MIAMI
SHORES, Fla. (January 21, 2006) The Rollins College men's
basketball team made it four straight road wins with a big 71-58
victory over Barry University. The Tars (11-5, 5-2), followed up a
big road win on Wednesday in Tampa with a double digit win against
Barry (9-7, 2-4). With the victory, the Tars now have five wins in
the Sunshine State Conference, four of which have come on the road.
Rollins sits in third place at 5-2 right behind Nova
Southeastern.
The Tars were led by junior sixth man, Isaac Codrey who finished
with 15 points on 4-6 shooting. Junior forward Jon Smith finished
with a season high 13 points on 4-5 shooting. Junior guard Deon
Troupe netted 13 points while grabbing four rebounds. Junior center
Jordan Kolosey had one of his best games of the season as he
finished with eight points and three boards.'
Barry junior forward Felipe Barrios led all scorers and rebounders
with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Ryan Saunders was the only other
Buc in double figures with 12 points.
Barry came out of the gates in the first half on fire. The Bucs hit
seven of their first nine shots from the floor to take a 19-11 lead
in the first seven minutes. From there though the Tars defense
toughened up and would only allow seven more points the rest of the
first half. Rollins went on a 18-7 run to finish the half, capped
off by a Isaac Codrey fall-away three at the buzzer. The Tars went
into the break up 29-26.
Rollins pushed the lead out to ten points in the first five
minutes. Jon Smith's jumper with 16:55 left in the game put the
Tars up 36-26. The Bucs would cut the lead to six with 10:26 to go
on a free throw by Eddie Young, but they would get no closer. Two
minutes later the Tars put the lead back into double figures and
would never let it go below nine from there. Rollins' biggest lead
of the second half was 14, and they would cruise to a 71-58
victory.'
The Tars won the battle on the boards 37-35. Rollins also shot the
ball very well, right at 50 percent for the game compared to 31
percent from Barry.
The Tars will be back in action with a non-conference match-up
against Palm Beach Atlantic in West Palm Beach on Tuesday, January
24th at 7:30.
