Miscues Doom Tars In Loss To Lynn.

The Rollins Tars get off to a slow start, recovered and reverted back to a slew of turnovers late in a 80-64 loss to Lynn at the Count and Countess de Hoernle Centre in Boca Raton Thursday.  The win improved the Fighting Knights to 5-0 (1-0 SSC.)  While the loss dropped the Tars to 4-4 (0-1 SSC.)
  The Fighting Knights got off to a fast start courtesy of Ben Berry.  He scored a basket and nailed a 3-pointer to give the Fighting Knights a 5-0 lead.  That lead would be stretched to 12 (16-4) with 13:52 in the opening half.  The Tars would not go away.  They would battle back and would take a 23-22 lead at the 9:03 mark of the opening half.  That lead would be short-lived though as the Fighting Knights would take advantage of 16 Rollins turnovers in the opening half to take a 43-32 lead into the intermission.
  The Tars would start the second half on a 10-3 run to get within four (46-42) before a Aaron Harrison 3-pointer would stretch the Lynn lead back to seven.  The Tars would only trail by eight before a David Johnson layup would make it 68-58 Lynn at the four minute mark. The Fighting Knights would cruise to victory from there.
  Lynn had three players score in double figures in the game.  Aaron Harrison led the way with 24 points and 10 rebounds.  Benjamin Berry posted 14- and Pavle Raickovic scored 10.   Lynn shot 44 percent from the field (29-66.)  They shot 32 percent from the 3-point line (7-22.)  Lynn was a solid 79 percent at the foul line (15-19.)  They out rebounded the Tars 33-32.  Lynn had eight assists and 14 turnovers.
  Rollins was led by Alex Blessig with a career high 26 points. He was the only Tar in double figures. Jeff Merton added eight and James Ferrell scored five in the loss.  The Tars shot 43 percent (19-44) from the floor.  This included a 35 percent night (6-17) from the 3-point line.  The Tars shot 83 percent (20-24) from the free throw line.  They had five assists and turned the ball over 27 times.  Lynn turned those 27 turnovers into 37 points. While the Tars scored 11 points off of 14 Lynn turnovers.
  Rollins will not play again for another two weeks. The next contest for the Tars will be in Las Vegas when they take on Saint Martin's on December 17th.  Catch everything Rollins on the Geico Tars Sports Network at 91.5 FM WPRK and worldwide at RollinsSports.com