The good news for Tom Klusman and the Rollins College Tars is that they have been scoring at will the last three contests. For the first time in school history Rollins eclipsed the century mark in three consecutive games in their 104-99 win over Thomas College at Warden Arena. The bad news is that the defense has been nonexistent of late.
The Tars(5-1 1-0 SSC) who were playing the first full game of the season without senior Deion Clark (broken wrist) were paced by a big game from Jack Fleming. Fleming who had an injury of his own that caused him to miss the first three games of the season drilled eight 3-pointer's en route to has career high 26 points- Sam Philpott continued to be solid off the bench as he posted 20 points- Joey Galvis scored 12- while Jeff Merton scored 10 points, and also had seven rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals. The Tars shot 59 percent as a team- this included shooting at a 48 percent clip (14-29) from the 3-point line. They shot 78 percent (14-18) at the free throw line. The Tars had 23 assists and 14 turnovers.
Thomas College (From Georgia and of the NAIA) fell to 5-2 on the season. They were paced by Javoris Cooks who had a career day. Cooks nailed 10 3-pointer's en route to his 41 points and also added 10 rebounds. Katrell Myers also had a solid day scoring 25 points in the game. The Night Hawks shot 47 percent as a team- from the 3-point line they shot 41 percent (12-29.) At the free throw line Thomas shot 83 percent (19-23.) The Night Hawks dominated the rebounding battle as they were +11 (40-29) on the glass. They had 16 assists and 12 turnovers.
The game began with both teams trading buckets in the early going. After a Galvis 3-pointer the Tars had a 10-7 lead at the first media timeout. The Tars would run out to a 14 point lead (25-11) as that 3-pointer would spark a 15-4 run. The NightHawks would make a run of their own late in the first half to get to within four (35-31) at the 2:11 mark. The Tars would close the half on a 9-3 run to go up by 10 (44-34.)
The Night Hawks (mainly Cooks) came out red hot in the second half and knotted the game at 52. Cooks drilled four 3-pointer's during the run that knotted the game at the 16:10 mark. Connor McKim drilled a 3-pointer for the Tars to regain the lead, but the Night Hawks would tie the game once again. Fleming would then knock down a pair of 3-pointer's before Cooks nailed another 3-pointer. Myers would give the Night Hawks the lead (62-61) after a bucket at the 13:29 mark. Rollins would then go on a 15-4 run to open up a 11 point lead (76-65.) Thomas would pull to within eight before Fleming would knock down another three. The Tars would open up a 16 point lead (100-84) and make history in the process. For the first time in school history they would eclipse the century mark in three straight games. The NightHawks would make a game of it late as the Tars would not make a field goal from the 4:26 mark until a Galvis layup at the 22 second mark. The Tars would prevail.
Rollins will take a week off and be back in action on November 30th when they head to the Clemente Center to battle Florida Tech. As always you can catch all the action on the Geico Tars Sports Network on 91.5 FM WPRK and worldwide at RollinsSports.com
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