The Rollins College Tars (8-2) won for the second time in as many days Friday night. The Tars turned back Western Washington 80-70 in the final round of the Great Western Shootout in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Tars did it with a balanced attack on Friday night. Tournament MVP Nick Wolf led the Tars with 25 points including a jumper over three defenders with 2:07 to go. Wolf added 12 rebounds on the evening. The Cincinnati native was 10-16 from the floor and 4-5 from the charity stripe. Alex Castillo and Brett Chance each provided a spark off the Rollins bench with 14, and 9 points respectively. Matt Robertson also had a double-double scoring 11 points and hauling down 12 rebounds. The Tars shot 47% from the field in the game. RC was 4-12 from long range. They were also 71% (22-31) at the charity stripe. Rollins won the battle of the boards 37-28 and had 14 miscues.
The Vikings (6-3) lost for the second straight night. Rory Blatche led Western is scoring with 17 points on 8 of 13 shooting. Chris Mitchell netted 16, while Derrick Dickerson added 12. For the second straight night the Tars held the other teams leading scorer in check. This time it was Shedrick Nelson of the Vikings (9 points). The Vikings shot 26-56 (46%) from the floor. The Vikings stayed in the game by going 13-31 (42%) from distance. The Vikings only got to the foul line 6 times making 5. Western did have 19 miscues on the evening.
The Tars will take a break for the Christmas holiday before hosting the Rotary Tangerine Tournament. The Tars will host the Shock of Washington Adventist (1-8) on December 29th.
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