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 As the old adage goes it is not easy to win basketball games in the post season whether it be at home or on the road. Somebody forgot to tell the Rollins College Tars. Rollins jumped out to a 13-4 lead early and never looked back as they upset Saint Leo 76-66 in the SSC Quarterfinals on Tuesday night. With the win Rollins improved to 15-14 on the season. More impressively the Tars are now 8-4 on the road this season, as they have now handed the Saint Leo Lions two of the teams four losses inside the Marion Bowman Activities Center. After the loss the Lions fall to 22-10 and await to hear if they made the NCAA South Region when the bracket is released on Sunday evening. The Tars may have bursted the Lions bubble in this one.   "Probably the best 40 minute effort we have had all season, "Assistant coach Kyle Frakes told Robert Segal and Jim "Shooter" Ferro in the post game interview on WPRK and the Sunshine State Digital Network after the win. With the win Rollins wi...

  The seventh seeded Rollins College Tars (14-14 10-10 SSC) will look to win for the second team in three meetings against the second seeded Saint Leo Lions (22-9 13-7 SSC) to begin the SSC Tournament Tuesday night. Being the higher seed Saint Leo will be the hosts of this one. You can catch all the action as you have all season long on 91.5 FM WPRK and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV with Robert Segal and Jim "Shooter" Ferro on the call. Tip time is set for 7 PM at the Marion Bowman Activities Center.   Rollins is coming off a 94-87 loss to Palm Beach Atlantic at home to close out the regular season. Hutton Yenor led five Tars in double figures with 30 points, Kyle Marion added 19, Matheus Silveira notched 14, while Cade Long and John Latimer tallied 11 and 10 points respectively off the bench. Rollins scored 80 points per game in the regular season which is good for sixth in the conference. On the defensive end the Tars str...

 The Rollins College Tars got 30 points from Hutton Yenor on Senior Day and saw a 16 point lead as well as a nine point halftime lead disappear in a 94-87 loss to Palm Beach Atlantic on Saturday at Warden Arena. With the loss Rollins concludes the regular season with a record of 14-14 and 10-10 in the SSC. PBA improves to 14-12 and 10-10 in the SSC with the win.   Rollins trailed 5-2 in the early going but they would get 3-pointer's from Cade Long, John Latimer, and Yenor to take a 11-5 lead at the 16:42 mark of the opening half. The Sailfish would battle back and tie the game at 13 after Alexa Rakic 3-pointer at the 15:18 mark of the opening stanza. Rollins would go on a 12-0 run capped by a Kyle Marion triple that made it 25-13 at the 13:01 mark of the first stanza. The lead would be stretched to 14 (33-19) as Long nailed a triple at the 10:23 mark of the opening half. The lead would grow to as many as 16 (48-32) after Yenor hit a pair of free throws with 3:39 in the op...

 The Rollins College Tars (14-13 10-9 SSC) take on the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish (13-12 9-10 SSC) at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. Tip time is slated for 4 PM and as always you can catch all the action on SunshineStateConference.TV with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Segal on the call. In addition Saturday will be senior day. The senior class will be honored prior to the contest.   Rollins scores 79.8 points per game which is sixth in the Sunshine State Conference. On the defensive end the Tars are ninth as they give up 81 points per night. Rollins is third in field goal percentage shooting at a 48.2 percent clip from the floor while the opposition shoots 44.8 percent which puts them sixth in the conference on the defensive end. Rollins shoots 37.6 percent from the 3-point line which is fourth in the SSC. The opposition shoots 38.1 percent from 3-point land which places Rollins 10th on the defensive end. At the free throw line the Tars shoot 76.5 percen...

