Rollins Continues Dominance of Mayaguez With 15th straight Win.

 It wasn't as easy as the last few meetings but the Rollins College Tars beat the Puerto Rico Mayaguez Tarzans 89-75 Monday night. The two teams had not met since the 2019-20 season but Rollins won for the 15th consecutive time against UPRM. 

 Five Rollins (2-2)  players scored in double figures led by Matheus Silveira who scored 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds. Cody Potter added 17 points and nine rebounds of his own, Kyle Marion stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, six rebounds and five assists, Cade Long added 11 points and six assists while, Sergey Grishaev added 11 points and seven rebounds. Potter knocked down a 3-pointer to start the scoring. After a 3-pointer by Jose Candelario tied things up a 3. The two teams saw the lead change hands a couple time before a 6-0 run put Rollins on top 11-6 after a Silveira layup just under six minutes into this one. After a pair of Silveira free throws the Tars lead grew to 10 (20-10) at the 12:16 mark of the opening half. After a Braxton Barnhizer 3-pointer with 7:23 until halftime Rollins held a 30-17 advantage. The Tars had a 17 point lead before a 3-pointer by Candelario made it 41-27 Rollins at halftime. 

 Rollins shot 44.4 percent in the first half, 27.78 percent (5-18) from the 3-point line, and a perfect four of four at the free throw line in the opening stanza. The Tarzans shot 29.41 percent from the field in the first half, 27.78 percent (5-18) from the 3-point line, and 50 percent (2-4) from the free throw line in the opening stanza. 

 Rollins would get four points from Silveira and a bucket by Cade Long to start the second half that stretched the lead to a game high 20 points (47-27.) The lead was again 20 (57-37) at the 11:57 mark. Jaden Frazier made a basket to stretch the lead to a new game of 21 points (59-38) 50 seconds later. The next five points went to the Tarzans before another Barnhizer triple at the 9:01 mark. Two Potter free throws made it 71-51 with 5:21 on the clock. The lead was cut to the 10 twice but would hold on for the 14 point win. 

 Rollins shot 46.7 percent from the floor in the game, 27.6 percent (8-29) from the 3-point line, and 89.3 percent (25-28) at the free throw line. The Tars won the rebounding battle 45-36. They had 22 assists and 14 turnovers in this one. 

 The Tarzans were led by Esteban Saavedra with 19 points, Jose Candelario added 15, and Ariel Guzman and Nick Sojo chipped in nine. Christian Guilifi led the Tarzans with six assists while a trio of players had five boards. Mayaguez shot 34.3 percent from the field, 33.3 percent (13-39) from the 3-point line, and 66.7 percent (14-21) from the free throw line. They had 17 assists and 11 turnovers in the contest. 

Rollins will be back in action on Wednesday with a 3 PM tip at Warden Arena against Puerto Rico Bayamon. 

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