The 25th ranked Rollins College Tars improved to 6-0 on the season and 2-0 in the Sunshine State Conference with a hard fought 84-78 win over 22nd ranked Florida Southern 4-2 (0-1 SSC) at Warden Arena Saturday.
Ian Scott had a career high 19 points, to go along with seven assists and four steals in the win. The Tars point man played all 40 minutes as Brett Chance was unable to play after suffering a knee injury in practice on Friday. Jeremy Sharpe netted 17 points (all in the second half) after only playing two minutes in the first half after picking up a pair of fouls. Myk Brown added 15 points, while Dave Diakite posted 11 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with seven minutes to go. With the injury to Chance, the Tars strictly freshman bench came up big in this one. Jeff Dirkin (seven points, five rebounds in 21 minutes), Chris Uhle (five points, two rebounds in eight minutes), and Scott Schuette (two points, three rebounds) in 26 minutes got their first real taste of conference action Saturday. The Tars shot 56 percent from the field in the game, while going 7 of 17 from the 3-point line. The Tars shot 68 percent (23-34) from the foul line. Rollins won the boards battle 35-28, while turning the ball over 25 times.
Kevin Capers had a game high 22 points to lead the Mocs. Seth Evans netted 16 points, while Dominic Lane added 15 in the loss. The Mocs shot 46 percent for the game. Southern turned the ball over 17 times.
The game got off to a rough start, with turnovers being the story in the first eight minutes as it was tied at 10. After a Mocs hoop gave them a brief 12-10 lead, Dave Diakite sparked an 11-1 run with a dunk and a 3-pointer to put the Tars up 23-13. The rest of the half would be played evenly as a pair of Chris Uhle free throws would give the home team a 38-26 lead at the intermission.
The game would stay evenly played thru the first ten minutes of the second half, until the Mocs would cut into that lead on a pair of Capers free throws that made it 59-51. The Tars would be up nine after a three by Jeremy Sharpe made it a nine point Tar lead again. After a foul and a Dave Diakite technical would disqualify the transfer from UCF Seth Evans would can four free throws to cut the Tar lead to 65-60. A quick 6-0 spurt by the Tars would remove most doubt (80-70) with 2:29 to go. The Tars would make enough free throws late to "ice it" and stay a top the conference.
Rollins will be back in action Friday when they host Southeastern University. Tip time is set for 7 PM at Warden Arena.
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