 The Rollins College Tars used a late rally to knock off the Embry-Riddle Eagles 78-74 at the ICI Center on Wednesday night. With the win Rollins improves to 14-13 and 10-9 in the SSC. ERAU falls to 17-9 and 10-9 in the SSC after the defeat.   Both teams got off to slow start offensively. Rollins would finally get on the board after a John Latimer 3-pointer at the 17:58 mark. Yenor hit back to back jumpers to pull Rollins within four (11-7) at the 16:02 mark of the first half. The next six points went to the Eagles before a Cam Corcoran triple made it 17-10 ERAU with 11:47 left in the opening half. Down 24-15 at the 7:59 mark Rollins went on a 6-0 run and trailed 24-21 after a Yenor jumper with 5:30 until halftime. The two teams traded buckets, then Kyle Marion hit a jumper and then Matheus Silveira hit back to back buckets to give Rollins a 29-26 lead with 1:42 until halftime. The next five points went the way of the Eagles but Latimer hit a big triple to give Rollins th...

 The Rollins College Tars (13-13 9-9 SSC) are set to battle the Embry-Ridde Eagles (17-8 10-8 SSC) on Wednesday night in Daytona Beach at the ICI Center. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV with Jim "Shooter' Ferro and Robert Segal on the call.   Rollins is coming off a 82-76 win over Eckerd last time out. Matheus Silveira led the Tars with 24 points and pulled down a team leading 10 rebounds, Kyle Marion added 19 points, eight rebounds, and five assists, Hutton Yenor scored 18 to go with five boards and dished out five assists, while Cade Long tallied 12 off the bench. Rollins is sixth offensively scoring 79.8 points per game while defensively they are ninth giving up 81.3 points per night. They shoot an SSC fourth best 48 percent from the field while on defense they allow the opposition to shoot an SSC fifth best 44.8 percent from the field. Rollins shoots 3...

 Matheus Silveria scored 24 points on 10-11 shooting while he also added 10 rebounds and five blocks as the Rollins College Tars slipped past the Eckerd College Tritons 82-76 at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center on Saturday. With the win Rollins improves to 13-13 and 9-9 in the SSC. Eckerd falls to 9-15 and 6-12 in the SSC after the loss.   The two teams traded blows in the early going until Eckerd would take a 13-7 lead after a pair of Carr Thiem free throws at the 14:47 mark of the opening half. Rollins would battle back and knot the game at 17 after a pair of Hutton Yenor baskets. After Cade Long made a pair of free throws and a layup by John Latimer Rollins took a 21-17 lead with 8:24 to go until halftime. Silviera would go to work in the paint but Thiam and Mekhi Perry would hit back to back triples to give the Tritons a 32-28 lead. Yenor hit a pair of free throws and then Marion made a 3-pointer to put Rollins back up at 33-32 with 3:09 in the first half....

 The Rollins College Tars (12-13 8-9 SSC) look for the season sweep of the Eckerd College Tritons (9-14 6-11 SSC) on Saturday afternoon. Tip time is set for 4 PM at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. You can catch all the action with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Segal on the call on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV   Rollins is coming off a 89-75 loss at home to Saint Leo on Wednesday night. Hutton Yenor led three Tars in double figures with 17 points, Sergey Grishaev added 16, and Matheus Silveira added 12. Rollins comes into Saturday's contest scoring an SSC sixth best 79.8 points per game, on the defensive end they give up 81.5 points per night which is ninth in the conference. The Tars shoot 48.1 percent from the field which is fourth in the MEC, defensively they allow the opposition to shoot 44.9 percent which is seventh in the conference. Rollins shoots 38.3 percent from the 3-po...

 Three Rollins College Tars (12-13 8-9 SSC) scored in double figures but it was not enough as the Saint Leo Lions (19-9 10-7 SSC) knocked off Rollins 89-75. Rollins was paced by Hutton Yenor with 17, Jon Latimer came off the bench to score 16, and Matheus Silveira tallied 12.   Kanon Koster poured in 35 points to lead the Lions, Marty Jackson added 29, and Logan Ryan chipped in nine.   The lead changed hands several times in the first seven minutes until Rollins got back to back baskets by Latimer off the bench to take a 16-13 lead. Latimer knocked down a triple to extend the lead to 19-15 at the 11:11 mark of the first half. Jackson would hit a jumper for the Lions to knot the game at 25 before Kyle Marion and Jaden Frazier would hit jumpers to make it a four point Rollins lead. The 3-pointer by Cam Corcoran at the 5:08 mark would give the Tars a five point advantage (34-29.) Saint Leo would take the lead on a jumper and a 3-pointer by Koster in the final minut...

