The Rollins College Tars (13-13 7-11 SSC) have an uphill climb to qualify for the Sunshine State Conference tournament with two games remaining in the regular season. On Saturday, which is also Senior day and the home finale at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center the Tars will take on #16 Palm Beach Atlantic (21-4 13-4 SSC.) You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on RollinsSports.com with Robert Segal and Jim "Shooter" Ferro on the call.
Rollins has lost three straight and is coming off a 95-84 loss to Barry on Wednesday. Jah Nze paced the Tars with 27 points while Omar Figeroa added 20. Rollins shot 50.7 percent from the field, 26.9 percent (7-26) from the 3-point line, and 56.3 percent (9-16) from the free throw line in the loss. Rollins scores 82.1 points per game (8th SSC) and allows 76.2 points per game (2nd SSC.) Rollins shoots 46.9 percent from the field (4th SSC,) 34.9 percent from the 3-point line (7th SSC,) and 73.7 percent (4th SSC) from the free throw line. They have a -1.54 turnover margin (7th SSC,) and 1.26 assist to turnover ratio (6th SSC.) and 17 assists per game (5th SSC.) They allow 32.8 percent from the 3-point line (4th SSC.) They get 6.9 more rebounds than the opposition (38.3-31.5) which is 3rd in the SSC. They block 2.73 shots per game (10th SSC) and get 7.27 steals per game (6th SSC.) Nze leads the season box score (17.6 points per game) which is 6th in the SSC and Figueroa scores 16.3 points per game (9th SSC.) Matus Malovec leads the team grabbing 5.1 rebounds per game. Figueroa shoots 46.8 percent from the field (9th SSC,) 42.2 percent from the 3-point line (3rd SSC,) on 2.7 made triples per night (tied 4th SSC,) 79.3 percent from the free throw line (9th SSC,) dishes out a team leading three assists per game, a 1.8 assist to turnover ratio (10th SSC,) gets 1.7 steals per game (tied 5th SSC,) while playing 31.2 minutes per game (8th SSC.) Nze shoots 77 percent from the free throw line (10th SSC) while he plays 30.5 minutes per night (10th SSC.) Ryan Renfro blocks a team leading 0.7 shots per game.
PBA scores 85.8 points per game (5th SSC) while they give up a league leading 71 points per night. The Sailfish shoot 49.4 percent from the field (2nd SSC,) 37 percent from the 3-point line (3rd SSC,) and 65 percent from the free throw line (11th SSC.) They have a -0.32 turnover margin (6th SSC) and 1.60 assist to turnover ratio (2nd SSC.) They dish out 19.5 assists per night as a team (2nd SSC.) PBA is the best team in the conference at guarding the 3-point line (29.3 percent.) They also lead the league in rebounding margin at 8.8 ((42.6-33.8) more rebounds than the opposition. They also lead the league in blocked shots (4.76) per night. The 7.16 steals they get per game are 7th in the SSC. Preston LeGassick leads the team with an SSC 5th best 18.6 points per game, Alvin Tumblin gets 12.8 points per night, Tumblin grabs an SSC 8th best 6.5 rebounds per game, shoots an SSC 2nd best 64 percent from the field, LeGassick is 2nd in assist to turnover ratio (3.0.) and 2nd in assists per game (4.8.) He also shoots 38.4 percent from the 3-point line (10th SSC) and knocks down 2.9 triples per game 2nd SSC.) LeGassick plays 30.6 minutes per game (9th SSC.)
In the first meeting in January Jackson Gaffney led Rollins with 18 points, Nze had 17, and Figueroa 14 in the 87-70 loss. Rollins shot 35.6 percent from the field, 26.5 percent (9-34) from the 3-point line, and 82.6 percent (19-23) from the free throw line in the losing effort.
PBA was led by Graham Worland with 25. Blake Wilson had 21, and Tumblin had 18. PBA shot 55 percent from the field, 27.3 percent (6-22) from the 3-point line, and 75 percent (15-20) from the free throw line in the win.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:
Palm Beach Atlantic by 8.5
Other SSC Lines (also presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:)
Saint Leo +38 @ Nova Southeastern
Florida Tech +7 @ Barry
Embry-Riddle (Even)@ Lynn
Tampa +7.5 @ Florida Southern
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 16-1 (21-1)
Palm Beach Atlantic 13-4 (21-4)
Florida Southern 12-5 (20-7)
Barry 9-8 (14-11)
Tampa 8-9 (14-10)
Embry-Riddle 8-9 (11-13)
Lynn 7-10 (12-12)
Eckerd 7-11 (13-12)
Rollins 7-11 (13-13)
Florida Tech 6-12 (10-16)
Saint Leo 2-15 (7-18)
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