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 The Rollins College Tars needed a win on Saturday to get into the NCAA South Region being seeded eighth and fell 83-60 to Lynn University in the season finale. The Tars were paced by Hutton Yenor with 22 points, Brooks Cluxton scored 19 and Kyle Marion added 12.   Rollins led 12-8 after a Yenor jumper. A Christian Peevy 3-pointer at the 11:47 mark of the opening half put the Fighting Knights on top. Marion answered and the lead changed hands again. After a Dayton Gumm. Lynn would go up 33-24 after Jamison Evans hit a 3-pointer at the 3:44 mark of the opening stanza. The Tars would pull to within three (36-33) after a Marion basket as the teams headed to their perspective locker rooms. The Tars shot 50 percent from the field and went 1-7 from the 3-point line in the opening stanza. They shot 80 percent (8-10) from the free throw line. Lynn shot 48 percent in the opening half, 43 percent (6-14) from the 3-point line, and 67 percent (4-6) from the free throw line.  ...

 The Rollins College Tars will close the regular season Saturday when they travel to Boca Raton to take on the Lynn University Fighting Knights at the De Hoernle Sport and Cultural Center. Rollins currently sits in eighth place in the latest South Region rankings released Wednesday (Top eight teams qualify.) The game is scheduled to tip at 4 PM. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and on the SunshineState Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Segal on the call.   Rollins (14-13 9-10 SSC) has not played since a hard fought 79-73 loss to #1 Nova Southeastern on Saturday. Hutton Yenor poured in 32 points to lead Rollins, Cade Long netted 18, and Kyle Marion scored 10. The Tars shot 50 percent from the field, 35 percent (7-20) from the 3-point line, and 78 percent (14-18) at the free throw line. They had 17 assists and 14 turnovers in the contest.   In the first meeting with Lynn a short-handed Rollins ...

 Here are your SSC Scores from Wednesday:  Barry 94 Eckerd 69 Nova Southeastern 96 Lynn 66 Florida Southern 99 Embry-Riddle 93 (OT)  Saint Leo 85 Tampa 52 Florida Tech 76 Palm Beach Atlantic 64 SSC Standings:  Nova Southeastern 19-0 (24-0)  Embry-Riddle 14-5 (21-7)  Barry 12-7 (17-7)  Tampa 11-8 (15-9)  Florida Southern 12-8 (15-13)  Rollins 9-10 (14-13)  Saint Leo 7-12 (12-14)  Palm Beach Atlantic 7-12 (7-18)  Florida Tech 6-13 (12-12)  Lynn 4-15 (10-13)  Eckerd 3-16 (5-17)  South Region Rankings (Updated 2.23)  1. Nova Southeastern  2.Embry-Riddle  3. Tampa  4. Miles  5. Barry  6. Union (Tn)  7. West Alabama  8. Rollins  9. Florida Southern  10. Morehouse

 The final week of Sunshine State Conference regular season play begins today. Rollins has the night off and is now seeded eighth in the region after a pair of losses to Tampa and Nova Southeastern last week.They close the regular season at Lynn on Saturday. Here are your  SSC Lines Presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:  Barry -7.5 @ Eckerd Nova Southeastern -12 @ Lynn  Embry-Riddle -1 @ Florida Southern  Palm Beach Atlantic +1.5 @ Florida Tech  Saint Leo +6.5 @Tampa  SSC Standings:  Nova Southeastern 18-0 (23-0)  Embry-Riddle 14-4 (21-6)  Barry 11-7 (16-7)  Tampa 11-7 (15-8)  Florida Southern 11-8 (14-13)  Rollins 9-10 (14-13)  Palm Beach Atlantic 7-11 (7-17)  Saint Leo 6-12 (11-14)  Florida Tech 5-13 (11-12)  Lynn 4-14 (10-12)  Eckerd 3-15 (5-16)  South Region Rankings (Updated 2.23:)  1. Nova Southeastern  2. Embry-Riddle  3. Tampa  4. Miles  5. Barry  6. Uni...

 The Rollins College Tars hung with the #1 team in the nation for most of the day but ultimately it was the Sharks who came away with the 79-73 win. Nova Southeastern improves to 23-0 and 17-0 in the SSC after the win. Rollins fell to 14-13 and 9-10 in the SSC after the loss.   NSU jumped out to a 7-0 lead to start the contest. After a Johnathan Pierre 3-pointer NSU took a 18-6 lead. The Tars got to within seven (20-13) after a Yenor jumper at the 11:05 mark of the first half. Down 25-16 Rollins would get a jumper by Yenor, a 3-pointer by Cade Long,  triple by Kyle Marion,  a 3-ball by Yenor and a Long layup to take a 29-25 lead with 4:04 in the half. Long hit a 3-pointer and a jumper by Yenor gave the Tars a 34-27 lead with 2:22 in the opening stanza. The Sharks would close the half on a 7-0 run to knot the game at 34 as the two team headed to the locker room. The Tars shot 56 percent in the first half, 55 percent (6-11) from the 3-point line, and 0-3 at the fr...

