AT A GLANCE...
The Rollins College men's basketball team welcomes Palm Beach
Atlantic University to Warden Arena to conclude the 2008-09
basketball series against the Sailfish.
Rollins and PBA meet for the second time this season as the
Sailfish captured the victory during the first go-around with 82-78
in overtime win. The Tars, just coming off an overtime victory
against Nova Southeastern, was handed its second loss of the season
when they traveled to West Palm Beach, back on Dec. 3. In the
contest Zach Pancratz extended the game with 3-pointer just before
time expired in regulation. Despite a valiant effort, the comeback
fell short as David Powell led all scorers with 24 points for the
Sailfish to claim the victory.
The Tars continue to own the all-time record against Palm Beach
Atlantic, 12-2 and were riding a six-game winning streak in the
series prior to this season's loss.
Last year, the Tars defeated the Sailfish twice by an average of
24.5 points. At Palm Beach, Rollins defeated the Sailfish, 86-64
backed behind a 25-point performance from All-American Jonny
Reibel, while Ryan Ferranti hauled in a team-high seven boards. At
Warden Arena, the Tars relied on Craig Reichel's 17 points and
Chauncey Gibbs' six rebounds to earn the 76-49 victory.
The other win for PBA occurred, Nov. 21, 1998 at Winter Park,
84-76.
The Tars enter the contest boasting the conference's best field
goal percentage of .502 and 3-point percentage of .403.
Individually, Nick Wolf, a two-time conference player of the week,
leads the SSC in 3-point percentage (.500) and Craig Reichel
resides in second in the assist/turnover ratio (2.48).
AT A GLANCE...
Head Coach Glenn Wilkes and Tom Klusman own 1,015 wins between
the two of them. The two rank third
in total wins and are the fourth active duo to complete this feat.
Glenn Wilkes, Jr. and his father Glenn Wilkes,
former Stetson men's coach, are the only father-son coaching duo
with more than 500 wins apiece.
Rollins checked in at No. 12 in this week's USA Today/ESPN
Coaches Poll after suffering their first loss
of the season against Nova Southeastern.
Today's game will be the 35th meeting between these two teams
with the Tars claiming 23 victories in that
span. The Tars won their last meeting with Flagler 69-35, when they
visited Warden Arena in December.
The Tars are coming off road loss against Nova Southeastern
Saturday afternoon. The game was an
offensive struggle for the Tars all afternoon long as they tied the
game up late, but could not take the
lead. Rollins shot 81.3 percent from the free-throw line, but they
were unable to overcome their first half
stuggles as they shot 15.6 percent from the field. Nova comes away
with a big win against the nationally
ranked Tars and gets them to 2-3 in the conference and 6-9
overall.
Ines Teuma is the Tars leading scorer this season as she is
averaging 10.7 ppg and pulling down 8.3
rebounds/game. Jessica Pressley continues her hot shooting from the
outside, hitting 42.9 percent from
behind the arc and is averaging 10.4 ppg.
A couple key stats for the Tars this season is their ability to
get to the charity stripe this season. The Tars
are outscoring their opponent by an average of 16.8 points/game.
The Tars also outrebound their opponent
by an average of 9.9 rpg a game.
The Tars look to get back on track as they have only lost twice
in the past 24 games dating back to last
season. The last time Rollins lost two games in a row dates back to
last season when they lost back to
back games to Florida Southern and Eckerd.
