Tars Roll Past PBA.

The Rollins College Tars headed to Rubin Arena on the campus of Palm Beach Atlantic on Wednesday for a road test against the Sailfish. The Tars rolled past PBA 89-54.
  The Tars won a third straight game and improved to 3-1 on the season. Four Tars posted double figures on the evening. Adam Allen drained four 3-pointers en route to a 18 point, 7 rebound effort. Kyle McClanahan stuffed the stat sheet. The transfer from Florida and Winter Park high product netted 15 points, grabbed five rebounds, dished out four assists and had three steals. Brett Chance also scored in double figures adding 13 points.  Mitch Woods notched 10 points on the evening.  The Tars shot 56 percent from the field and hit eight of 21 from the 3-point line. The Tars went 23-32 (72 percent) from the foul line. Rollins dominated the boards 43-27. They had 19 assists and 17 turnovers.
    Palm Beach Atlantic had just one player score in double figures. Marcus Hardy led the way with 14 points on 5 of 17 shooting.  Jonathan Kreidt added nine points, while Matthew Gierl added eight. PBA shot 32 percent from the floor and hit just 4 of 29 from the 3-point line.  The Sailfish were 8 of 13 at the free throw line. They had assists and 16 turnovers.
  Both teams got off to a slow start on the offensive end and baskets were hard to come back. The Tars would lead 7-6 after a Allen jumper nearly five minutes in. PBA would fight back and tie the game at 8 briefly. The Tars would answer with a 19-4 spurt that would give them a 27-12 lead with 9:10 left in the opening half. The Tars would stretch the lead to 17 before PBA would cut it back to eight. The Tars would control the last five minutes of the half and lead at the half 45-28.
  The Tars would control the second half. They led by as many as 36 before posting the 35 point win. All 18 of Allen's points came in the opening stanza. Chance would score 8 of his 13 in the half.
  Rollins will open conference play Saturday when they battle the Eckerd College Tritons at 4 PM. Eckerd is 2-0 on the season. The Tritons are tabbed to come in third in the Sunshine State Conference. The Tars are picked fourth. As always you can catch all the action on Rollins Sports.com and 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park.