2008 Woodie Awards
Rollins Basketball survives a thriller to notch their 12th win in a row
Juan Bernal
Issue date: 2/12/07 Section: Sports
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The Rollins Men's Basketball continued their quest towards their fourth conference title in five years as they knocked off the Nova Southeastern Sharks in a double overtime thriller, 80-79. The win gave Rollins their 9th consecutive victory in conference and their 12th consecutive victory overall. The Tars are now 18-3, but they only remain a ½ game up on Barry in the conference standings.
The Sharks opened up the game eating up the Tars on both the offensive and the defensive end. Nova's Tim Coenraad hit two early treys from downtown to put the Sharks up 14-5. After a media timeout, Jordan Kolosey hit three straight jumpers to pace Rollins on an 11-2 run to even the game at 16. The game would be nip and tuck for the rest of the half as both teams shot above 50%. With Rollins up 32-30 with five seconds left, John Thinnes missed a jump shot and Nova's Oresti Nitsios improbable half court heave went in to give Nova a 33-32 lead at halftime.
In the second half, the game continued to be close, with neither team being able to gain more than a four point advantage. With the Tars up 57-55, Nova's Diego Aguiar made a lay-up to tie the game at 57. On the ensuing possession, Isaac Codrey was stripped by Nova's Donovan Redden on what looked to be a foul. Nova called timeout with 2.1 seconds remaining on the clock. However, Codrey was able to redeem himself as he picked off Nova's inbounds pass and was able to call timeout with 0.8 seconds to go. Craig Reichel missed a three as time expired to send the game into overtime. In the first overtime the Sharks came out the aggressor. A Kevin Chester lay-up gave the Sharks a five point lead with 1:33 left. Rollins' Johnny Reibel would convert two free throws to cut the Sharks lead to three on the next possession. On the ensuing possession, Codrey would strip the Sharks' Rhys Martin, and Reibel would hit a three to tie the game at 65 with just under a minute to go. After a Diego Aguiar lay-up put the Sharks up two with 33 seconds left, Reibel would come down and tie the game with an uncontested lay-up with 22 seconds left. After a timeout, the Sharks turned the ball over when Codrey threw the ball off of Aguiar's leg to give the Tars the ball with five seconds left. Deon Troupe had a chance to win the game for the Tars, but his buzzer beater was just off the mark to send the game into double overtime.
The Sharks opened up the game eating up the Tars on both the offensive and the defensive end. Nova's Tim Coenraad hit two early treys from downtown to put the Sharks up 14-5. After a media timeout, Jordan Kolosey hit three straight jumpers to pace Rollins on an 11-2 run to even the game at 16. The game would be nip and tuck for the rest of the half as both teams shot above 50%. With Rollins up 32-30 with five seconds left, John Thinnes missed a jump shot and Nova's Oresti Nitsios improbable half court heave went in to give Nova a 33-32 lead at halftime.
In the second half, the game continued to be close, with neither team being able to gain more than a four point advantage. With the Tars up 57-55, Nova's Diego Aguiar made a lay-up to tie the game at 57. On the ensuing possession, Isaac Codrey was stripped by Nova's Donovan Redden on what looked to be a foul. Nova called timeout with 2.1 seconds remaining on the clock. However, Codrey was able to redeem himself as he picked off Nova's inbounds pass and was able to call timeout with 0.8 seconds to go. Craig Reichel missed a three as time expired to send the game into overtime. In the first overtime the Sharks came out the aggressor. A Kevin Chester lay-up gave the Sharks a five point lead with 1:33 left. Rollins' Johnny Reibel would convert two free throws to cut the Sharks lead to three on the next possession. On the ensuing possession, Codrey would strip the Sharks' Rhys Martin, and Reibel would hit a three to tie the game at 65 with just under a minute to go. After a Diego Aguiar lay-up put the Sharks up two with 33 seconds left, Reibel would come down and tie the game with an uncontested lay-up with 22 seconds left. After a timeout, the Sharks turned the ball over when Codrey threw the ball off of Aguiar's leg to give the Tars the ball with five seconds left. Deon Troupe had a chance to win the game for the Tars, but his buzzer beater was just off the mark to send the game into double overtime.
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