 The Rollins College Tars will take on the top team in the country when they travel to the Don Taft University Center to face the Nova Southeastern University Sharks. You can catch all the action on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV and on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel calling all the action. The game is scheduled to tip at 4 PM.   The Tars (14-12 9-9 SSC) had four players score in double figures in a 87-77 home loss to Tampa on Wednesday night. Dayton Gumm led the way with 22 points, Hutton Yenor netted 21, Brooks Cluxton tallied 17 to go along with a team leading nine rebounds, and Kyle Marion chipped in 12. The Tars shot 43 percent from the field, 22 percent (4-18) from the 3-point line and 78 percent (21-27) from the free throw line. Rollins is scoring an SSC seventh best 80.1 points per game on offense while defensively they give up an SSC ninth best 80 points per contest. Rollins is seco...

 The Rollins College Tars had four players score in double figures but it was not enough as they fell 87-77 to the University of Tampa at Warden Arena on Wednesday night. With the loss Rollins falls to 14-12 and 9-9 in the SSC. After the victory Tampa improves to 14-8 and 9-7 in the SSC.   Kyle Marion got Rollins on the board first, they got a bucket from Brooks Cluxton, and another from Hutton Yenor to take a 8-5 lead early on. After a Dayton Gumm layup at the 16:07 mark of the half Rollins had a 12-9 advantage. Bryan Williams would then hit four straight triples and the Spartans would be ahead 21-14 with 10:27 in the opening stanza. After a De'Andre Harvey jumper at the 8:07 mark the UT lead would be double digits (26-16.) After a dunk and layup by Gumm at the 6:01 mark of the first half Rollins was within six (28-22.) The next four points would go to the Spartans and the lead would again be 10. At the half it would be 46-33 in favor of the Spartans.   Rollins...

 The Rollins College Tars (14-11 9-8 SSC) and the University of Tampa Spartans (13-8 9-7 SSC ) meet in a key SSC clash on Wednesday night at Warden Arena in Winter Park. Tip time is slated for 7:30 PM. You can catch all the action on the Sunshine State Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV and on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel on the call.   The Tars are coming off a hard fought 87-84 win at home that competed a season sweep of Saint Leo on Saturday. Hutton Yenor paced five Tars in double figures with 25 points, Dayton Gumm tallied 17, Cade Long netted 16, Kyle Marion added 12 to go along with a team high seven assists, and Brooks Cluxton posted 11 to go with 13 rebounds. The Tars shot 52 percent from the field, 41 percent (12-29) from the 3-point line, and 75 percent (15-20) at the free throw line. Rollins is seventh in the SSC scoring 80.2 points per game while they give up an SSC eighth best 79.7 points per contest. The Tars...

 The Rollins College Tars played the Saint Leo Lions Saturday at Warden Arena. Rollins would come away with an 87-84 win that completed the season sweep of the Lions as they erased a 12 point halftime deficit. With the win Rollins improves to 14-11 and 9-8 in the SSC. Saint Leo falls to 10-13 and 5-11 in the SSC after the defeat.    Rollins jumped out to an 11-5 lead nearly three minutes into this one. After four straight Lions points the Tars would go on a 11-0 run as Sergey Grishaev hit a pair of 3-pointer's as well as one by Cade Long, Brooks Cluxton also had a bucket during the stretch as Rollins led 22-9 with 13:52 in the opening stanza. Saint Leo would respond with an 8-0 run to trim the Tars lead to 22-17 after a Luke Haasl layup with 12:11 in the half. Saint Leo would knot the game at 28 after a 3-pointer by Malik Tyson and another Tyson triple would put the Lions in front. The Saint Leo lead would be eight (39-31) when the Tars the next four points. After the two...

 The Rollins College Tars return home Saturday as they welcome the Saint Leo Lions to Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. You can catch all the action on the Sunshine State Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV as well as 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel on the call.   Rollins (13-11 8-8 SSC) is coming off being upset 87-82 by Eckerd on Wednesday. Three Rollins players scored in double figures in the contest. Kyle Marion paced the Tars with 30, Hutton Yenor poured in 25. and Brooks Cluxton stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds. The Tars shot 48 percent from the field, 44 percent (12-27) from the 3-point line and were a perfect eight of eight at the free throw line. In the first meeting with Saint Leo on 1/15 the Tars were a 90-83 winner in overtime. Four players scored in double figures in that one led by 28 from Marion and Yenor with 25. Cade Long added 13 and Dayton Gumm tallied 11. ...

 The Rollins Tars got a combined 55 points from Kyle Marion and Hutton Yenor but it was not enough as they fell 87-82 to Eckerd at the MCArthur Center on the campus of Eckerd College. With the win Eckerd improves to 5-14 and 3-10 in the SSC. Rollins falls to 13-11 and 8-8 in the conference with the loss.   Rollins jumped out to an 11-4 lead after a Marion 3-pointer at the 16:39 mark of the opening frame. After a Sergey Grishaev jumper 3:06 later the lead was 11 (21-10.) The Tritons would responded with a 15-0 run that gave them a 25-21 lead after a pair of Daniel Love free throws with 9:20 in the opening half. Eckerd opened up a 10 point lead (36-26) as they got 3-pointer from Love and a pair of Mekhi Perry triples. After the two teams traded baskets to make it 40-28 the Tars would close the half on a 9-0 run capped by another Marion 3-ball that trimmed the Tritons deficit to 40-37 at the break.   Eckerd shot 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from the 3-poin...

