WINTER PARK, Fla. (November 15, 2008) –
Rollins opened up a 14 point halftime lead and never looked back,
beating Elizabeth City State 71-58 in both school's season
openers.
Jessica Pressley hit a pair of three pointers and was perfect
from the stripe to lead Rollins (1-0) with 15 points. Erin Kirkwood
posted a double-double with 13 points and a game-high 10 boards
while Brittainy Daiger chipped in 10 points.
Joyce Freeman paced the Lady Vikings (0-1) with 18 points and
seven rebounds while Briana Glover netted 17 points.
Elizabeth City controlled most of the first half and took a
13-10 lead seven minutes in. Rollins started to hit from the
outside and swung the lead to three points in their favor after
Paris Moore took a long rebound and dished to Daiger for the score,
17-14. The Vikings fought back to re-take the lead only to have
another Daiger score tie the score at 23-23 with 3:41 left. The
host Tars then closed the half on a 15-1 run to build a 38-24
halftime advantage.
Rollins pushed the lead to 20, 52-32 six minutes into the second
half and got the advantage to as much as 27, 65-38, on a Heidi
Lacks jumper with 6:40 left on the clock. Elizabeth City cut it to
12 points in the final two minutes, but a pair of Moore free throws
and Kirkwood layup iced it for the Tars.
Rollins shot 32 percent (24-74) for the game, but just 14
percent (3-21) from long range, including a 0-10 mark in the second
half. The Vikings hit 31 percent (19-61) from the floor and 29
percent (4-14) from long range. Rollins held the rebounding
advantage 53-48 and forced 27 Elizabeth City turnovers while only
committing 16 of their own.
Rollins will be on the road in their next contest, traveling to
West Palm Beach to take on Palm Beach Atlantic at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, November 19. Fans can catch all the action live on the
Citizens Bank of Florida Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com
and locally on 91.5 FM, WPRK.