 The Rollins College Tars (12-12 8-8 SSC) take on the Saint Leo Lions (18-9 9-7 SSC) at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center tomorrow night (Wednesday.) Tip time is scheduled for 7:30 PM and you can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park as well as on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV   Rollins is coming off a 78-73 win over Lynn last time out. Hutton Yenor led four players in double figures with 22 points as well as having nine rebounds, and four assists. He was joined in double figures by Kyle Marion (20 points.) Cade Long (11,) and Matheus Silveira (10.) In the first meeting with the Lions that Rollins won 98-95 in overtime on 1.18 Yenor paced the Tars with 27, Sergey Grishaev notched 21, Marion tallied 19, and Long scored 12.   The Tars score 80 points per game which is sixth in the SSC while they give up 81.2 points per game which is ninth in the conference. Rollins shoots an SSC fourth best 47.8 p...

 The Rollins College Tars got 22 points, 9 rebounds, and four assists from Hutton Yenor while Kyle Marion added 20 in a 78-73 win over Lynn that completed the season sweep of the Fighting Knights in Boca Raton. With the win Rollins improves to 12-12 overall and 8-8 in the SSC. Lynn lost a seventh straight contest as they fall to 4-18 and 2-15 in the SSC.   Lynn jumped out to a 13-4 lead early in this one. Rollins trailed 20-7 before they went on a 5-0 run to get to within eight. Down 27-18 Rollins went on a 8-0 run to get to within a point (27-26) after a pair of Yenor layups. Rollins took the lead on a Marion 3-pointer with 2:44 in the opening stanza. The game would be knotted at 34 as the two teams would head into their respective locker rooms.   The Tars shot 46.7 percent in the first half, 3-8 from the 3-point line, and 3-4 from the free throw line. On the other side for the Fighting Knights they shot 47 percent from the field, 3-10 from the 3-point line, an...

 The Rollins College Tars (11-12 7-8 SSC) look for a win and season sweep of the Lynn Fighting Knights (4-17 2-14 SSC) in Boca Raton on Saturday at 4 PM. You can catch all the action with Jim"Shooter" Ferro and Robert Segal on the call on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV Rollins made a furious rally to face overtime on Wednesday but lost to Florida Southern for the second time in overtime on the campaign. This time the final was 124-113, after losing 111-106 in Winter Park in the first meeting. On Wednesday Hutton Yenor poured in 35 points, Matheus Silveira added added 20 and eight rebounds, Kyle Marion scored 19, John Latimer tallied 14, and Cody Potter chipped in 10.   In the first meeting with Lynn which the Tars won 81-72 on 1.11 Marion scored 20, Yenor netted 13, and Latimer scored 12. The Tars score 80 points per game which is sixth in the SSC while defensively they are ninth giving up 81.5 p...

 It did not look like the Rollins College Tars were going to have a chance to win late on Wednesday night at Florida Southern. But the Tars who rallied from six points down with 45 seconds left in regulation could not carry the momentum into overtime and fell 124-113 at Jenkins FieldHouse. Rollins falls to 11-12 and 7-8 in the SSC after the defeat. The Mocs improved to 16-7 and 10-6 in the SSC as they completed the season sweep of Rollins.   The Tars had five players score in double figures on Wednesday. Hutton Yenor poured in a game high 35 points. Matheus Silveira added 20, Kyle Marion tallied 19, Sergey Grishaev added 14 and Cody Potter rounded out the double digit scorers with 10.   For the Mocs Luke Anderson led the way with 28, Jadin Booth tallied 21, Dominick Denny scored 20, and dished out 16 assists, Trey Jones scored 18, EJ Dambreville tallied 15 and grabbed 16 rebounds, while Connor Raines chipped in 11.   The Mocs jumped out to a 5-0 lead b...

