The Rollins College Tars improved to 15-4 and 7-1 in the SSC with a 71-53 win over the Fighting Knights of Lynn in Boca Raton on Wednesday night. The win coupled with a Tampa loss at Florida Tech gives the Tars sole possession of first place in the Sunshine State Conference at the halfway point. The Tars were led by three players in double figures. Nick Wolf eclipsed the 20 point plateau for the fourth straight game. Wolf had 25 points to go along with 11 boards. Wolf is now fourth all time in Rollins history with 1,782 points. The Senior from Cincinnati is 82 points from passing his uncle Jeff Wolf for third place. Myk Brown had 19 points including 5 of 5 at the charity stripe and Matt Robertson added 17, including a perfect 3 for 3 from long range.
Lynn fell to 4-14 and 2-6 in the SSC. The Knights were led by Josh Garcia with 12 points. Jimmy Gaskins added 10 for the hosts.
The Tars shot 49% from the floor in the game and hit 7-20 from long range. They were a very uncharacteristic 16-25 at the foul line. Lynn shot 42% from the floor. The Knights struggled from long range going just 3-19. The Tars won the battle of the boards 32-26 and forced 24 Lynn miscues. The Tars had 17 of their own.
The Tars came out of the gates quick running to a 12-2 lead on the power of a pair of Robertson triples. Lynn would fight back and take a 23-22 lead with 6:24 left in the half on a Chris Watson free throw. Three Jimmy Gaskins free throws would give the Knights a 3 point lead (29-26) with 4:07 in the half. The Tars would then go on a 24-0 run over the next 8:21 to take a commanding 53-29 lead with 14:53 to play. The Knights would get no closer than 13 the rest of the way.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday at 4 PM when they head to the "Shark Tank" to battle Nova Southeastern.
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