Southern Holds Off Tars late.

The Rollins College Tars fell to 19-10 after a gut-wrenching 72-66 loss to Florida Southern in the SSC Championship game at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. The win gave the Moccasins the automatic bid to the NCAA Division II South Regional and all but assured the Mocs will be the host school.
  The Tars led nearly the entire game until a 3-pointer by Tyler Kelly with 7.1 seconds left proved to be the game winner. The Tars had a chance to win it but a highly contested Diakite shot went wide right with 1.1 second to go. The Mocs tacked on five of six free throws to account for the final score as Diakite was hit with a pair of technical fouls in the waning seconds.
  Brett Chance had a huge day for the Tars scoring a team high 22 points on eight of 12 shooting, including six of nine from the 3-point line.  Kyle McClanahan added 14 points and three assists, while Diakite netted 11 points to go along with 12 rebounds.
  Both McClanahan and Diakite were named to the All Tournament time after the game.
  Seth Evans lead all scorers with 26 points including six three's and was named the Tournament MVP. Brett Bailey chipped in 11 points and six rebounds, while Cameron Vines put up 11 points to go along with six rebounds.
  Rollins shot 50 percent from the field and the 3-point line (12-24.) The Mocs shot 40 percent from the floor and hit 13-34 3 pointer's.
  The Tars won the rebounding battle 33-30. FSC forced 20 Tars turnovers while having just 11 of their own.
  The Tars came out with all the energy and led 20-4 after the game's first 10 minutes. As all good teams do the Mocs would have an answer and a Evans three would spark a 20-2 Mocs run that would give Southern a 24-22 lead. Chance would run off the next eight points and give the Tars the lead back. A pair of dunks by Capers would get FSC within five with 3:33 in the half. The Tars would that lead to seven (37-30) at the break.
  The Tars would get off to a hot start in the second half and open up a 13 point lead (48-35) with 15:21 to go. The Tars would maintain a lead until the Mocs would get it down to a three point game (59-56) with 6:41 left. The Mocs would have the lead for the first time at the 4:34 mark(63-62.) The Mocs would add a free throw before a McClanahan bucket tied it and Mitch Woods would give the Tars a 66-64 lead with a lay up at the 1:53 mark. The Mocs would score the game's last eight points.
  The Tars will await there fate when the NCAA pairings are released at 10 PM on Sunday night.