The Rollins College Tars got 22 points from Nick Wolf, 20 from Nikola Baran, 15 points from Matt Robertson and a career high 14 from Ian Scott but it would not be enough as the Tars fell 93-83 to Valdosta State in the Gulf State/Sunshine State Conference Challenge. The Blazers who eliminated the Tars in the regional final of the NCAA South regional a season ago and the Tars each have identical 1-1 records.
Tristan Steele led the way for the Blazers with 26 points. Steele was 8 of 14 from three point land. Kevin Harris netted 23 points while Christian Hunter added 15.
The Blazers came out red hot in the early going. Steele hit three consecutive three's as the Blazers would jump out to a 15-7 lead in the first 5 minutes. The Tars would answer, Myk Brown would spark a 9-0 run and Rollins would take a 16-15 lead with 11:27 in the half.
The Blazers would hit a couple more three's to go back up 5 (25-20). The Tars will battle back again and tie the game at 26. The nest six minutes would be played pretty evenly and the Blazers would go on a mini run right before the intermission. It would be 40-34 Valdosta at the intermission.
The Tars would come out hot in the second half. Wolf and Baran would each hit from long range as the Tars would tie the game at 46. VSU would then go on a 15-2 run that would make it 60-47 with 13:47 to go. The Tars would get no closer than 7 (85-78) the rest of the way. VSU would make 7 of 10 free throws to put this game on ice.
The Tars shot 44 percent from the field while the Blazers were a solid 58%. The Tars were 9-25 from long range (36%) while the Blazers were a sizzling 14-29 (48%) from beyond the arc. The Tars were 12 of 17 (71%) at the charity stripe. After only going to the line one time in the first half (1-1) the Blazers got to the line 23 times making 16 in the second half. Each team tallied 32 rebounds. The Tars only had 7 turnovers in the loss while the Blazers had 13.
Rollins will be back in action Wednesday night. The Tars will be at Warden Arena as they open up Sunshine State Conference play with a home tilt against Nova Southeastern. Tip time is set for 7 PM. As always you can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK in Winter Park or at www.RollinsSports.TV
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