Tars Swat Away Panthers.

The Rollins Tars (11-11 5-7 SSC) only dressed 10 players Wednesday night and easily dismantled Florida Tech 84-59 at Warden Arena.  With the loss the Panthers dropped to 14-9 and 4-8 in the SSC.
  Rollins was led by a trio of players in double figures. Mitch Woods led the way with 20 points- four assists- and-four steals.  Chris Uhle had a monster game. He scored 17 points- grabbed seven rebounds- and had a career high seven blocked shots.  Scott Schuette returned after a one game suspension by nailing four 3-pointers en route to 14 points.  The Tars were without Lukas Winegarner (broken foot) and Sharif Almulla (sprained ankle.)  The Tars shot 48 percent (31-65) from the field.  They shot 41 percent (16-39) from the 3-point line.  The Tars had 22 assists- a season low seven turnovers- and 12 blocked shots (a new team record)  But the story of the game was on the defensive end where the Tars held a Panthers squad that scores 81 points a night to just 59.
  Corbin Jackson was the only Panther to score in double figures. He had 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.  Jermaine Jackson only scored nine points. The conferences leading scorer came in averaging 20 a game- and Chris Carter had just five. Well under his average of 18 a contest.   The Panthers shot 35 percent (22-63) from the field.  They were three of 18 (17 percent from the 3-point line.  The Panthers did nothing to hurt there status as the worst foul shooting team in the conference by shooting 57 percent (12-21.)  The Panthers won the rebounding battle 46-36.  FIT had just 11 assists and 14 turnovers.
  The Tars got off to a quick start as Uhle scored the game's first five points. They would never trail in the game.  The lead would grow to 10, but FIT would cut it to two (21-19) with 8:12 in the opening half.
  The Tars would get a pair of Uhle 3-pointers and a Schuette three to stretch the lead back to double digits. The lead would be 14 (38-24) at the break.
  The second half would see the Tars continue to shoot extremely well, especially from the 3-point line. The lead would grow to as many as 29.  The Tars would cruise to victory.
  Billy Mims would see 17 Tech players see action Wednesday.  It was a very lackluster effort for a team that has now lost eight of 11 after a 11-1 start.
  Rollins will be back in action Saturday at Warden Arena when they take on Nova Southeastern.  The 2003-04 Tars Elite Eight team will be honored at halftime of Saturday's contest. Tip time is set for 4 PM.  As always you can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK Winter Park and worldwide at RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores:
Nova Southeastern 81 Lynn 79
Saint Leo 57 Tampa 51
Barry 84 Palm Beach Atlantic 78
Florida Southern 104 Eckerd 103 (2 OT)
SSC Standings:
Florida Southern 10-2 (21-2)
Nova Southeastern 7-4 (11-12)
Saint Leo 7-5 (19-6)
Tampa 7-5 (14-7)
Barry 6-5 (16-5)
Eckerd 5-6 (13-10)
Rollins 5-7 (11-11)
Florida Tech 4-8 (14-9)
Lynn 1-10 (7-14)