.1 percent.) The Sharks are fifth on the glass getting more than eight rebounds per game more than the opposition ((45-8-37.4 boards per game.) They block an SSC ninth best 2.8 shots per game as well. Reeves leads the league in scoring at 23.6 points per game, Grazinai gets 18.6 per night, while Nap scores 15.9 per game. Nap is third in the conference pulling down nine rebounds per game while he is one of three Sharks on the top in field goal percentage (54 percent,) Reeves 51.3 percent, and Graziani 48.8 percent. Graziani is second in assists (5.6 per game) and assist to turnover ratio (2.7.) Graziani is also second in assists (2.6) and Eli Allen is seventh at 1.5 per contest. Graziniani is seconding minutes played (34.1) and Reeves is fifth in the conference (32.8 minutes per night.) 

The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com: Nova Southeastern by 17.5 

Other SSC Lines (also presented by JuanBernalSportsbooks.com:) Nova Southeastern by 17.5 

Florida Southern -7.5 @ Florida Tech 

Lynn +8 @ Embry- Riddle 

Saint Leo +16.5 @ Palm Beach Atlantic 

Barry +4 @ Tampa 

SSC Standings: 

Palm Beach Atlantic 5-1 (13-1) 

Nova Southeastern 5-1 (10-1) 

Lynn 5-2 (10-4) 

Florida Southern 4-2 (12-4) 

Embry-Riddle 4-2 (7-6) 

Tampa 3-3 (9-4) 

Rollins 3-4 (9-6) 

Eckerd 2-5 (8-6) 

Florida Tech 2-5 (6-9) 

Barry 1-5 (6-8) 

Saint Leo 1-5 (6-8)