Offensive Woes Haunt Tars in Loss At "Shark Tank."

Head coach Tom Klusman of the Rollins Tars felt maybe a little shake up in the starting lineup would help his team get back on track on offense. Scott Schuette got the start for Rollins in place of Adam Allen but a 9:50 drought at the end of the first half would underlie the Tars offensive woes and result in a 54-46 loss at the Don Taft University Center.
  Nova Southeastern (6-10 3-2 SSC) would have a pair of players score double figures in Saturday's contest.  Brian Cahill led the Sharks with 16 points- while Chris Page netted 15.  NSU shot 36 percent (17-47) from the floor on the afternoon.  They shot just 30 percent (8-27) from the 3-point line.  NSU was a solid 71 percent (12-17) at the free throw line.  The Sharks dominated the rebounding battle 41-29.  They had 13 assists and 20 turnovers.
  Rollins (7-8 2-4 SSC) was led by Mitch Woods.  The Tars top scorer rebounded from a four point performance on Wednesday to score 14 points and added six steals.  Chris Uhle had a solid game with nine points- five assists- four rebounds- and- four steals.  Sharif Almulla also had a solid game with eight.   The Tars shot 30 percent from the field in the game. They shot 23 percent (8-35) from the 3-point line.  Rollins shot 67 percent (6-9) at the foul line.  The Tars had 14 assists and 18 turnovers.
  The Tars got off to a good start and would lead by six (9-3) after a Schuette 3-pointer early on.  The rest of the half would see the Tars score just six points and not make a field goal for the final 9:50.  The Tars were not able to take advantage of 12 NSU turnovers, as the Tars would only score 14 points off 20 Sharks turnovers in the game.  It would be NSU who had a eight point lead (23-15) at the half.
  The Tars came out of the locker room red hot in the first four minutes of the second stanza.  Uhle would hit a pair of 3-pointer's, Schuette would drain a three and Almulla would give the Tars a 27-25 lead with a three of his own with 15 minutes to go.
  The Sharks would counter and take a six point lead (37-31.) Woods would score the game's next five points and the Sharks lead would be trimmed to one (37-36.) NSU would once again counter with a 10-2 spurt that would give them a eight point lead (46-38) with under three minutes to play.  The Tars would get to within five (51-46) with 40 seconds left but Cahill would nail a pair of free throws and the Sharks would finish off the win.
  Rollins will conclude a three game road trip when they head out of conference to play Palm Beach Atlantic Wednesday. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM at Rubin Arena.  You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and round the world at RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores:
Barry 68 Eckerd 65
Saint Leo 74 Palm Beach Atlantic 71
Tampa 51 Lynn 46
Florida Southern 87 Florida Tech 85
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 6-0 (17-0)
Tampa 4-2 (11-4)
Nova Southeastern 3-2 (6-10)
Barry 2-3 (11-3)
Saint Leo 2-3 (14-4)
Eckerd 2-3 (9-7)
Florida Tech 2-3 (12-4)
Rollins 2-4 (7-8)
Lynn 1-4 (7-8)