At a Glance - After a brief trip to Sunshine
State Conference play on Wednesday, 17th-ranked Rollins
will continue its nonconference season with a home tilt against
Warner University. The contest is the second in a string of four
home games in seven days for the Tars. Rollins split a pair of
games at the Valdosta State Tip-off Classic last weekend, beating
Delta State by 12 and falling in a shootout, 93-83 to Valdosta
State. They returned home on Wednesday to win their SSC opener over
Nova Southeastern, 78-66. Seniors Matt
Robertson and Nick
Wolf have emerged as the Tars' workhorses with each logging
more than 37 minutes a game. Robertson is putting up a team-best
19.3 points and 4.3 assists per game to go along with 7.3 boards.
Wolf, a preseason All-America selection, is nearly averaging a
double-double with 17.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game while also
racking up eight blocks, tying him for the team lead with Ian
Scott...Warner University is 3-0 in official games, but lost in
exhibition play to Nova Southeastern (85-83) and Florida Atlantic
(88-58). In their three contests, the Royals offense is producing
95 points a game, including a 115-81 romp over Trinity. Brennan
Taylor is netting 16.7 points a game to lead six players averaging
in double-figures. Malcolm Campbell is getting 16 points a night
with Adam Branch putting up 13 and hauling in a team-leading 8.7
rebounds...Rollins senior guard Alex
Castillo played two seasons with Warner and averaged 10.1
points in 60 total games as a Royal...WU head coach Sean Hanrahan
served on Tom
Klusman's staff for two seasons (1999-01) as an assistant coach
and strength & conditioning coordinator.
The Series - Rollins leads the series with
Warner 10-2. Last season, the two teams met in Winter Park on
December 2, 2009 with the Tars winning 79-49. Nick
Wolf scored 15 to lead four Tars in double-figures while Derell
Hendrson netted 16 to pace the Royals.
The Stars - Nick
Wolf and Matt
Robertson have been on a tear to begin the 2010-11 season with
each averaging near double-doubles. Robertson is netting a
team-leading 19.3 points per game with Wolf putting up 17.7 a
night. Wolf, with 1413 career points, ranks 16th on the
Tars all-time scoring list and needs just 53 more points to crack
the top-15. He is also fourth on the Tars all-time rebounding list
with 753 career boards...Sophomore guard Brennan Taylor leads the
Royals potent offense with 16.7 points per game while junior
Malcolm Campbell is netting 16 a night.
The Coaches - Rollins legend Tom
Klusman (Rollins '76) returns for his 31st year at the helm of
the Tars program. He has a career record of 552-312, all with the
Tars...Sean Hanrahan (Hanover) is in his fifth year leading Warner
University and holds a record of 81-43.
The Rankings - Rollins checked in at No. 13 in
the Division II Bulletin preseason poll and No. 17 in the NABC
Poll. The Tars were picked to finish first in the Sunshine State
Conference preseason rankings...Warner Southern did not receive any
votes in the NAIA preseason poll and was picked third in The Sun
Conference preseason rankings.
