Tars Escape Saturday.

The Rollins College Tars improved to 16-6 and 8-4 in the Sunshine State Conference with a 53-46 win over the Lynn Fighting Knights in Boca Raton Saturday. The win completed a season sweep of the Fighting Knights for the Tars.
  The win was just the Tars second in the last six contests. On a night when offense was at a premium it was the free throw line and a stifling zone defense that led the Tars to the much needed victory. The Tars only had 13 made field goals and shot 34 percent in the game. Rollins was a frigid three of 16 from the 3-point line. Where the game was ultimately won for the Tars was at the foul line, where they shot 73 percent (24-33.) The Tars had just six assists and 11 turnovers. Only two Tars scored in double figures on the afternoon. Kyle McClanahan led the way with 15 points, three rebounds and three steals. Mitch Woods added 12 points, five rebounds and two assists in the win. The transfer from Appalachian State was three of four from the field, including two of two from the 3-point line and hit four of five free throws. Brett Chance, Dave Diakite and Adam Allen chipped in seven points each.
  The Fighting Knights fell to 11-12 overall and 3-10 in the conference. They were led by 14 points from Jeremy Lampkin. Shamel Akins added seven, while Kevin Ohen and Caleb Klyburn added six each. The Knights shot 36 percent from the field and were two of 20 from the 3-point line. They shot 12 of 13 (93 percent) at the free throw line. LU won the battle of the boards 31-28 and had 10 assists as opposed to 15 turnovers.
  The Tars jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the game's first four minutes. Then the Knights would answer as neither team would be able to muster much offense in the next several minutes. The Fighting Knights would go a 15-2 run and lead 17-11 with 6:19 in the opening stanza. Lynn would stretch that lead to 8 (23-15) before the Tars would score the last six points of the opening half and it would be 23-21 Lynn at the break.
  The Tars would take the lead at the 16:22 mark as a Woods 3-pointer would make it 29-28 Rollins. The Tars lead would stay between one and four for the next several minutes until a mini run by the Fighting Knights would tie the game at 46 with 2:17 left on a Shamel Atkins basket. McClanahan would hit a big basket right after that and then hit four free throws in the waning moments to ice a much needed win for the Tars.
  The Tars improved to 6-1 on the road with the win and will be back in action Wednesday night when they travel to the "Shark Tank" to battle Nova Southeastern. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM. As always you can catch the action at Rollins Sports.com and WPRK 91.5 FM Winter Park.
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Tech 76 Saint Leo 50
Florida Southern 91 Palm Beach Atlantic 70
Nova Southeastern 75 Tampa 72
Eckerd 71 Barry 66
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 10-2 (19-3)
Saint Leo 10-3 (18-5)
Rollins 8-4 (16-6)
Eckerd 8-5 (15-6)
Nova Southeastern 5-7 (13-9)
Florida Tech 5-7 (12-10)
Barry 4-9 (10-12)
Tampa 3-9 (16-9)
Lynn 3-10 (11-12)