 The Rollins College Tars (11-11 7-7 SSC) will look to get back at the Florida Southern Moccasins (15-7 9-6 SSC). Wednesday's contest will be in Lakeland after the Mocs won 111-106 in overtime in the first meeting. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Robert Segal calling all the action.  In the first meeting on 1.14 Matheus Silveria led Rollins with 31 points, Hutton Yenor added 27, Kyle Marion tallied 20, and Cade Long chipped in 12.   In that contest Jaden Booth poured in 39 points to lead FSC, EJ Dambreville scored 29, Dominick Denny tallied 12, and Luke Anderson chipped in 10. The Mocs will look for the season sweep on Wednesday.   Last time out Rollins was a 88-78 loser to Barry on Saturday. This followed a 75-60 win over Tampa on Wednesday. In the loss to Barry three players scored in double figures for RC. Yenor led the...

 The Rollins College Tars (11-11 7-7 SSC) had three players score in double figures but it was not enough in a 88-78 loss to the Barry Buccaneers (8-11 4-10 SSC) at Warden Arena on Saturday. Hutton Yenor scored 23, Matheus Silveira added 20, while Cade Long tallied 17 in the loss.   Barry was paced by Nick Anderson with 25, Jaron Williams scored 24, James Montgomery added 15, and Isaiah Washington netted 11.   After a 3-pointer by Long it was 9-5 in favor of the Tars. The lead would be 13-8 after a Sergey Grishaev basket at the 4:14 mark of the first half. The next five points went to Barry to knot the game at 13. The lead would go back and forth until a John Williams triple a 3-pointer by Anderson and a 3-ball by Jarron Williams gave Barry a 35-28 advantage. The lead would grow to 12 on a couple of occasions until a three-point play by John Latimer would pull Rollins within nine (44-35.)   Barry shot 42.1 percent from the field, 50 percent (9-18) from...

 The Rollins College Tars (11-10 7-6 SSC) close a brief home stand with a matchup with the Barry Buccaneers (7-11 3-10 SSC) on Saturday. Tipoff is slated for 4 PM. You can catch all the action with Jim "Shooter' Ferro and Robert Segal on 91.5 FM WPRK and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV from Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center.   The Tars are coming off a convincing 75-60 win over Tampa on Wednesday. Hutton Yenor led the Tars with 19 points, nine rebounds, and five steals. He was joined in double figures by Matheus Silveira with 16, Cade Long added 14, and Kyle Marion tallied 12. Rollins scores an SSC sixth best 78.6 points per game while they allow an SSC seventh best 79.2 points per night. They shoot an SSC third best 48.2 percent from the field and are fourth in the SSC allowing opponents to shoot 44.2 percent. The Tars are shooting 39.8 percent from the 3-point line which is fourth in the conference. They sit 10th...

 The Rollins College Tars (11-10 7-6 SSC) had four players score in double figures as they cruised to a 75-60 win over the University of Tampa at Warden Arena. Hutton Yenor led Rollins with 19 points, nine rebounds, and a team leading five steals. Matheus Silveira added 16, Cade Long scored 14, and Kyle Marion added 12 to go along with five assists. Tampa (7-12 6-7 SSC) was paced by Mykah Brown with 21 and Jonathan Bryant added 15.  Rollins took control early in this one as they scored the games first 11 points. Yenor and Silveira provided all the points in the quick start capped by a Yenor jam with 17:04 in the first half. The Spartans battled back and after a pair of Brown triples were within four (19-15) with nine minutes in the opening half. After a Brown 3-pointer at the four minute mark of the opening half the Spartans were within five (25-20.) Long drained a triple to make it an eight point game. After a free throw by the Spartans Rollins finished the half on a 9-0 run ...