 The Rollins College Tars will look for the season sweep of the Eckerd College Tritons on Wednesday night. After winning 84-81 in overtime three weeks ago the Tars will play Eckerd again, this time at the Mcarthur Center. Tip time is slated for 7:30 PM and you can catch all the action with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel on the Sunshine State Digital network at SunshineStateConference.TV and on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park.   Rollins (13-10 8-7 SSC) is coming off an 80-75 win that completed the season sweep of #22 Barry on Saturday. Hutton Yenor paced the Tars with 28 points, Sergey Grishaev added 15, and Cade Long tallied 11. Brooks Cluxton narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. As a team the Tars shot 48 percent from the field, 36 percent (8-22) from the 3-point line and 75 percent (12-16) from the free throw line. In the first meeting with Eckerd Kyle Marion paced Rollins with 28, Yenor had 22,  Long netted 14, and Cluxton had 14 point...

 The Rollins College Tars did it again. They completed the season sweep of #22 Barry as they ended the game on a 6-0 run to come away with a 80-75 win at the Sport and Health Center in Miami Shores. With the win Rollins improves to 13-10 and 8-7 in the SSC. Barry after the loss falls to 14-5 and 9-5 in the SSC.   Both teams got off to a slow start offensively as the first basket of the game did not occur until a layup by Justinas Marcinkevicius but the Tars got a dunk by Dayton Gumm to get on the board them. Sergey Grishaev knocked down a 3-pointer to give Rollins a 13-11 lead nearly seven minutes in. Nick Anderson would answer with back to back 3-pointer's for Barry and the Bucs took a six point lead halfway through the opening stanza. Cade Long would tie the game at 25 with a 3-pointer at the 5:08 mark of the opening half. The next four points would go Barry's way but Rollins would again answer. This time a Brooks Cluxton three-point play with 1:09 in the half put Rolli...

 The Rollins College Tars (12-10 7-7 SSC) head to Miami Shores,Fla. to battle the 22nd ranked Barry Buccaneers (14-4 9-4 SSC) at the Barry Sport and Health Center. You can catch all the action with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Segal on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the Sunshine State Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV.   Rollins saw their five game win streak snapped on Wednesday night at home as they were dumped by Florida Southern 81-77 at Warden Arena. Hutton Yenor paced the Tars with 27 points, Kyle Marion added 19, and Brooks Cluxton tallied 15 points and a game high 18 rebounds. Rollins shot 45 percent from the field, 43 percent (9-21) from the 3-point line, and 70 percent (16-23) at the free throw line. The Tars had 20 assists  and 15 turnovers in the contest. As a team Rollins has the seventh best offense in the SSC putting up 79.8 points per game while on the defensive end they give up an SSC eighth best 79.4 points per night. They are second ...

 The Rollins Tars came into Wednesday riding high on a five game win streak. They could not extend it to six as they fell 81-77 to Florida Southern at Warden Arena, as the Mocs gained the split in the season series. Rollins with the loss falls to 12-10 and 7-7 in the SSC. Florida Southern improves to 10-12 and 7-7 in the SSC after the victory.   The Tars scored the first five points of the game on a Brooks Cluxton basket and a 3-pointer by Kyle Marion. Another Marion 3-pointer at the 15:10 mark of the first half gave the Tars a 12-8 lead. Rollins would extend the lead to double digits (22-12) after Hutton Yenor split a pair of free throws at the 11:52 mark of the opening half. Marion's third triple of the half gave Rollins a 25-14 lead halfway through the opening stanza. Marion would again connect from long distance and give the Tars a 30-19 advantage with 8:18 in the opening half. The Rollins lead would be 12 (34-22) before AJ Damberville knocked down back to back 3-poin...

 The Rollins Tars (12-9 7-6 SSC) look for the season sweep of the Florida Southern Moccasins (9-12 6-7 SSC) on Wednesday night at Warden Arena. Tip time is slated for 7:30 PM. You can catch the game on the Sunshine State Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV with Jim "Shooter' Ferro and Robert Segal calling all the action.   Rollins is riding a five game win streak going into Wednesday. Last week they opened the week with a 89-82 upset of #23 Embry Riddle before they squeaked by Florida Tech 67-65 at the Clemente Center in Melbourne on Saturday. Hutton Yenor paced the Tars with 23 points on Saturday while Cade Long added 10. Kyle Marion tallied nine, and Brooks Cluxton did a little bit of everything scoring eight points, grabbing 14 rebounds, and dishing out seven assists. Rollins shot 41 percent from the field, 27 percent (6-22) from the 3-point line, and went a perfect 11 of 11 at the free throw line. Rollins averages 80 points per game on the offensive end whic...