The Rollins Tars (0-2) fresh off a rare winless trip to Las Vegas in the Las Vegas tip off classic, will welcome the Sailfish of Palm Beach Atlantic for there home opener at Warden Arena on Tuesday night.
The Tars were drubbed by Washburn out in Las Vegas before a heartbreaking one point loss at the hands of Saint Mary's (Texas) to finish the tournament. Rollins returns three starter's and ten letter winner's from last year's NCAA tournament team. They need to replace the top two scorers from a year ago in Kyle McClanahan and Dave Diakite.
In the 65-42 loss to Washburn the Tars were led by nine points from Chris Uhle. Mitch Woods added six. It was the first time since 2004 that the Tars failed to have a double digit scorer in a game. The Tars shot a frigid 25 percent from the field and only managed to hit three 3-pointer's in 26 attempts.
In the second game out in Las Vegas the Tars found themselves down 17 in the second half before making a furious rally that came up one point short (55-54) against Saint Mary's. The Tars had a shot to win it late but Scott Schuette's potential game winner did not fall with five seconds to go. Mitch Woods led the Tars with 12 points and Alex Blessig added nine in the defeat.
The Tars are 0-2 for the first time since the 1994-95 season and will look to avoid their first 0-3 start since the 1982-83 campaign.
Palm Beach Atlantic will be playing there season opener on Tuesday. They are coming off a 1-24 season last year. PBA returns nine letter winner's, including there top two scorers from last season. They are led by a new head coach David Balza.
Marcus Hardy returns this season, the junior from Detroit averaged 15. 3 points and seven rebounds a game last year. Christian Martinez averaged 12.7 points a contest last season.
The Sailfish were a 71-61 loser to Stetson in there lone exhibition game on this year's slate. Evan Graham led PBA with 12 points, while Hardy added 10 with eight rebounds. The Sailfish shot 41 percent for the game but committed 25 turnovers.
The line: Rollins by 4
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