Rollins Falls To PBA Despite Career Highs From Wolle and Kronague.

 The Rollins College Tars hit the road on Saturday to take on the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish. Despite a double-double from Matheus Silveira and career highs from Dylan Wolle and Jack Kronague the Tars fell 85-70 to the Sailfish. With the win PBA stayed perfect at home on the season and ran off a sixth straight win to get to 7-1 on the year and 2-0 in the SSC. Rollins drops to 3-4 and 0-2 in the SSC after the loss. 

 The Sailfish jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the games first three minutes after a Marcus Montalvo 3-pointer. The lead grew to 14-1 after a dunk by Broderick Ellis with 15:16 until halftime. The lead would grow to as many as 18 before Rollins scored four straight points as Silveira made a layup and a pair of free throws to make it 28-14 PBA with 5:07 until halftime. Down 33-14 Rollins would close the first half on a 8-0 run after a pair of Jaden Frazier free throws. 

The cold shooting Tars shot 24 percent in the opening half and went 0-9 from the 3-point line in the first 20 minutes. The Tars also struggled at the free throw line where they shot 58 percent (10-17) in the first 20 minutes. 

 The Sailfish shot 44 percent from the field in the first half as well as 35.3 percent (6-17) from the 3-point line and were a perfect three of three at the free throw line in the stanza. They had 24 assists and 13 turnovers in this one. 

 Rollins briefly got to within single digits on a Silveira hoop 23 seconds into the second half. The Sailfish then scored the next seven points to stretch the lead back to 16. The PBA lead grew to 19 before Rollins got a triple and jumper from Wolle to trim the lead to 14 (51-37) with 13:25 on the clock. The Sailfish would cruise to victory after another Sailfish run. 

 Silveria was 7-12 from the field for his 18 points to go along with 11 rebounds and a block. Wolle was 4-5 from the field and 2-3 from the 3-point line on his way to a career high 12 points. Kronague was 4-6 from the field and 2-4 from the 3-point line to score 10 points to go with a pair of blocks. Rollins shot 39.3 percent in the contest, 26.1 percent (6-23) from the 3-point line nd 64 percent (16-25) from the free throw line. The Tars had 14 assists and 15 turnovers. Rollins also won the rebounding battle 38-33. 

Rollins will be back in action on 12/9 when they host Lynn at 4 PM. 

SSC Scores: 

Florida Tech 78 Saint Leo 65 

Lynn 101 Ave Maria 87 

Nova Southeastern 125 Barry 98 

Florida Southern 89 Embry-Riddle 63 

SSC Standings: 

Florida Tech 2-0 (7-0) 

Nova Southeastern 2-0 (6-0) 

Palm Beach Atlantic 2-0 (7-1) 

Florida Southern 2-0 (6-3) 

Eckerd 1-0 (6-1) 

Lynn 0-1 (3-1) 

Embry-Riddle 0-1 (5-2)

Tampa 0-1 (3-4) 

Barry 0-2 (4-3) 

Saint Leo 0-2 (4-4)

Rollins 0-2 (3-4)  



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