The Rollins College Tars came into Wednesday's night game at the ICI Center in Daytona Beach short-handed. Already without Jackson Gaffney due to an injury, Rollins was without second leading scorer Omar Figueroa with flu-like symptoms. Rollins battled all night and led 66-65 with 2:23 to go. They would not score the rest of the way and Embry-Riddle came away with the 71-66 win. With the loss Rollins falls to 13-11 and 7-9 in the SSC. ERAU improves to 11-11 and 8-7 in the SSC following the win.
The game was a see-saw battle that included 10 ties and 13 lead changes. Rollins was led by Jah Nze with 21 points while Ricky Ghedini netted 15. Rollins shot 42.1 percent from the field, 36.7 percent (11-30) from the 3-point line, and 63.6 percent (7-11) at the free throw line. The Tars had 14 assists and 13 turnovers in the contest.
ERAU was paced by Jared Berry with 23, Jack Klinger added 12, and Dawson Barr netted 10. ERAU shot 42.4 percent from the field, 30.4 percent (7-23) from the 3-point line, and 87.5 percent (14-16) at the free throw line. The Eagles won the rebounding battle 43-26. They had 11 assists and 15 turnovers in the contest.
Rollins scored the games first four points on a basket by Nze and a layup by Ryan Renfro. After a Marshall Klug triple at the 14:05 mark of the first half it was a 12-4 Tars lead. Rollins still had a nine point lead (22-13) after Nze knocked down a trey with 8:30 in the opening half. A 9-0 Eagles run tied the game at 22 as Evan Montanari hit a 3-ball. That triple was answered by a Cheo James triple that made it 25-22 Rollins. After four straight Eagles points Matus Malovec knocked down a triple of his own to give Rollins a 28-26 lead with 3:54 until halftime. The two teams traded baskets until a triple by Montanari gave ERAU a 33-32 lead at the half. Rollins shot 46.4 percent in the first half, 42.9 percent (6-14) from the 3-point line, and 0-2 at the free throw line in the opening 20 minutes. ERAU shot 41.4 percent from the field, 26.7 percent (4-15) from the 3-point line, and 83.3 percent (5-6) from the free throw line in the opening stanza.
The two teams traded blows early in the second half as Nze hit a triple to knot the game at 42 with 15:35 to go. A quick 8-0 run by ERAU gave them an eight point lead. Rollins would battle back and take the lead 58-56 on Nze's triple at the 7:31 mark. The two teams were on the see-saw for the next several minutes. Rollins led 66-65 after two Nze free throws at the 2:23 mark. A couple costly turnovers and missed free throws cost the Tars late as ERAU would end the game on a 6-0 run to get the 71-66 win and split the season series with the Tars.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they travel to Tampa to take on the Spartans. Tip time is set for 4 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Southern 106 Eckerd 81
Nova Southeastern 105 Lynn 94
Florida Tech 78 Palm Beach Atlantic 77
Tampa 98 Barry 83
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 14-1 (19-1)
Palm Beach Atlantic 12-4 (20-4)
Florida Southern 10-5 (18-7)
Embry-Riddle 8-7 (11-11)
Barry 7-8 (12-11)
Rollins 7-9 (13-11)
Lynn 7-9 (12-11)
Tampa 6-9 (12-10)
Eckerd 6-10 (12-11)
Florida Tech 6-10 (10-14)
Saint Leo 2-13 (7-16)
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