Resurgent Tars Head To Leo Saturday.

The resurgent Rollins Tars (9-9 3-5 SSC) will look to keep the momentum rolling on Saturday when they head to the Marion Bowman Activities Center to battle the Saint Leo Lions (16-5 4-4 SSC.)
  The Tars are coming off a stunning 82-76 OT win over the then second ranked Moccasins of Florida Southern Wednesday night.  The Tars win was in front of the second largest crowd in the history of Warden Arena. Mitch Woods led the way with 26 points for the Tars. Woods was 10 of 11 at the free throw line, including six of six in the overtime period.  Adam Allen broke out of his recent shooting slump in a big way as he nailed four of five 3-pointers  en route to his 17 points.  Chris Uhle netted 11, included the 3-pointer that put the Tars up for good in the OT.  The Tars played nearly flawless basketball in the last one minute 46 seconds of regulation and the overtime after trailing by seven with 1:46 to go.  In the extra session the Tars were four of five from the field and nine of nine at the free throw line.
  The Tars still have the top defense in the Sunshine State Conference.  They allow just 63.7 points per game.  On the other end, the Tars are putting up 68.3 points a night . On the season Rollins is third in the conference in 3-point shooting, shooting at a 36  percent clip.  On Wednesday they shot it very well from the 3-point line going 12-21.
  Woods leads the Tars box score at 14 points a game, and is coming off arguably his best game in his 1.5 years at Rollins.  Alex Blessig comes in averaging 9.9 points- and- 3.6 assists a contest. Adam Allen is scoring 9.6 a game- while Jeff Dirkin is having a solid season averaging 8.2 points- and a team leading 5.9 rebounds a game.
   The Lions come in having won three of their past four games.  The last was a 86-60  loss at the "Shark Tank" to Nova Southeastern.  Chim Kadima led the Lions with 16 points.  Ron Foxx put up 13 in the loss.
  Jerrell Harris is second in the conference and leads the Lions in scoring at 19.8 points a night.  Kadima adds 11.9 a contest- while Foxx scores 8.1 points and grabs 7.6 rebounds per night.
  The Lions are fourth in the conference in scoring at 76.6 points a game.  They allow 68 points per contest.   The Lions lead the conference in field goal percentage defense, as teams shoot just 40 percent against them.  They are second in the conference in rebounding, as they get more than seven rebounds a game than the opponent.
  The two teams met earlier this season, with the Tars coming away with a 74-68 win back on December 4th.  Allen put up 21 in that win. Woods added 17, and Blessig had 13.
  Saint Leo was led by Harris with 24, while Spenser Mitchell had 11, and and Kadima netted 10 in the loss back in December.
 As always you can catch all the action on the Tars sports network at Rollins Sports.com and on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park.
The line: Leo by 10
Florida Tech -2.5@Lynn
Barry+3@Tampa
Palm Beach Atlantic+8 @Eckerd
Nova Southeastern +9@Florida Southern
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 7-1 (18-1)
Barry 5-3 (14-3)
Nova Southeastern 5-3 (8-11)
St.Leo 4-4 (16-5)
Tampa 4-4 (11-6)
Eckerd 4-4 (11-8)
Florida Tech 3-5 (13-6)
Rollins 3-5 (9-9)
Lynn 1-7 (7-11)