ROLLINS WOMEN VS. ECKERD AT A GLANCE...
Tonight the Tars close out their season against the Eckerd Tritons.
Rollins put away Palm Beach Atlantic in a close contest, 66-53,
Wednesday night. The Tars found their outside shooting touch as
they shot 47 percent from behind the arc. The only area Palm Beach
Atlantic controlled the Tars in was the free throw line. Rollins
did not attempt any free throws the whole game, while PBA made
seven of nine from the stripe. The last time these two teams met
was back in January, which saw the Tars take a 60-53 win over the
Tritons in Winter Park.
Tonight is the 58th meeting between these two teams with the
Tars taking 59 of those contests.
The Tars step back into conference play for the regular season
finale as they look to close the season out with a win. Rollins
looks to cement its seed in the conference tournament with a win
against Eckerd. The Tars want to gain some more wins and momentum
as they make a run at the NCAA South Region Tournament. Rollins has
been in front all year long as they started off winning 14 games in
a row. Since then the Tars have gone 4-2 in the month of January,
and started out February 5-2.
Head Coach Glenn Wilkes and Tom Klusman own 1,026 wins between
the two of them. The two rank third in total wins and are the
fourth active duo to have over a 1,000 wins. 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.
No. 22 Rollins falls one spot as they dropped a tough decision
against conference foe Barry. The Rollins men and women have
combined to earn 40 wins, which is good for 14th in Division II
basketball. Both teams have a combined winning percentage of
.765.
The Tars offense found its outside shooting groove as they shot
47 percent from behind the arc. Outside shooting has haunted
Rollins the past few games. Uncharacteristically the Tars did not
make a single trip to the free throw line against PBA. Jessica
Pressley is the Tars leading scorer this season is averaging 11.2
ppg and pulling down 3.0 rpg. Pressley also has been hitting her
shots from the outside to compliment the post play of Ines Teuma.
Teuma is second in scoring on the team at 10.2 ppg and pulling down
7.7 boards per game.
The Tars continue to dominate teams in scoring, as they outscore
opponents by an average of 12.4 ppg and are also outrebounding
teams by an average of 7.4 rpg. The Tars continue their streak of
outrebounding opponents this season to 20 games.
ROLLINS MEN VS. ECKERD...AT A GLANCE
The Rollins College men's basketball team will wrap up its 2009
regular-season when it travels to St. Petersburg, Fla., for a
Sunshine State Conference finale against the Eckerd Tritons,
Saturday, Feb. 28.
The Tars own control of the all-time series boasting a 59-42
record against the Tritons. The teams split last year's games with
both teams claiming a victory at home. At Warden Arena, Rollins
outscored Eckerd, 83-75 as Jonny Reibel led the Tars in scoring
with 25 and Nick Wolf hauled in a team-high six boards. In the last
regular-season game of 2008, a buzzer-beating half-court shot from
the Triton's Damone Morris sealed the Tars fate and earned Eckerd
the 66-64 win.
During the fi rst meeting back on Jan. 28, Rollins earned a
16-point victory after Kevin Hogan led four scorers in double fi
gures with 22 points.
Leading the way for Rollins is the sophomore-senior combination
of Nick Wolf and Kevin Hogan. Wolf, a two-time SSC Player of the
Week has been pacing the Tars in points (17.1) and rebounds (9.3).
He has registered a double-double in 11 contests this year and has
fi ve games with 20 or more points with his freshest double-double
a 13 point and 11 rebound performance against Lynn, a week from
last Wednesday.
Hogan has done his part averaging 13.4 ppg, 349 points on the
season increasing his career total to 1,232 points, 24th on the
Tars' all-time list and just 6 points behind current assistant
coach Brad Ash. Adding a different element to the Tars' offense is
senior Zach Pancratz. Pancratz, a transfer from Northern Illinois,
has started every game for Rollins and leads the team in assists
(107) and in steals (50).
