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80
Winner Rollins RCM 18-3 (9-1)
79
Nova Southeastern NSM 10-11 (5-6)
Winner
Rollins RCM
18-3 (9-1)
80
Final
79
Nova Southeastern NSM
10-11 (5-6)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Rollins RCM 30 27 10 13 80
Nova Southeastern NSM 32 25 10 12 79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Rollins Rallies Past Nova In Double Overtime Thriller

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (February 3, 2007) ' The Rollins College men's basketball team refused to go down against the Nova Southeastern Sharks 80-79 in their first double overtime game of the season on Saturday evening at the University Center. The Tars are now running with a 12 game winning streak under their belts this season.

Junior Guard Jonny Reibel commanded the Rollins offense in both overtimes notching a double-double with 16 points and a career-high 12 assists. Reibel went five of eight (67.5 percent) from the floor and five of eight from the charity stripe. Forward Isaac Codrey tallied 14 points and four rebounds. Guards Deon Troupe and John Thinnes both added 13 points to the Tars hard-fought victory over the Sharks.

In the first half, the Tars were down against the Sharks until the 11-minute mark when guard John Thinnes hit a three pointer to tie the game 16-16. With Rollins up by one bucket before halftime, 30-29, Nova guard Oresti Nitsios launched a desperation three pointer at the buzzer to put the Sharks up 32-30 going into the locker room.

Rollins came out in the second half firing with Codrey tossing up a triple in the first 25 seconds. Then, sophomore center Craig Reichel added a layup to put Rollins up 35-32 within the first minute of the second period. The Tars and the Sharks traded point for point throughout the half and with two minutes left, Reichel made one of two free throw shots to give the Tars a two point edge 57-55. However, forward Diego Aguiar forced the first overtime when he went inside the paint for a layup to tie the score 57-57.

In the first overtime, Aguiar had the hot hand with eight points for the Sharks and Reibel with seven points for the Tars. Nova was up by two points with 44 seconds to go when Reibel drove to the basket with an uncontested layup to send the game into a second overtime.

Rollins went into the second overtime with a sense of urgency, but Nova forward Tim Coenraad hit a three pointer and was then fouled to make it a four-point-play, 71-67 in favor of the Sharks. Three free throw shots by Reibel and a trey and a layup by Codrey put the Tars up 75-72 with 34 seconds remaining. Rollins free throw shooting was clutch in the final seconds as Troupe made three of four and Reichel made both of his to give the Tars a four point lead with one second, 80-76. Nova guard Rhys Martin hit a three pointer with time expiring, but the Sharks effort was not enough as Rollins came out on top 80-79.

The Sharks (10-11, 5-6) were led by Aguiar who tallied 25 points and was 10 of 11 (90.9 percent) from the field. Coenraad added 17 points with five assists and one steal.

The Tars will be back to Sunshine State Conference play against the University of Tampa Spartans on Wednesday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Warden Arena. Listen to the action live on the web at www.RollinsSports.com.

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