WINTER PARK, Fla. (December 15, 2008) – Rachael
Malatesta scored a game-high 12 points and Rollins' tenacious
defense held Flagler to just 22 percent shooting as the Tars downed
the Saints 69-35 Monday night.
Rollins, who checked in at No. 23 in the latest WBCA USA
Today/ESPN Coaches Poll, moved to 8-0 on the year and gave head
coach Glenn
Wilkes Jr. his 495th career victory. Flagler fell to 2-8 on the
season.
Malatesta was efficient, shooting 5-7 from the floor and 2-3
from 3-point range. She also tallied five rebounds, two assists,
two blocks and two steals. Freshman Jasmine
Bradley chipped in nine points and five steals off the bench
with Ines
Teuma adding seven points and five boards.
Point guard Paris
Moore led the Tars on the glass with seven as Rollins earned a
50-36 rebounding edge.
Annie Maloney led the Saints with nine points while Chanti
Beckett netted eight and pulled down eight rebounds.
The Tars quickly jumped out to an 18-7 lead less than eight
minutes into the game with 12 of their points during the stretch
coming from beyond the arc. Rollins then amped up the pressure,
forcing five turnovers over the next four minutes and turning them
into points to take a 27-10 advantage with eight minutes left in
the first. The period ended with an exclamation point as Moore
banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer from a step inside the half
court line, giving the Tars a 35-16 lead.
The Rollins advantage ballooned to 30, 57-27 after the first
eight minutes of the second half, punctuated by a Bradley trey off
a kick-out from Teuma. A Kourtnie
Berry steal and Jessica
Barker lay-up, followed by a Heidi
Lacks long-range bomb put the Tars up 34 with five minutes
left, which would prove to be the final margin of victory.
Rollins will be off for the holiday's, but return on December
28-29 to host the RollinsSportsStore.com Challenge at the Alfond
Sports Center. The Tars will take on Fort Valley State at 1 p.m. on
December 28 and will battle Albany State at 1 p.m. on December 29.
Fans will be able to catch all the action live on the Citizens Bank
of Florida Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and locally on
91.5 FM, WPRK.
