Tars Stave Off Pesky Sailfish.

The Rollins College Tars (9-3) won for the second straight time Wednesday at Warden Arena. This one a 76-64 win that completed a  season sweep of Palm Beach Atlantic (3-11).
   The Tars had four players score in double figures on the evening. Dave Diakite led the way with a season high 17 points and also notched seven rebounds, Ian Scott netted 14, while Jeremy Sharpe put in 12 and Myk Brown added 11 in the win. Jeff Dirkin had four points and four rebounds in a season high 29 minutes in his first career start (replacing the injured Chris Malcolm).
 Orlando native and Boone High School product Matt Roy scored 16 points including five 3-pointers to lead the Sailfish. Roy had just seven made 3-pointers in the Sailfish's previous 13 games. Dante Valentine narrowly missed a double-double for the Sailfish with 15 points and nine rebounds.
 The game started with PBA playing well in the opening nine minutes and leading 14-10. The Tars would then go on a 10-0 spurt sparked by a Chris Uhle jumper that put Rollins up 20-14 three minutes later. The Sailfish would then go on a run of their own and tie the game at 24, before Rollins would finish the half on a run of their own. The Tars would score the last eight points of the half to lead 32-24 at the intermission.
  The Tars would lead by as many as 11 in the second half, but the Sailfish would not go down without a fight. With 6:05 to go PBA would cut the lead to three (58-55). Ian Scott would complete a old fashioned three point play that would make the lead six. Myk Brown would hit four straight free throws and Scott another basket as the Tars would "ice it".
  Rollins shot 48 percent in the game to 38 percent for PBA. Neither team shot the ball well from the 3-point line. The Sailfish were 5-23 (22 percent) while the Tars were 5-17 (29 percent). Both teams shot well from the foul line. Rollins shot 79 percent (19-24) while PBA shot 82 percent (9-11). PBA took advantage of Malcom's absence to win the rebounding battle 40-32. Rollins had 13 steals, including a season high five from Brett Chance. The Tars turned the ball over 16 times while forcing 20 miscues.
  Rollins will jump back into conference action when they will face the Eckerd Tritons (7-4).Tip time at Warden Arena is set for 4 PM. You can catch all the action on WPRK 91.5 Winter Park and www.rollinssports.com