Rollins Jumps Back Into Conference Action In Battle at Florida Tech To Open 2025.

 The Rollins College Tars (7-5 0-3 SSC) head to Melbourne to take on the Florida Tech Panthers (3-9  0-4 SSC) on Wednesday afternoon. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and on the Sunshine State Conference Digital Network at SunshineStateConference.TV as Robert Segal and Jim "Shooter" Ferro will be on the call. Tip time is slated for 4 PM. 

 Rollins is coming off a pair of wins in Puerto Rico as they have not hit the hardwood since 12/22. Last time out a Beau Frericks triple proved to be the game winner in a 80-77 win over Puerto Rico Bayamon. Frericks drained seven tripes on his way to 27 points, Emillis Butkus had 19, Sergey Grishaev added 18 to go along with nine rebounds, and John Latimer tallied 11. Rollins shot 42.2 percent from the field, 10-24 (41.7 percent) from the 3-point line, and 66.7 percent (16-24) from the free throw line.  Rollins is scoring an SSC sixth best 85.3 points per game while they allow 77.9 points per night which is also sixth in the conference. The Tars are second in the SSC shooting 48.7 percent from the field and are shooting at an SSC fourth best 37.6 percent from the 3-point line. Rollins is also shooting an SSC second best 79 percent from the free throw line. They are ninth in 3-point percentage against (35.3 percent) and are fifth in rebounding margin at +5.2 (37.4-32.2) rebounds per contest. The Tars are seventh in turnover margin (-0.42) and fifth in assist to turnover ratio (+1.50.) Rollins blocks 3.3 shots per game which is seventh in the conference. dish out 19.1 assists per game which is fourth in the SSC, and get 8.08 steals per game which is eighth in the SSC. Frericks (17.3 points per game) and Butkus (17.2 points per night) are seventh and ninth in the conference respectively in scoring. Grishaev is also in the top 20 in the conference in scoring at 16.3 points per night. Latimer is also averaging double figures at 13.7 per game. Grishav also leads the team in rebounding at 6.5 per game and is ninth in the SSC in field goal percentage (50.3 percent.) He also leads the team in blocks at 0.9 per night. Butkus is fourth in the conference in field goal percentage at 56.9 percent, he has also been the Tars best 3-point shooter shooting at a 45.6 percent clip from long range.He is also making 2.4 triples per game which is seventh in the conference.  Frericks is tied for third in the conference shooting 45.1 percent from the 3-point line, he shoots 87.1 percent from the free throw line which is eighth in the SSC, is sixth in assists at 4.6 per game, and eighth in minutes played at 31.5 per night. Latimer shoots free throws at an SSC best 90.6 percent and dishes out an SSC eighth best 4.1 assists per game. Latimer also leads the team and is seventh in the conference getting 1.9 steals per night. 

Last time out Florida Tech was a 79-62 loser to Division I Florida Gulf Coast. Donovan Brown had 26 to lead Tech while Kaan Can Turgut added 13, and Logan Allen added nine. The last conference game for the Panthers was a 72-64 loss to Eckerd. Tech is 10th in the SSC scoring 75.1 points per game while they allow 79.6 per game which is seventh in the conference. They shoot 43.7 percent from the field which is eighth in the conference while on defense they are at the bottom as the opposition is shooting 46.3 percent. They shoot threes at an SSC eighth best 33.3 percent while they holding the opposition to an SSC fourth best 31.8 percent from long distance. The Panthers are shooting at an SSC fifth best 75.6 percent clip from the free throw line, on the boards they are ninth being out rebounded by 0.8 (36.5-37.3 rebounds per contest.) Tech is ninth in turnover margin (-1.25) and 10th in assist to turnover ratio (0.93) in the SSC. The Panthers are ninth in blocks per game (2.83,) last in assists per game (10.67) in the conference, and ninth in the SSC in steals (6.17 per game.) Donovan Brown leads the team and is second in the SSC scoring 21.8 points per game while Max Polk gets 15.7 per night. ET Tiham leads the team in rebounding and is just outside the top 10 in the conference at 6.7 boards per night, Brown leads the team and is 10th in the conference dishing out 3.9 assists per night. 

The line presented by JuanBernalSportsBooks.com: Rollins by 2.5

Other SSC Games Wednesday: 

Tampa +15 @Nova Southeastern  

Saint Leo +7.5 @ Barry 

Embry-Riddle-5 @ Lynn (Thursday) 

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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