When:
Dec. 14
Rollins vs. No. 21 Virginia Union - 4 p.m.
Pfeiffer vs. Palm Beach Atlantic - 6 p.m.
Dec. 15
Rollins vs. Pfeiffer - 4 p.m.
Palm Beach Atlantic vs. No. 21 Virginia Union - 6 p.m.
Where:
Warden Arena - Winter Park, Fla.
Rollins welcomes Virginia Union, Pfeiffer and Palm Beach
Atlantic to Winter Park for the annual Rollins Holiday Classic.
Fans can watch all the action live on the Geico Tars Sports Network
at RollinsSports.com and listen locally on 91.5 FM WPRK.
ROLLINS AT A GLANCE: Last time out, a young
Tars team gave eighth-ranked Nova Southeastern everything they
could handle last Saturday afternoon but eventually fell to the
Sharks, 65-55. The Tars shot better than they have all season,
going 21-52 (40.4%) from the field, including 10-22 from beyond the
arc (45.5%), also a season high.
Junior Marie
Gilbert led Rollins in scoring for the fifth time in eight
games, finishing with 15 points. Jasmine
Stone, Julia
Ingler and Jen
Farrell each chipped in six while Tanaya
Jones added four points to go along with a career best nine
rebounds. The junior also recorded three assists and a pair of
steals.
Entering Monday, the Tars are averaging just under 60 points per
game on 35 percent shooting. Defensively, Rollins is forcing 13.5
turnovers per game, with 8.0 steals and 3.1 blocks a night.
Gilbert is the lone Tar averaging double figures through eight
games, putting up 11.9 points per game. Stone is netting 8.8 per
contest followed by Ingler at 8.6 points per game.
Freshman Carly
McLendon is grabbing 4.5 rebounds a night to lead the team
while Cassidy
Bailey, Stone and Jones are each averaging over one and a half
assists per night.
Glenn Wilkes
Jr. (Stetson '81) is in his 30th year leading the Tars. Wilkes
is the winningest coach in Sunshine State Conference history,
winning a record 13 regular season titles and eight SSC Tournament
Championships. His career record of 653-215 season ranks ninth best
among active coaches in Division II and 14th all-time.
He has the sixth most victories in the history of Division II and
ranks 34th all-time covering all divisions. Wilkes' winning
percentage (.754) is the 33rd best among active coaches in all NCAA
Divisions.
VIRGINIA UNION AT A GLANCE: Virginia Union
University's women's basketball team, without playing a game, moved
up three spots to 21st in the latest USA Today Coach's Poll,
released on Tuesday, December 8.
The Lady Panthers are 5-0 on the season and are led in scoring by
Kiana Johnson.
Johnson, a junior, is averaging 23.2 points per game for the Lady
Panthers. VUU has four starters averaging in double-figures in
scoring, with Lady Walker (17.8), Rahni Bell (13.2) and Ashley
Smith (12.0) joining Johnson in double-digit scoring.
Walker leads VUU on the boards with an average of 10.0 rebounds
per game.
Their last time out, Walker had 28 points and nine rebounds as
the undefeated Lady Panthers downed sixth-ranked Edinboro 101-64 on
Wednesday, November 25, in Barco-Stevens Hall in Richmond, Va.
Johnson had 20 points and 10 assists while Bell had 17 point of
her own in the win.
The Lady Panthers are now 5-0, marking the team's first 5-0
start since the 2002-03 team started 5-0.
AnnMarie Gilbert is in her first
year as Head Coach at VUU. With over 20 years of college coaching
experience, AnnMarie Gilbert was the
head coach at Eastern Michigan University from 2007-2012, where she
compiled a 94-64 record. As head coach, the Eagles had three
consecutive 20+ win seasons (2009-12) and received an automatic bid
to the NCAA Tournament in 2012.
PFIEFFER AT A GLANCE: Last time out, he
Pfeiffer women's basketball team (1-4, 1-3 CC) were outscored 29 to
17 in the fourth quarter as they fell to Barton (5-5, 3-1 CC) 66-63
on Saturday afternoon. Ariana Tillman scored 14 points to lead the
Falcons on 6-of-12 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out two
assists and had three steals.
Brianna Jones scored 13 points off the bench on 5-of-11
shooting, Meg Pritchard scored eight points, had four assists and
three rebounds for the Falcons. Dajea Scott was 4-for-4 from the
floor, scoring nine points, grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out
seven helpers on the day.
As a team, Pfeiffer enters Monday averaging 58.2 points per game
while allowing just over 60. They are shooting 37 percent from the
field, including 32 percent from beyond the arc.
Safia Sheikh leads the team in scoring through five games,
averaging 12.8 points a night. Pritchard is second on the team,
netting 11.4 points per game to go along with a team best 4.8
boards.
Tooey Loy is now in his second season as the Head Women's
Basketball Coach at Pfeiffer. Prior to his time in Misenheimer, Loy
had 17 years of Division I coaching experience at nearby High Point
University and was twice named the Big South Coach of the Year.
