Nickson And ERAU Outlast Tars

 It is not March yet, but everything about Saturday's matchup between the Embry-Riddle Eagles and Rollins College Tars on Saturday gave March vibes at the ICI Center in Daytona Beach. The crowd was engaged all night and ultimately the Eagles behind the sharp shooting of Dru Nickson outlasted the Tars 90-87. With the win the Eagles improved to 17-9 and 11-7 in the SSC. Rollins fell to 16-11 and 9-9 in the SSC. 

 The Eagles jumped out to a 7-0 lead after a Nickson layup more than two minutes in. Rollins went on a 8-0 run of their own as a John Latimer triple gave the Tars a 8-7 lead in the early stages of this one. ERAU would then go on a 16-3 run to take a 23-10 lead after a Dawson Barr three at the 12:50 mark of the first half. Rollins scored the next 10 points and trimmed the lead to three (23-20) on a Emillis Butkus trey with 10:40 in the opening half. The lead again swelled to double digits on a Logan Lewis layup with 8:38 until halftime. Rollins ran off the next seven points and a Latimer three-point play made it 34-30 ERAU with seven minutes until halftime. Rollins got within two (37-35) on a Michael Niemann triple two minutes later. At halftime it would be an eight point (49-41) lead for the Eagles. 

 Rollins shot 48.5 percent in th first half. 41.7 percent (5-12) from the 3-point line and 80 percent (4-5) at the free throw line in the opening stanza. ERAU shot 52.8 percent from the field, 47.8 percent (11-23) from the 3-point line, and 0-4 from the free throw line in the first 20 minutes. 

 The second half began with a pair of Nickson freethrows after a technical foul on the Rollins bench. After a Nickson triple 2:10 later the lead was still 10. After being down 11 at the 15:21 mark Rollins got a pair of threes to get within five. Rollins kept battling and Sergey Grishaev tied the game on a dunk at the 8:21 mark. The two teams went back and forth a little bit until Latimer made a runner and was fouled. He converted the free throw to make it 81-79 ERAU with 4:32 to go. Grishaev tied the game on a pair of free throws 15 second later. Nickson would hit four straight free throws but Rollins had the answer. Butkus hit two free throws and a triple to put Rollins up 86-85 after a trey with 1:51 on the clock. Milan Skoric hit a pair of free throws to put the Eagles back on top. Rollins could not covert at the free throw line and the Eagles did just enough down the stretch to win. 

 Latimer and Butkus each had 21 to lead the Tars, while Grishaev added 14. Rollins shot 49.2 percent from the field, 53.8 percent (14-26) from the 3-point line, and 78.6 percent (11-14) at the free throw line. The Tars had 12 assists and 12 turnovers in the contest. 

 Nickson knocked down 10 triples on his way to a career high 43 points, Skoric added 14, and Jerry Bracey scored nine. The Eagles shot 44.6 percent from the field, 43.2 percent (16-37) from the 3-point line, and 64 percent (16-25) from the free throw line. They had 17 assists and 15 turnovers. ERAU won the rebounding battle 42-32. 

Rollins will be back in action Wednesday when they host Florida Southern . Tip time is set for 7:30 PM. 

Other SSC Scores Saturday: 

Tampa 64 Palm Beach Atlantic 60 

Nova Southeastern 110 Palm Beach Atlantic 84 

Barry 90 Eckerd 87 

Florida Southern 108 Saint Leo 83 

SSC Standings: 

Nova Southeastern 17-1 (25-1) 

Florida Southern 12-6 (21-7) 

Lynn 12-6 (17-7) 

Embry-Riddle 11-7 (17-9) 

Tampa 10-9 (18-9) 

Palm Beach Atlantic 9-9 (16-10) 

Rollins 9-9 (16-11) 

Barry 7-11 (11-15) 

Eckerd 6-13 (11-16) 

Saint Leo 5-13 (10-16) 

Florida Tech 2-16 (5-21) 



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