Rollins Set To Host Eckerd In SSC Clash

 The Rollins College Tars (7-14 4-10 SSC) are set to take on the Eckerd College Tritons (12-10 7-7 SSC) at Warden Arena on Saturday afternoon. Tip time is set for 4 PM. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and on SunshineStateConference.TV

 Rollins is coming off a 93-74 road win over Saint Leo last time out. Matheus Silveira led Rollins with 25 points, Cade Long added 22, Kyle Marion netted 18, and Sergey Grishaev scored 16. The Tars shot 61.7 percent from the field, 50 percent (11-22) from the 3-point line, and 72.7 percent (8-11) from the free throw line. Rollins scores 75.6 points per game which is at the bottom of the conference, they shoot 45.6 percent from the field which is eighth in the SSC, they shoot 31.8 percent from the 3-point line which is eighth in the SSC, the Tars shot at an SSC seventh best 73 percent clip from the free throw line. They are at the bottom of the conference in turnover margin and were sixth in assist to turnover ratio. At the defensive end they give up 82.2 points which is eighth in the SSC, they are sixth in field goal percentage against (44.4 percent,) eighth at guarding the 3-point line (35.5 percent,) they are 10th on the glass being out rebounded by 1.9 (36.7-38.6) rebounds per night. they are also seventh in the SSC blocking 3.48 shots per contest. Silveira leads the team and is seventh in the conference putting up 17 points per game, he is third in the conference in field goal percentage (59.3 percent,) he also blocks an SSC sixth best 1.4 shots per game and leads the team grabbing 6.1 rebounds per contest. Marion scores 13.5 points per game while he is fifth in the SSC dishing out four assists per night. Cody Potter is sixth in the SSC shooting at a 44.2 percent clip from the 3-point line while he makes 1.7 triples per night. Grishav rounds out the season box score putting up 11.9 points per game. In the first meeting with the Tritons (a 92-76 loss on 1.6) Potter scored 23, Long added 12, both Silveira and Marion netted 10. 

 Eckerd is coming off a 89-77 loss to Tampa on Wednesday night. George Kimble led the Tritons with 31, Carr Thiam had 16, Isaiah Placide added 12, Kent Garard netted 11 as well. In the first meeting with the Tars the Tritons got 18 from Thiam and Will Willard, Girard chipped in 17, Kimble tallied 15, and Timothy Thompson netted 14. The Tritons score an SSC ninth best 78.9 points per game, shoot an SSC ninth best 44.8 percent from the floor, 38.3 percent from the 3-point line which is ninth in the SSC, shoot an SSC 10th best 69.2 percent from the free throw line, they are eighth in turnover margin and 10th in assist to turnover ratio. On the defensive end they give up an SSC fourth best 79.1 points per game, allow 45.3 percent shooting which is 10th in the SSC, are ninth at guarding the 3-point line (36.7 percent) and are +2.1 on the glass (37.2-35.1) rebounds per night which is fifth in the SSC. They block 3.59 shots per game which is sixth in the conference and are at the bottom of the conference dishing out 13 assists per night. Kimble leads the team in scoring at 19.9 points per game, he is joined in double figures by Placide (16.3 points per game,) Thiam (15.8 points per night) and Gerard scores 11 per night. Garard leads the team grabbing 4.6 rebounds per night while Thiam leads the team dishing out 2.6 assists per night. Placide is ninth in 3-point percentage (41.8 percent) and is third in the SSC knocking down 2.5 triples per night. 

The line presented by JuanBernaSportsBooks.com: Pick 

Other SSC Games Saturday: 

Lynn +2.5 @Florida Tech 

Tampa +8.5 @ Palm Beach Atlantic 

Nova Southeastern -6 @ Embry-Riddle 

Barry +10 @ Florida Southern 

SSC Standings: 

Nova Southeastern 12-2 (18-2) 

Florida Southern 10-4 (16-7) 

Lynn 8-5 (13-6) 

Embry-Riddle 8-5 (14-7) 

Palm Beach Atlantic 8-6 (14-8) 

Eckerd 7-7 (12-10) 

Barry 6-7 (13-8) 

Florida Tech 5-8 (12-8) 

Saint Leo 4-10 (9-13) 

Rollins 4-10 (7-14) 

Tampa 3-11 (7-15) 


 

 

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