AT A GLANCE...Rollins will make the 11th postseason appearance
in program history this weekend as the No. 4 seed Tars match up
with No. 5 seed Arkansas-Monticello at the NCAA Division II South
Region Tournament. Top seed Delta State will serve as the host at
Walter Sillers Coliseum in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Fans can catch all the action live on the Citizens Bank of
Florida Tars Sports Network on RollinsSports.com and locally on
91.5, WPRK Winter Park. Pregame starts at 8:55 ET.
Rollins, the co-Champions of the Sunshine State Conference
regular season is coming off a runner-up finish at the
BlueCross
BlueShield of Florida Sunshine State Conference Tournament last
weekend in Ft. Lauderdale. The top seeded Tars rolled past Barry
67-50 and Nova Southeastern 55-43 in the first and second rounds to
set up a clash with fellow co-Champion Tampa in the title game.
Rollins suffered through their worst shooting night of the season
and fell to the Spartans 55-29.
Monticello, out of the Gulf South Conference is 20-8 on the
season and is coming off a runner-up finish in the GSC
Tournament
last weekend. The Cotton Blossoms made an exciting run through the
bracket, defeating North Alabama 84-69 in the first round and
downing West Georgia 67-65 in overtime to advance to the finals.
UAM matched-up with Delta State and took the Lady Statesmen to
overtime, ultimately falling 53-51.
Fellow NCAA Tournament participant Fort Valley State serves as
the lone common opponent between Rollins and UAM this season. The
Tars and Wildcats tangled as part of the RollinsSportStore.com
Challenge on December 28th in Winter Park with Rollins winning
68-62. Fort Valley and Monticello met on December 15th at the Delta
State Lloyd Clark Classic with FVSU winning 86-77.
Rollins put three players on All-Sunshine State Conference
teams; it was announced last week. Jessica Pressley and Ines Teuma
both landed on the second team while point guard Paris Moore was
selected to the All-Freshman Team.
Rollins has an all-time record of 4-10 in 10 trips to NCAA
Tournament play.
1994-95 vs. Fort Valley State - L 75-55
1995-96 vs. Albany St. - L 63-62
1998-99 vs. Arkansas Tech - L 79-64 (at Rollins - No. 1 seed)
1999-00 vs. Fort Valley St. - W 79-69
vs. Arkansas Tech - W 67-54
vs. Delta State - L 74-44
2000-01 vs. Barry - L 74-67 OT (No. 2 seed)
2002-03 vs. Central Arkansas - L 74-55 (at Central Arkansas - No. 6
seed)
2003-04 vs. Benedict - W 51-42 (at Rollins - No. 1 seed)
vs. West Alabama - W 63-45
vs. Henderson State - L 73-62
2004-05 vs. Central Arkansas - L 88-58
2005-06 vs. Florida Gulf Coast - L 48-46 OT (at Henderson St. - No.
4 seed)
2006-07 vs. Arkansas Tech - L 65-62 (at Fla. Gulf Coast - No. 6
seed)
