Tars Escape Fire in Double OT.

The Rollins College Tars (5-1) needed a pair of overtimes on Friday night but escaped with a 87-78 win over the Southeastern University Fire at Warden Arena.
  The Tars were paced by Mitch Woods who scored a season high 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Woods hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers that would end up being the difference in the second overtime. Kyle McClanahan continued his solid play as he stuffed the stat sheet once again.  McClanahan tallied 17 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists in the win. Brett Chance also tallied 15 points for the hosts. It was the first double overtime game for the Tars since a 95-94 loss to Nova Southeastern in the "Shark Tank" back in 2008.
     The Tars shot 51 percent from the field and hit on 39 percent (11-28) from the 3-point line. The Tars were uncharacteristically poor at the foul line shooting just 57 percent (16-28.) Rollins won the rebounding battle 39-37, they had 16 assists as well as 16 turnovers.
  The Fire fell to 8-6 on the season. They were led by three players in double figures as well. Jordan Talley had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Fire, Brandon Moore netted 17 points to go along with seven rebounds.  Povillas Gaidys came off the bench to score 15. The Fire shot 39 percent from the floor on the evening. They shot 34 percent (12-35) from the 3-point line. The Fire shot 74 percent (14-19) at the free throw line. They had 17 assists and 16 turnovers.
    The Tars were in control much of the opening half The Tars would lead 22-17 with seven and a half left in the opening frame. A pair of 3-pointers would give the Fire a 23-22 lead The Fire would stretch the lead to five (29-24) before a Tars surge would give them a 35-31 halftime lead.
  The second half would see neither team lead by more than five points. It would be 65-60 Southeastern with 2:14 to go. Jeff Dirkin would come up with a big block on the defensive end and then Woods would bury a 3-pointer to cut the lead to two. The Tars would end up sending it into OT after a tough twisting layup by McClanahan tied it up. The Fire would have a chance to win in regulation but did not get the job done. The first OT went back and forth before it played out to be a 75-75 tie.
  Both teams would go cold in the second OT. Neither team would score in the first 2:33 of the second extra session. Woods would nail back to back 3-pointers with 1:54 left and the Tars would never look back.
  Rollins will be back in action as they head to Las Vegas next weekend. For the first time the Tars will host the Rollins Las Vegas Classic. They will take on Abeline Christian on the 15th and then Cameron University the next day. As always you can catch all the action on the Rollins Sports network at RollinsSports.TV and on WPRK 91.5 FM Winter Park.