WINTER PARK, Fla. (December 13, 2005) - The Rollins College men's
basketball team gained some more momentum Tuesday night before they
head out west for the weekend. ' The Tars (4-2) made it three
straight victories with a 91-71 beat down of NAIA school, Webber
International (2-10). ' The Tars have now improved to 3-1 at home
this season.
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Rollins got solid performances from a trio of guards. ' Junior
guards Deon Troupe and John Thinnes each lit up the Warriors for 18
points. ' Thinnes was 7-12 from the floor and 3-5 from beyond the
arc while also snatching two steals. ' Troupe was 6-10 from the
floor and 5-8 from downtown while also swiping two steals. '
Freshman Kevin Hogan was also stroking the ball from all over the
court. ' The Pensacola, Florida native went for a career high 16
points on 4-7 shooting and 3-5 shooting from beyond the arc. '''
Junior forward Isaac Codrey and freshman forward Greg Sweeney each
led the team in rebounds with six. '
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The
game started with the teams trading baskets back and forth. '
Warrior guard Juan Alvarez drove the offense for Webber and had
nine points in the first five minutes of the first half. ' With
Alvarez carrying the scoring load, the Warriors built their biggest
and only lead of the game at 19-15 with 11:53 to go. ' The Tars
would begin to take over from there. ' Rollins would force 12 first
half Warrior turnovers and they would make them pay for their
mistakes. ' Rollins responded to the Warriors run by going on a
20-7 run of their own capped off by a Jon Smith three pointer. '
And when Deon Troupe buried another three pointer with 49 seconds
left in the half it gave the Tars a 43-35 lead going into the half.
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The
Tars looked to bury Webber early in the second half. ' Rollins
forced five turnovers in the first five minutes and when John
Thinnes hit a trey with 15:16 to go in the game the Tars led 57-36.
' Webber International would never recover. ' The Warriors would
cut the lead down to 13 with 10 minutes to go but would get no
closer. ' The Tars finished the Warriors off with a barrage of
threes, and took the game 91-71.
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Rollins shot 47 percent (30-64) from the field and 42 percent
(14-27) from beyond the arc. ' The Tars were in the passing lanes
all night and tallied 16 steals on the evening to the Warriors'
five. ' The Tars forced 25 turnovers in all and scored 38 points
off of the Warriors mistakes.
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Rollins will return to action this weekend when they will travel to
Las Vegas, Nevada for the Desert Shootout. ' The Tars will square
off against Central Arkansas on Saturday December 17. ' Then on
Sunday December 18, Rollins will play the number nine team in the
nation, Central Missouri State. ' Both games begin at Noon pacific,
3 p.m. eastern. ' Both games will also be available on WPRK, 91.5
as well as WPRK's website.
