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 Beau Frericks drilled a triple at the buzzer, one of his seven 3-point baskets on the day as the Rollins College Tars completed a sweep in Puerto Rico on two fronts. The first sweep was of the Puerto Rican trip this weekend and the second sweep was a season sweep of Puerto Rico Bayamon, as the Frericks triple gave the Tars a 80-77 win on Sunday in a game that featured 17 ties and 21 lead changes. With the win Rollins improves to 7-5 on the year. Bayamon falls to 0-8 following the defeat.   The two teams would go back and forth in the early stages as the contest would be knotted at 14 after a pair of Sergey Grishaev free throws at the 13:59 mark of the opening half. Bayamon would open up a seven point lead (26-19) after Evan Colon converted a layup at the 9:18 mark of the opening stanza. Rollins would fight back as a pair of triples by Frericks would give Rollins a 32-31 edge with 5:10 remaining until halftime. Bayamon would regain the lead 37-36 on a pair of free throws ...

 The Rollins College Tars opened played in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Friday night. Rollins got off to a slow start but the offense clicked in the second half in a 83-63 win against Puerto Rico Rio Piedras. With the win Rollins improves to 6-5 and 0-3 in the SSC. The Gallitos fell to 0-5 after the loss on Friday night.   Both teams got off to a slow start on the offensive end as Rollins led 4-0 after a Segey Grishav layup at the 17:21 of the opening half. Alex River hit a triple for the Gallitos and then Rollins retook the lead on a John Latimer basket with 14:18 in the opening half. The Tars lead grew to 11 (19-8) on a Dylan Wolle trey with 11:04 until halftime. The lead remained in double digits as Beau Frericks converted on a layup with 4:03 until halftime that made it 28-17. Ian Hart hit a pair of free throws and the two teams traded triples before halftime to make it a 10 point (33-23) lead for the Tars at halftime. Rollins shot 42.3 percent in the first half, 50 perce...

 The Rollins College Tars head to San Juan, Puerto Rico this weekend. Tonight (Friday)  the Tars will battle Puerto Rico Rio Piedras at 8 PM. Then on Sunday Rollins will battle Puerto Rico Bayamon for the second time this season. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide on RollinsSports.Com   Rollins (5-5 0-3 SSC) is coming off a 85-79 loss to Flagler last time out. Sergey Grishaev nearly posted a double-double as he scored 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds in the loss. Beau Frericks added 17 points to go with a team high five assists, Emillis Butkus added 15, and John Latimer tallied 14. Rollins shot 45.3 percent from the field and a frigid 19 percent (4-21) from the 3-point line in the loss. They shot a solid 85 percent (17-20) from the free throw line. Rollins puts up 86 points per game on the season while they give up 79.5 per night. They shoot 48.7 percent as a team while the opposition shoots 44.1 percent from the field. The ...

 For much of the 2024-25 Rollins College Men's basketball season 3-point shooting has been a strength. The Tars came into Tuesday's contest in the top three in the SSC from long range. Tuesday was a different story as the Flagler Saints held Rollins to 19 percent shooting (4-19) from distance while the Saints shot 44.8 percent (13-29) from the 3-point line. That would be a large factor as Flagler came away with the 85-79 win at Warden Arena. With the loss Rollins drops to 5-5 on the season. Flagler improved to 6-2 after the win.   John Latimer scored the first four points for the Tars before Flagler got the lead back. A bucket by Latimer made it 6-5 Rollins in the early going. Rollins led by four before the Saints would score eight straight points. The teams would trade the lead a few times before Rollins went back on top 26-25 on a Emilis Butkus jumper at the 10:03 mark of the opening half. After Michal Kalina stole the ball Ian Hart scored at the other end in transition...

 The Rollins College Tars (5-4) host the Flagler College Saints (5-2) at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center on Tuesday (12/17.) Tip time is slated for 5 PM. You can catch all the action with Robert Segal (play by play) and Jim "Shooter" Ferro (color analyst) on the call on 91.5 FM WPRK in Winter Park and on SunshineStateConference.TV  The Tars have not played since a narrow 87-84 loss at Barry on 12/7. John Latimer led four Rollins players in double figures with 24 points in the loss, Emillis Butkus added 20, Beau Frericks notched 19, and Sergey Grishaev chipped in 15 in the loss. The Tars shot a respectable 44.6 percent from the field but struggled from both the 3-point line (8-28 for 28.6 percent) and the free throw line (10-16 for 62.5 percent.) The Tars put up 86.8 points per game while they give up 78.9 points per contest. Rollins shoots 49.1 percent from the field, 38.5 percent from the 3-point line, and 81.4 percent at the free throw line. They are out reboun...

