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 The Rollins College Tars dropped a tight contest 93-89 to the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish at Rubin Arena on Wednesday night. With the loss Rollins drops to 3-3 and 0-2 in the SSC. PBA improves to 3-1 (1-1 SSC) with the victory.   Rollins was led by a trio of players in double figures. Kyle Marion and Hutton Yenor paced the Tars with 21 points each, while John Latimer was a perfect 4-4 from the 3-point line en route to a career high 16 points.   Bryce Laskey poured in a game high 31 points to lead the Sailfish as he knocked down seven triples, Will Lee added 17, Jalen Cooper scored 16 to go along with nine rebounds, and Marcus Montalvo scored 11 and dished out a team leading 15 assists.   Rollins scored the games first eight points and had a 12-8 lead five minutes in. The Sailfish would take a 17-16 lead but Latimer would knock down a 3-pointer seconds later to give Rollins a 21-20 lead. It would be a 48-44 lead for the Tars at the intermission. ...

 The Rollins College Tars (3-2 0-1 SSC) travel to West Palm to take on the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish (2-1 0-1 SSC)on Wednesday. Tip time is slated for 7:30 PM at Rubin Arena. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel on the call and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV.    Rollins won a pair of games last week as they downed Puerto Rico Bayamon 92-79 before romping Southeastern 94-59 last time out. Rollins had five players in double figures on Wednesday led by 16 points from Hutton Yenor. Matheus Silviera had 13, Brookes Kahlert knocked down four 3-pointer's on his way to a season high 12, Kyle Marion tallied 11, and John Latimer rounded out the double figure scorers with 10. The Tars are scoring an SSC sixth best 80.4 points per game while defensively they allow an SSC ninth best 77 points per contest. The Tars are fifth in the SSC shooting 47.2 percent from the field, ...

 The Rollins College Tars (3-2) were a 94-59 winner as they pummelled Southeastern University at Warden Arena. Rollins was led by five players in double figures in the contest.   Rollins was paced by 16 points from Hutton Yenor, Matheus Silviera added 13, Brooks Kahlert knocked down four triples on his way to 12. Kyle Marion netted 11 and John Latimer tallied 10 to round out the double digit scorers.    Southeastern was led by 11 points from Reggie Mesidor and Aaron Jones scored eight. The game was tied at seven in the early going. The Tars then opened up a seven points (14-7) as they went on a 7-0 run capped by a Yenor dunk at the 13:07 mark in the opening half. Rollins opened up a double digit lead and led 33-16 after a Cody Potter 3-pointer with 5:17 in the first half. The Tars lead was 16 (39-23) at halftime. The Tars shot 51.6 percent in the first half, 33.3 percent (3-9) from the 3-point line and were a perfect four of four at the free throw line. Southeas...

 The Rollins Tars will conclude a brief home stand on Wednesday when they host the Southeastern University Fire in an exhibition at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. Tip time is set for 3 PM. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and worldwide at RollinsSports.com   Rollins is coming off a 92-79 win over Puerto Rico Bayamon on Monday night. Four Tars scored in double figures as both Hutton Yenor and Cody Potter scored 18 points in the contest. Cade Long and Cam Corcoran each had 12 to round out the double figure scorers for a Rollins team (2-2 0-1 SSC) who shot 49.2 percent from the field and 45.2 percent (14-31) from the 3-point line. They also shot 69 percent (20-29) at the free throw line. Rollins score 77 points per game while they allow 81.5 points per night on the defensive end. They shoot 45.8 percent from the field and 47.4 percent from the 3-point line. The Tars are being edged on the boards by 1.3 (34.0-35.3) rebounds per contest. Yenor is the...

 The Rollins Tars improved to 2-2 on the season after a 92-79 win over a pesky Puerto Rico Bayamon squad that fell to 0-2 on the year inside Warden Arena on Monday night. Rollins had four players score in double figures on the night, while Bayamon saw Bryan Gonzalez score 49 of the teams 79 points.   Rollins scored the games first five points as Matheus Silviera hit a jumper and Hutton Yenor knocked down a 3-pointer. The Vaqueros would respond with the next six points as Gonzalez would score on an old fashioned three-point play and then knock down a conventional triple. The first of his eight triples on the night. The game would go back and forth, after a pair of Gonzalez free throws it was tied at 18 at the 12:18 mark of the opening half. Gonzalez knocked down his fourth 3-pointer but Cam Corcoran would hit one of his four triples for the Tars to knot the game at 21. Rollins would open up an eight point lead (33-25) as Corcoran hit another 3-pointer with 7:44 in the half...

 The Rollins Tars stay at home to battle Puerto Rico Bayamon on Monday. Tip time is set for 7 PM at Warden Arena. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and Worldwide at RollinsSports.com   Rollins (1-2 0-1 SSC) is coming off an 88-82 loss to Embry-Riddle last time out. Hutton Yenor led four players in double figures with 22 points, Matheus Silveira had 17- Kyle Marion tallied 16, and Cade Long scored 14. Rollins shot 53 percent from the field, 46 percent from the 3-point line, and went four of 11 at the free throw line.   As a team they average 72 points per night, while they give up 82.3 per contest. They shoot 44.7 percent from the field and 48.5 percent from the 3-point line. They are being out rebounded by 8.3 (38.3-30) rebounds per contest.  Hutton Yenor leads the early season box score putting up 20.3 points per game, Marion scores 12.3 per night, and Silviera tallies 10 per night. Marion leads the team in assists at four per game, ...

