The Rollins College Tars picked up a signature win on Saturday in front of a lively crowd at the Warden Arena. Ryan Renfro returned from injury, Mayson Quartelbaum was a monster at both ends, just to name a couple performances in the 99-76 win. With the win Rollins improved to 13-10 and 7-8 in the SSC. Florida Southern falls to 17-7 and 9-5 in the SSC with a second straight loss.
"What a great bounce back by our kids after a dark bus ride on Wednesday night,"Kyle Frakes said on the postgame show. "I don't think any of us were proud of the last 30 minutes of that game. We had a tough practice on Thursday and man did our kids respond,"Frakes added.
Quartlebaum went to work early on after Rollins fell behind 3-0. He would score the first six Tars points and they would trail early. After a Brady Corso triple put the Mocs on top. Quartlebaum would score back to back buckets to make it 19-18 Rollins at the 10:29 mark of the first half. A jumper and trey by Ricky Gehdin would put Rollins up six (24-18) a little over a minuter later. After the lead grew to eight a 7-0 run by the Mocs would cut it to a one point game (28-27) after an Amare Miller free throw at the 6:49 mark. Rollins would then run off the next five points. The Tars would finish the first half with a flourish as a Jah Nze triple would give them a 10 point lead (41-31) at the half. Rollins shot 51.6 percent from the field, 33.3 percent (4-12) from the 3-point line, and 83.3 percent (5-6) at the free throw line in the first half. Florida Southern shot 38.7 percent from the field, 27.8 percent (5-18) from the 3-point line, and 50 percent (2-4) from the free throw line in the first 20 minutes.
The Mocs briefly cut the lead to single digits in the second half after a Charlie Dalton tip-in made it 49-42 at the 15:58 mark. Rollins quickly went on a 7-0 run of their own to make it a 14 point game (58-44) at the 14:04 mark. The lead was then 20. Every time the Mocs would make a run the rest of the way the Tars had an answer. Rollins led by as many as 25 and came away with the 23 point win.
Quartlebaum paced the Tars with a career high 26 points as he set a new career high and eclipsed the 20 point mark for the third straight game to go along with his nine rebounds on the night, Ghedini stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, and a pair of blocks. Omar Figueroa scored all 16 of his points in the second half, while Marshall Klug netted 12. Rollins shot 57.1 percent from the field, 39.1 percent (9-23) from the 3-point line, and 75 percent (18-24) at the free throw line in the win. They won the rebounding battle 42-32, dominated the paint outscoring the Mocs 54-28, they also had 26 assists, and 14 turnovers in this one.
Dalton led FSC with 22, Miller tallied 12, and Corso had 10 but went just 2-11 from the field. The Mocs shot 39.1 percent from the field, 22.2 percent (8-36) from the 3-point line, and 72 percent (18-25) from the free throw line. They had 10 assists and 15 turnovers in the loss.
Rollins will be back in action Wednesday night when they travel to Daytona Beach to take on Embry-Riddle. Tip time is salted for 7:30 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Palm Beach Atlantic 83 Saint Leo 61
Eckerd 92 Florida Tech 84
Barry 77 Lynn 76
Tampa 104 Embry-Riddle 93
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 13-1 (18-1)
Palm Beach Atlantic 12-3 (20-3)
Florida Southern 9-5 (17-7)
Barry 7-7 (12-10)
Embry-Riddle 7-7 (10-11)
Rollins 7-8 (13-10)
Lynn 7-8 (12-10)
Eckerd 6-9 (12-10)
Tampa 5-9 (11-10)
Florida Tech 5-10 (9-14)
Saint Leo 2-13 (7-16)
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