You knew when the Rollins Tars had a 22 point lead early in the second half at Jenkins FieldHouse that they would get the Mocs of Florida Southern's best shot. The Tars did and after the 22-point lead became two with five minutes to go they would secure a 94-88 win and a season sweep of the Mocs. With the win Rollins improved to 12-8 overall and 6-5 in the SSC. With the loss Southern fell to 7-12 and 5-5 in the SSC.
The Tars had four players score in double figures in the win. Connor McKim scored a career high 27 points- Sam Philpott added 25- Jeff Merton scored 16- and- Joey Galvis added 10. The Tars shot 58 percent as a team for the game- they shot 48 percent (10-21) from the 3-point line. The Tars were a solid 79 percent (26-33) at the free throw line. They had 14 assists and 17 turnovers in the victory.
The Mocs were led by a 30 point effort from Michael Volovic- LaBrien Shiflet added 17- and- Brett Hanson had 11 in the losing effort. The Mocs shot 44 percent as a team and went 3-35 (37 percent) from the 3-point line. At the free throw line they shot 69 percent (11-16.) The Mocs edged the Tars in the rebounding battle 35-34- they had 13 assists and 13 turnovers.
The Tars came out hot in the early going. They would knock down five straight shots to open the game and took a seven point lead (14-7) after a Merton 3-pointer four minutes in. The Tars would maintain that lead and would stretch it to 13 halfway thru the opening half after a pair of McKim 3-pointer's. An 8-2 Mocs run would cut the lead to seven (30-23) The Tars would get another McKim 3-pointer and then Galvis would add one late in the half to give the Tars a 45-28 halftime lead.
The Tars would lead by 22 (57-35) four minutes into the second half before Volovic and the Mocs would catch fire. With seven minutes to go the Tars lead would shrink to 10 (66-56.) Jakobbi Bonner would stretch the lead to 12 but then the Mocs would go on a 10-o run to cut the lead to two (68-66.) Galvis and McKim would score on back to back trips, before Volovic would cut it to two again after one of his seven 3-pointer's in the contest with 2:46 to go. Philpott would take over scoring the next six points and McKim would hit crucial free throws down the stretch to secure the Tars fourth straight win.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they head to Rubin Arena to take on Palm Beach Atlantic. Tip time Saturday is set for 4 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Embry-Riddle 93 Eckerd 80
Palm Beach Atlantic 62 Lynn 60
Tampa 70 Nova Southeastern 65
Barry 103 Florida Tech 78
SSC Standings:
Barry 9-2 (16-2)
Eckerd 7-3 (14-5)
Tampa 7-4 (14-6)
Rollins 6-5 (12-8)
Florida Southern 5-5 (7-12)
Lynn 5-6 (10-8)
*Palm Beach Atlantic 5-6 (9-9)
Florida Tech 4-7 (11-9)
Saint Leo 3-6 (9-10)
Nova Southeastern 2-9 (5-13)
*Embry-Riddle 0-0 (11-7)
* indicates provisional SSC member
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