It was a tale of two halves for the Rollins College Tars on Wednesday night at Barry. Whatever coach Tom Klusman and his staff said in the locker room worked to perfection after a lackluster first half. The Tars ended up coasting to a 72-55 victory.
Rollins (14-2 6-0 SSC) won for the sixth straight time. It kept the Tars perfect both away from Warden Arena and in the conference. Rollins was led by four players who scored in double figures. Adam Allen paced the Tars for the second straight game with 14 points. He was three of eight from the 3-point line and also had a four point play in the second half. Mitch Woods had a very solid game with 12 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Jeff Dirkin also had 12 points, this included two of two from the 3-point line. Kyle McClanahan netted 10 points, dished out five assists and grabbed five rebounds in the win.
Barry fell to 1-5 in the conference and 7-8 overall. The Bucs were paced by Justin McCoy who put up 21 points, McCoy was just four of 10 from the field but hit 12 of his 13 free throw attempts. Aaron Martin scored 16 points including three 3-pointers and Chad Renfro added 8.
The Tars shot 53 percent to 34 percent for the Buccaneers. Rollins shot 46 percent (12-26) from the 3-point line, while the Bucs were just 30 percent (6-20.) Barry made 88 percent of it's free throws (21-24.) The Tars hit just 62 percent (8-13.) Rollins won the rebounding battle 28-26. Barry had 19 turnovers to 16 for the Tars.
The game started out well for Barry. The Bucs would jump out to a early seven point lead (10-3) in the first seven minutes. Aaron Martin would nail his first three 3-point attempts for the Buccaneers. The Tars would get some much needed offense off the bench, as Chris Uhle and Adam Allen would nail a trio of big three's (two by Allen.) The game would be played evenly for much of the rest of half until Barry would go up by seven (32-25.) McClanahan would hit a runner to cut the lead to five (32-27) at halftime.
The Tars would come out with great emotion and would go on a 27-2 run that turned a 32-27 deficit into a 54-34 lead. Barry would not make its first field goal of the second half until more than ten minutes in. The Tars stifling zone would salt away this victory. Barry would get no closer than 13 the rest of the way as the Tars would cruise to the 72-55 win.
The Tars will be back in action Saturday when they head to Davey,Fla. to take on the Preseason favorite to win the conference (Saint Leo.) Tip time at the Marion Bowman Activities Center is set for 4 PM on Saturday. You can catch all the action on RollinsSports.Com and WPRK Winter Park.
Other SSC Scores:
Eckerd 61 Saint Leo 57 (OT)
Lynn 78 Palm Beach Atlantic 50
Florida Southern 91 Tampa 65
Nova Southeastern 78 Florida Tech 72
Current SSC Standings:
Rollins 6-0 (14-2)
Florida Southern 5-1 (13-2)
Saint Leo 5-2 (12-4)
Eckerd 4-3 (10-4)
Nova Southeastern 3-3 (10-5)
Lynn 2-4 (10-6)
Tampa 1-5 (13-5)
Barry 1-5 (7-8)
Florida Tech 1-5 (7-8)
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