 The Rollins College Tars will have the weekend off before taking on Flagler College at 5 PM on Tuesday. Here are the lines for this weekend's games presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com:  Lincoln (PA) -5 vs Florida Southern (Fri)  Saturday:  Lynn +5.5 @Tampa  Barry +18 vs Nova Southeastern  Saint Leo +11.5 @EMbry-Riddle  Friday Final:  Florida Southern 86 Lincoln (PA) 74  Saturday Finals:  Lynn 91 Tampa 69  Nova Southeastern 119 Barry 77  Embry-Riddle 96 Saint Leo 88  Sunday Final:  UT Dallas 70 Eckerd 67 

 The Rollins College Tars were down 17 (70-53 with 8:54 to go at the Barry Sport and Heath Center on Saturday. They would go on a 14-0 run to pull to within three (70-67) with 6:14 on the clock. Rollins would pull to within one on a pair of occasions but would fall short 87-84. Rollins falls to 5-4 and 0-3 in the SSC after the defeat. Barry would improve to 5-3 and 2-1 in the SSC after the win.   The two squads would go back and forth in the early going as the game would be knotted at 12 after a John Latimer layup at the 15:10 mark of the opening half. The game would then be tied again, this time at 19 as William Jobe scored after a Beau Frericks offensive rebound at the 9:30 mark of the opening half. The two teams traded runs before Emillis Butkus knotted the game at 28 with 4:57 until halftime. Rollins held the lead until a OT Delancey triple gave Barry a 35-34 lead with 44 ticks until halftime. Rollins would regain the lead as Frericks nailed a triple with four seconds...

 The Rollins College Tars hit the road for the first time this season as they take on the Barry Buccaneers in Miami Shores,Florida at the Barry Health&Sports Center. Tip time is scheduled for 4 PM. You can catch all the action with Robert Segal (play by play) and Jim "Shooter" Ferro (color) on the call on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the SunshineState Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV   Rollins (5-3 0-2 SSC) is coming off a pair of non conference wins last week, as they defeated Puerto Rico Bayamon 83-55 and Beacon College 114-60. In the most recent contest against Beacon all 12 Tars who saw action scored paced by career highs by Dylan Wolle (18 points) and William Jobe (15.) Beau Frericks added 12, both John Latimer and Emillis Butkus notched 11, and Michael Niemann tallied 10 in the win. Rollins shot 62.5 percent from the floor, 46.4 percent (13-28) from the 3-point line, and 91.7 percent (11-12) at the free throw line. Rollins is the fourt...

 The Rollins College Tars got career highs from Dylan Wolle (18 points) and William Jobe (15 points) as they rolled to a 114-60 win over the Beacon College Blazers on Tuesday night. With the win Rollins improves to 5-3 on the season while Beacon falls to 1-7 after the defeat.   The Tars jumped the Blazers with the first nine points of the game and never looked back. After Ian Hart and Beau Frericks hit back to back triples Rollins had a 21-5 lead at the 14:51 mark of the opening half. That lead grew to 22 (31-9) after a Michael Kalina triple with 11:44 until halftime. After a Jared Carter 3-pointer for Beacon the Tars ran off the next six points. The lead would grow to 31 (46-15) after a pair of Sergey Grishav free throws. The Blazers scored the next five points on a Tony Wade triple and a tip in by Ernesto Hichez. Rollins would ultimately take a 64-26 lead into the locker room. Rollins shot 72.2 percent in the opening half, 53.85 percent (7-13) from the 3-point line and ...

 The Rollins College Tars (4-3) will take on the Beacon College Blazers (1-6) at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center on Tuesday night. Tip time is slated for 7 PM with Rober Segal (play by play) and Jim "Shooter" Ferro (color) on the call. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV  The Tars will close an eight game home stand to start the season. Last time out the Tars were a 83-55 winner over Puerto Rico Bayamon. John Latimer paced the Tars with 19 points and six assists, Sergey Grishaev notched 17, and Ian Hart tallied 15 in the win. Rollins shot 57.9 percent from the field and 28.6 (6-21) from the 3-point line in the contest. They also shot 68.8 percent (11-16) at the free throw line. Rollins averages 83.3 points per game on the year while they give up 80.4 points per night. They shot 47.6 percent from the field, 38.8 percent from the 3-point line, and 82.7 percent at...