Frericks Triple Powers Rollins To Sweep In Puerto Rico.

 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 by Victor Carillo but that lead would be short-lived as an Emillis Butkus trey put Rollins back on top. After another lead change Rollins would get a pair of Grishaev free throws right before halftime to take a 41-40 halftime lead. Rollins shot 35.17 percent in the first 20 minutes, 38.89 percent (7-18) from the 3-point line, and 88.89 percent (8-9) at the free throw line. Bayamon shot 42.86 percent from the field in the opening half, 21.43 percent (3-14) from the 3-point line, and 76.47 percent (13-17) at the free throw line. 

 The two teams went back and forth early in the second half as Rollins took a 48-45 lead as Grishaev converted a three-point play and John Latimer stole the ball and converted a layup at the 18:36 mark. The Tars held the lead until Carillo knocked down a triple to knot the game at 59 with 11:21 to go. The two teams remained on the see-saw as the game would be tied at 77 after a jumper by Latimer with 1:16 to go. Rollins would get a huge block and rebound by Butkus on the ensuing possession but the Tars would turn the ball over on a player control foul. Carillo would have a chance to give Bayamon the lead with 27 ticks on the clock but his 3-pointer was off the mark. Butkus would grab the rebound and Frericks missed a jumper with six seconds to go. For the second time in the final minute Butkus would come up with another huge play as he grabbed the offensive rebound and the 3-pointer by Frericks would be the game winner for the Tars. Rollins was led by Frericks who had 27 points, Butkus tallied 19 to go along with six rebounds, Grishaev added 18 to go with a team leading nine rebounds, while Latimer notched 11 points to go with a team leading four assists, and a pair of steals. Rollins shot 42.2 percent from the field, 41.7 percent (10-24) from the 3-point line, and 66.7 percent (16-24) at the free throw line. The Tars won the rebounding battle 35-32. They had 15 assists and 11 turnovers in the contest. Baymaon was led by 28 points from Carillo, Bryant Rodriguez notched 15, Felix Ruiz tallied 14 as both Ruiz and Rodriguez tallied a game high seven rebounds. Luis Maya also scored in double figures with 12. Bayamon shot 42.4 percent from the field, 30.8 percent (8-26) from the 3-point line, and 73.1 percent (19-26) at the free throw line. 

Rollins will not take a holiday break as they will next be in action on 1/1/25 when they travel to Melbourne to take on Florida Tech. 

Other SSC Action Sunday: 

Florida Gulf Coast 79 Florida Tech 62 

Lander 77 Barry 64 

Florida Southern 90 New Haven 84 

SSC Standings:

Embry-Riddle 4-0 (10-2) 

Nova Southeastern 3-0 (11-0) 

Florida Southern 3-1 (12-2) 

Palm Beach Atlantic 3-1 (10-2) 

Lynn 2-2 (7-3) 

Barry 2-2 (6-6) 

Eckerd 2-3 (7-6) 

Tampa 1-2 (9-2) 

Saint Leo 1-3 (6-6) 

Rollins 0-3 (7-5) 

Florida Tech 0-4 (3-9) 


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