Rollins Set For Battle With Eagles At Home

The Rollins College Tars will take on the Embry-Riddle Eagles at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center tomorrow (Wednesday 2/14) at 7:30 PM. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on SunshineStateConference.TV

 Rollins (8-14 5-10 SSC) is coming off a pair of wins last week. Last time out they knocked off Eckerd 83-80. Cade Long led the Tars with 23, Matheus Silveira had 22, and Kyle Marion added 18. Rollins scores an SSC worst 75.9 points per game, shoots an SSC eighth best 45.8 percent from the field, an SSC worst 32.2 percent from the 3-point line, shoots 72.6 percent from the free throw line which is eighth in the SSC, is 11th in turnover margin, seventh in assist to turnover ratio, and dishes out an SSC second best 17.59 assists per night. On the defensive end they are giving up 82.1 points per game (seventh in the SSC,) 44.6 percent from the field (fifth in the SSC,)  an SSC eighth best 35.9 percent from the 3-point line, on the glass the Tars are 10th in the conference being out rebounded by 1.8 (36.6-38.4) boards per night. They block an SSC seventh best 3.45 shots per night as well. A trio of Tars led by Silveira (17.2 points per game) average in double figures. He is joined by Marion (13.7 per game) and Grishav (11.6 per night.) Silveira leads the team in rebouning at 6.1 per night as well as a leading the conference in field goal percentage (60.2 percent.) Cody Potter shoots 44.2 percent from the 3-point line which is sixth in the SSC as well. Marion (4.0)  and Cade Long (3.6) are fifth and ninth in the conference respectively in assists per game. Silveira is sixth in blocked shots in the SSC at 1.3 per night and Marion leads the team in steals at 1.5 per game. In the first meeting with ERAU (A 91-74 loss) Silveira had 26 and Grishaev added 16. 

 ERAU ( 14-8 8-6 SSC) is coming off a 99-81 loss to Nova Southeastern last time out. Michael Mcallister had 15 for the Eagles, Dru Nickson added 14, Milan Scoria tallied 11, and Danny Sully netted 10. The Eagles score an SSC fifth best 86.1 points per game, shoot 46.7 percent from the field which is fourth in the SSC, and 38.4 percent from the 3-point line which is also fourth in the conference. They also shoot an SSC fourth best 75.6 percent from the free throw line as a team. they are fifth in turnover margin, ninth in assist to turnover ratio, and ninth in assists per game (13.77.) On defense they give up an SSC fifth best 80.6 points per game, 44.5 percent shooting from the field (fourth in the SSC,) 36.8 percent from the 3-point line (ninth SSC) the Eagles are +3.6 (38.1-34.5) rebounds per contest which is second in the SSC. They block an SSC sixth best 3.55 shots per night. Malcolm Whitlow (15 points per game,) Nickson (12.9 per night,) Mcallister (11.4 per contest) and Cameron Shockley Okeke (11.3) all average in double figures. Mcallister leads the team on the boards at 4.8 per night, while Skoric is second and Shockley-Okeke eighth in 3-point percentage. Nickson dishes out 3.6 assists per game and is also top 10 in assist to turnover ratio. Sully blocks an SSC seventh best 1.2 shots per game. 

The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com: Embry-Riddle by 4.5 

Other SSC Games Wednesday: 

Florida Tech +6 @ Palm Beach Atlantic 

Saint Leo +8 @ Florida Southern 

Eckerd (Pick) @ Barry 

Lynn -3.5 @ Tampa 

SSC Standings: 

Nova Southeastern 13-2 (19-2) 

Florida Southern 11-4 (17-7) 

Palm Beach Atlantic 9-6 (15-8) 

Lynn 8-6 (13-7) 

Embry-Riddle 8-6 (14-8) 

Eckerd 7-8 (12-11) 

Florida Tech 6-8 (13-8) 

Barry 6-8 (13-9) 

Rollins 5-10 (8-14) 

Saint Leo 4-10 (9-13) 

Tampa 3-12 (7-16) 


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