The Rollins College Tars (13-14 7-12 SSC) are hanging by a thread. The only way they could find a way into the Sunshine State Conference tournament is by beating #1 Nova Southeastern (22-1 17-1 SSC) at Rick Case Arena on Wednesday night and then they would need some help. Not the most ideal situation for the Tars to say the least. You can catch all the action of the regular season finale on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on RollinsSports.com with Jim "Shooter" Ferro on the call.
Rollins is coming off a 87-79 loss to Palm Beach Atlantic last time out. Jah Nze led the way with 25 points while Omar Figueroa added 24, Mayson Quartlebaum tallied 10. Rollins shot 45 percent from the field, 39.1 percent (9-23) from the 3-point line, and 80 percent (16-20) from the free throw line in the loss. Rollins scores 82 points per game (8th SSC) while they give up 76.6 points per night (2nd SSC.) They shoot 46.8 percent from the field (4th SSC,) 35 percent from the 3-point line (6th SSC,) and 73.9 percent from the free throw line (3rd SSC.) They have a -1.81 turnover margin (8th SSC) and 1.24 assist to turnover ratio (6th SSC.) They dish out an SSC fifth best 16.85 assists per game as well. The Tars are 4th in 3-point field goal percentage against (32.9 percent,) Get seven more rebounds per game (38.4-31.4) which is 3rd in the SSC, block 2.7 shots per game (10th SSC,) and get 7.19 steals per game (7th SSC.) Nze who is this week's SSC Offensive Player Of The Week puts up 17.9 points per game (6th SSC) while Figueroa scores 16.6 per night (9th SSC.) Matus Malovec grabs a team leading 5.1 rebounds per game while Figueroa shoots 46.9 percent from the field (9th SSC,) 42.4 percent from the 3-point line (4th SSC,) and knocks down 2.8 triples per night (3rd SSC.) He also shoots 79.3 percent from the free throw line (10th SSC,) Dishes out a team leading 2.9 assists per game, has a 1.8 assist to turnover ratio, and plays 31.4 minutes per night (8th SSC. Marshall Klug shoots 90.7 percent from the free throw line (2nd SSC,) Ryan Renfro blocks 0.8 shots per game (8th SSC,) Nze gets 1.6 steals per game (7h SSC,) as he plays 30.7 minutes per game (10th SSC.)
NSU comes into the contest as the top team in the land. They are a perfect 14-0 at home and have won 16 straight since a loss to Palm Beach Atlantic back in December. Last time out NSU trounced Saint Leo 103-70. Dallas Graziani led the way with 24 points and 9 assists, Ross Reeves had 17, Bennett Kayser added 16, and Jamie Qualley netted 12. NSU shot 43.4 percent from the field, 24 percent (6-25) from the 3-point line, and 73.5 percent (25-34) at the free throw line.
NSU scores 103.3 points per game (1st SSC) while they give up 77.3 points per night (3rd SSC.) They shoot a league leading 50.1 percent from the field (1st SSC) and 38.9 percent from the 3-point line (1st SSC.) They shoot 73.6 percent from the free throw line (5th SSC,) having dominated the turnover margin stat at +10.17. As well as having a +2.12 assist to turnover ratio. They also dish out an SSC best 20.5 assists per night. The Sharks are 2nd in 3-point field goal percatgage against (31.6 percent) and get 6.1 more rebounds than the opposition per night (4th SSC.) They block 2.78 shots per game (9th SSC) and get 12.35 steals per game (1st SSC.) Graziani scores 19.7 points per game (4th SSC) and dishes out 6.4 assists per game (1st SSC) as well as leading the league in assist to turnover ratio (3.4.) Jaxon Nap gets 14.2 per game and hauls in 81. rebounds per contest (5th SSC.) Reeves and Graziani are 5th and 7th respectively in field goal percentage, they are also first and second in steals per game. Graziani plays 34.6 minutes per game (2nd SSC) as well.
In the first meeting between the two teams Rollins lost 91-73 in January. Ricky Ghedini led the Tars with 16, Figueroa had 15, and Jackson Gaffney added 11. The Tars shot 37.3 percent from the field, 33.3 percent (9-27) from the 3-point line, and 86.7 percent (26-30) at the free throw line.
NSU was paced by Graziani and Reeves who each had 23, Rosenberger added 14, and Nap netted 10. NSU shot 49.2 percent from the field, 35 percent (7-20) from the 3-point line, and 74.3 percent (26-35) from the free throw line.
The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com: NSU by 18.5
Other SSC Lines (also presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:)
Tampa -6.5 @ Saint Leo
Florida Southern -1.5 @ Barry
Embry-Riddle +7 @ Palm Beach Atlantic
Eckerd +6 @ Lynn
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 17-1 (22-1)
Palm Beach Atlantic 14-4 (22-4)
Florida Southern 12-6 (20-8)
Barry 10-6 (15-11)
Tampa 9-9 (15-10)
Embry-Riddle 9-9 (12-13)
Eckerd 7-11 (13-12)
Lynn 7-11 (12-13)
Rollins 7-12 (13-14)
Florida Tech 6-13 (10-17)
Saint Leo 2-16 (7-19)
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