For lone senior Jennifer Musgrove, tonight's game against the
Barry University Buccaneers will be her last regular season home
game in her career.' The Tars are currently riding a four game home
win streak, and will look to extend that number to five after
tonight's contest.'
SSC STANDINGS
Rollins is 16-9 overall and 6-8 in the SSC, putting them in fifth
place in conference rankings.' The Bucs are currently in third
place behind Nova Southeastern and Tampa with an overall season
record of 17-8, and an SSC record of 8-6.
SERIES VS. BARRY
Rollins dropped to Barry in their last game on January 23,
and have a career record of 34-11 against the Bucs..
SCOUTING THE TARS
Jennifer Musgrove currently leads the Tars in scoring (13.3ppg),
assists (4.7 apg), and steals (3.1 spg).' Jessica Pressley is
closing in with 11.3 points per game, and leads the team with a 3
point field goal percentage of 39.9%.' Ines Teuma holds onto her'
top team ranking with 9.2 rebounds per game, while Brittainy Daiger
continues to lead the team with 1.0 block per game.
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SCOUTING THE BUCS
Princess Bailey scored a game high 15 points while Alisha Sanford
contributed 10 off the bench en route to a 55-33 victory over Saint
Leo last week. A low scoring first half ended with a 20-20 score
between the Buccaneers and Lions. The Buccaneers opened up the
second-half with a dominating 16-0 run to take a 36-22 lead. The
Barry defense caged the Lions, limiting the offense to only 13
second-half points. The Bucs shot an impressive 38.9% from the
field (21-of-54) for the half in the 22 point victory.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Tars will have two more regular season games after today's
contest.' On February 27, the women will have the home court
advantage against Barry at 5:30 p.m., followed by a March 1
showdown at Eckerd at 2 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST THE BUCS
Rollins fell into a 34-18 hole by halftime and couldn't dig out,
falling to Barry 63-49 on January 23. Jennifer Musgrove led the way
with 13 points while Ines Teuma added nine points and game high 12
rebounds. Barry was led by Christina Thompson with a career high 22
points with Princess Bailey adding 14. Rollins struggled from the
field in the first half, shooting 24 percent while Barry was on the
mark, hitting 40 percent from the floor and 50 percent (8-16) from
long range. The Tars were able to find their groove in the second
stanza, but the 16 point halftime deficit proved to be too
much.
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TARS TIDBITS
'Thanks to Jessica Pressley's career/team season high of six in one
game in last week's game against Nova Southeastern, she not only
helped the Tars post a new record that was last tallied back on
March 4, 2007, but has also tied a single game record previously
held by Jennifer Gossett since February 10, 1996.' Jennifer
Musgrove also moved up to the 2nd place ranking in All Time Career
Steals last game.
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