2008 Woodie Awards
Rollins Basketball crushes Saint Leo but falls in heartbreaker to Eckerd
Juan Bernal
Issue date: 2/26/07 Section: Sports
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The Rollins Men's Basketball Team's quest for their fourth conference title in five years hit the road this past week for key road games against conference foes Saint Leo and Eckerd.
On Valentine's Day, the Tars would visit Saint Leo, located just outside of Dade City, Florida for a matchup with the Lions. The Tars had never lost to Saint Leo and they were hoping to keep it that way. Early in the game, the Tars' Isaac Codrey was the Tars' go-to-guy as he lead Rollins with 15 first half points. However, the Lions were able to keep up with the Tars as they were able to get 18 points off of dunks and layups. Going into the halftime locker room the Tars were up by just five, 35-30. Aside from Codrey's 15 first half points, Craig Reichel had eight and Johnny Reibel added six points and five assists.
The Tars were looking to make a statement coming out of the locker room, and they made that statement with authority. After the Lions' Kyle Rowland hit a jumper to open the half to cut the Tars lead to three, the Tars used a 31-9 run during the next 11 minutes to bury the Lions. After the eight minute mark in the half, the Lions never managed to get any closer than 18 points as the Tars were able to win the game by the final score of 81-63. Codrey led the Tars with 17 points with Craig Reichel, John Thinnes and Johnny Reibel each adding 14 apiece. Reibel also notched a double-double recording ten assists. Rollins also managed to out-rebound the Lions 36-34 and out-shoot the Lions (52% to 35%).
After savoring the Valentine's Day victory for
couple days, the Tars got back to business on Saturday in St. Petersburg for a re-match with Eckerd. The Tars beat Eckerd in the program's first ever nationally televised game on January 20. The first few minutes of the game resembled the national TV game with the Tars scoring their first 12 points from downtown. They shot 61.5% from long range in the first half, and their various zone defenses were able to neutralize Eckerd's shooters. With the score tied at 26 with three minutes left in the first half, the Tars used a 9-3 run to go into halftime up six, 35-29.
On Valentine's Day, the Tars would visit Saint Leo, located just outside of Dade City, Florida for a matchup with the Lions. The Tars had never lost to Saint Leo and they were hoping to keep it that way. Early in the game, the Tars' Isaac Codrey was the Tars' go-to-guy as he lead Rollins with 15 first half points. However, the Lions were able to keep up with the Tars as they were able to get 18 points off of dunks and layups. Going into the halftime locker room the Tars were up by just five, 35-30. Aside from Codrey's 15 first half points, Craig Reichel had eight and Johnny Reibel added six points and five assists.
The Tars were looking to make a statement coming out of the locker room, and they made that statement with authority. After the Lions' Kyle Rowland hit a jumper to open the half to cut the Tars lead to three, the Tars used a 31-9 run during the next 11 minutes to bury the Lions. After the eight minute mark in the half, the Lions never managed to get any closer than 18 points as the Tars were able to win the game by the final score of 81-63. Codrey led the Tars with 17 points with Craig Reichel, John Thinnes and Johnny Reibel each adding 14 apiece. Reibel also notched a double-double recording ten assists. Rollins also managed to out-rebound the Lions 36-34 and out-shoot the Lions (52% to 35%).
After savoring the Valentine's Day victory for
couple days, the Tars got back to business on Saturday in St. Petersburg for a re-match with Eckerd. The Tars beat Eckerd in the program's first ever nationally televised game on January 20. The first few minutes of the game resembled the national TV game with the Tars scoring their first 12 points from downtown. They shot 61.5% from long range in the first half, and their various zone defenses were able to neutralize Eckerd's shooters. With the score tied at 26 with three minutes left in the first half, the Tars used a 9-3 run to go into halftime up six, 35-29.
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