 The Rollins College Tars (1-2 0-1 SSC) fell 88-82 to the Embry-Riddle Eagles at Warden Arena Saturday. Hutton Yenor led the Tars with 22 points- Matheus Silvera had 17- Kyle Marion tallied 16- and- Cade Long netted 14 in the loss.  ERAU (3-0 1-0 SSC) was paced by five players in double figures. Jack Dillard and Danny Sully each scored 13- Chris Murray netted 12- while Jon Allesandro and Michael McCalister each scored 11.  Rollins  jumped out to a 13-7 lead early on after a Marion layup at the 15:26 mark of the opening half. After a Yenor hoop three minutes later the Tars led by 12 (25-13.) The Eagles went on a 8-0 run to cut the lead to four (25-21) at the 10 minute mark of the first half. The Tars would stretch the lead 10 (33-23) after a Yenor 3-pointer at the 7:57 mark of the first half. Again ERAU would battle back and would cut the deficit to two (39-37) after a Sully layup with 5:20 in the opening frame. The Tars would take a five point lead (51-46) into the l...

 The Rollins College Tars welcome the Embry-Riddle Eagles to Warden Arena on Saturday for a 4 PM Tip. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide at RollinsSports.com with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel on the call.    Rollins (1-1) split a pair of games at the South Region crossover last weekend. First they knocked off Auburn-Mongomery in the opener before they lost to host Benedict the next day.  Rollins scores 67 points per game while they give up 79.5 per night. They shoot 40.2 percent from the field and 50 percent from the 3-point line. They have shot a solid 70.8 percent from the free throw line in the young campaign. The Tars have been out rebounded by five boards per night (31.5-36.5.) Hutton Yenor leads a trio of Tars averaging double figures at 19.5 points per night. Kyle Marion puts up 10.5 per game and Cam Corcoran averages 10 points per contest. Yenor leads the team in assists at 6 per game while Corcoran leads the team ...

 The Rollins College Tars (1-1) could not find their footing at Benedict College Saturday night and were throttled 76-49 by the Tigers as each team is now 1-1 on the year.   The Tars were paced by Hutton Yenor with 19 points and 10 from Cody Potter. The Tars shot a frigid 26.8 percent from the field and 32 percent (8-25) from the 3-point line. They shot at a 73 percent clip (11-15) at the free throw line. Rollins had 10 assists and 19 turnovers in the contest.   Benedict was led by 19 points from Brandon Smith, while Tim Moore scored 16, Malachi McCoy tallied 12, and Brandon Beidelman scored 10 for the Tigers. They shot 43 percent from the field, 34 percent 12-35) from the 3-point line, and were 12 of 13 at the free throw line.   Kyle Marion hit a 3-pointer to put Rollins up 5-2 early, a 3-ball by Matheus Silvera would then knot the game at seven. Cam Corcoran would hit a 3-pointer to give Rollins a 10-7 lead before the Tigers scored the next seven poi...

 The Rollins College Tars will take on the host Benedict Tigers on Saturday at 430 PM in day two of the South Region crossover. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on RollinsSports.com  Rollins (1-0) was a 85-83 winner over Auburn Montgomery yesterday. Hutton Yenor paced the Tars with 20, Kyle Marion added 18, and Cam Corcoran knocked down five 3-pointer's in the Rollins win.    Benedict (0-1) was a 67-59 loser to Florida Tech in the opener for both teams yesterday. Malachi McCoy led the Tigers with 18 points, while Gob Gabriel knocked down four 3-pointer's on his way to a 14 point night. The Tigers shot 33 percent from the field, and 42 percent from the 3-point line in the loss. They went just 7-17 from the free throw line.   The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com: Rollins by 8.5 

 The Rollins College Tars opened the 2022-23 season on Friday night at the South Region Cross Over hosted by Benedict University on the campus of Benedict College. Led by the trio of Kyle Marion, Cam Corcoran, and Hutton Yenor Rollins slipped past the Auburn University Montgomery WarHawks 85-83. Yenor led Rollins with 20 points, Marion netted 18, and Corcoran knocked down five triples in his collegiate debut as the Tars hung on after a late rally by the Warhawks fell short. Jalen Gaston scored 27 points, and Joseph Lanzi had 23 to lead the WarHawks. With the win Rollins improves to 4-0 all time against AUM. The Tars will be back in action for day two of the South Region crossover when they take on the host Benedict Tigers. Tip time is slated for 4:30 PM and you can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and on RollinsSports.com 

 The Rollins College Tars open the 2022-23 season when they take on Auburn University Montgomery in the South Region crossover tomorrow night in Columbia, South Carolina. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and worldwide on the SSC Digital Network with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Siegel on the call.  Tip time is set for 5:30 PM.  Rollins is coming off a 14-15 season which included 9-11 in SSC play last year. They scored 78.9 points per game while they allowed 80.3 points per night. They shot 47.7 percent from the field and 36 percent from the 3-point line last season. The duo of Hutton Yenor (21.2 points per game) and Kyle Marion (17.2 points per night) are the top returning scorers. Marion led the team in assists a season ago and Yenor is the top returning rebounder. Also back from last season's squad are Cody Potter, Cade Long, Rivers Lenholt and Sergei Grishaev. Tom Klusman returns for his 41st season on the sidelines for Rollins. Kyle Frakes is back for hi...