Road Warriors. Seventh Seeded Rollins Upsets Second Seeded Saint Leo In The SSC Quarterfinals on Tuesday Night!

 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 will advance to the SSC Semifinals on Thursday night where they will travel to Daytona Beach to take on sixth seeded Embry-Riddle who knocked off third seeded Florida Southern in another Quarterfinal on Tuesday night. 

 Rollins jumped out to a 13-4 lead as John Latimer knocked down a 3-ball at the 14:45 mark of the opening half. The Lions cut the lead to six (23-17) at the 9:13 mark of the opening stanza Saint Leo got to within one (33-32) after a Grant Disken 3-pointer but Rollins held onto the lead after a Kyle Marion basket to take a three point lead (37-34) into the halftime break. Rollins shot 50 percent from the field in the opening half, 33 percent (4-12) from the 3-point line, and 33 percent (1-3) at the free throw line in the opening stanza. On the other side the Lions shot 56 percent from the field, 38 percent (3-8) from the 3-point line, and went 1-1 at the free throw line in the opening stanza. 

 A three-point play by Saint Leo's Logan Ryan tied the game at 37 to open the second stanza but a Kyle Marion triple put the Tars right back on top. The Lions tied the game on a couple of occasions but could not grab the lead as the game was knotted at 44 after two Kanon Koster free throws at the at the 16:54 mark. A Yenor layup and a 3-pointer by Cade Long put Rollins back up by five. After Yenor converted a layup and Latimer drained a triple the Rollins lead had swelled to 11 (61-50) at the 8:03 mark. After a quick four point run by the Lions Marion knocked down another 3-ball, this time at the 5:09 mark that made it 64-54 in favor of the Tars. A three-point play by Latimer would extend the Rollins lead to 13 (69-56) at the 3:38 mark. The Lions would get to within seven (73-66) with 1:04 on the clock after another Ryan 3-pointer but that is as close as they would get the rest of the way. Rollins would make another free throws down the stretch to spring the upset. 

Rollins was led by Marion who had 23 points while Yenor added 20 to go along with five assists. Latimer notched a career high 16 as well. As a team Rollins shot 46 percent from the floor, 45 percent (9-20) from the 3-point line, and 54 percent (7-13) at the free throw line. Rollins won the rebounding battle 39-30 as they got 22 second chance points to none for the Lions. Rollins had 14 assists and six turnovers in the contest. 

 Saint Leo was paced by Marty Jackson with 16, Ryan and Koster both added 15, while Disken tallied 11. As a team Saint Leo shot 47 percent from the field, 27 percent (6-22) from the 3-point line, and 80 percent (8-10) at the free throw line. They had 17 assists and 11 turnovers in the contest. 

Other SSC Quarterfinal Scores: 

#6 Embry-Riddle 96 #3 Florida Southern 88 

#4 Florida Tech 77 #5 Palm Beach Atlantic 62 

#1 Nova Southeastern 106 #8 Barry 71 

SSC Semifinals (Thursday Night:) 

#7 Rollins @ #6 Embry-Riddle- 7 PM 

#4 Florida Tech @ #1 Nova Southeastern: 7 PM 


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