The Rollins Tars and Lynn Fighting Knights went back and forth for much of Wednesday's contest at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. Lynn led by as many as 12 in the early going, but the Tars fought back and would ultimately hang on for a 73-71 win. With the win the Tars improved to 10-8 overall and 4-5 in the SSC. After the defeat Lynn falls to 10-6 overall and 5-4 in the SSC.
Rollins was paced by 21 points from Sam Philpott in this one- Jeff Merton scored 10- while Connor McKim, Jakobi Bonner and Jack Fleming added eight points each. Joey Galvis led the Tars in assists with six on the night. Rollins shot 44 percent from the field in this one- that included shooting at a 50 percent clip in the second half. After going just 1-7 from 3-point range in the opening half Rollins shot 50 percent (6-12) in the second half. So they ended up shooting 37 percent (7-19) from the 3-point line in the game. The same story was true at the free throw line where they shot 67 percent (16-24.) They were much better in the second half when they went 9-12 (75 percent.) The Tars had 15 assists and eight turnovers.
Lynn was led by 27 points from Terrell Rogers- Marquan Botley also scored in double figures with 14 points. Botley had 12 of his 14 points in the first eight minutes of the game. He was saddled with foul trouble all night and played just 19 minutes in this one. Vieux Kande led the Fighting Knights with 12 rebounds- they got four assists each from Juwan Frazier and Allen Baez.
The Fighting Knights shot 45 percent as a team in the game. They went 8-19 (42 percent) from the 3-point line. They shot 77 percent (17-22) at the free throw line- Lynn dominated the boards, out rebounding the Tars 40-29. They had 14 assists and 17 turnovers. With the loss Lynn dropped to 1-4 in true road games on the season.
The game began with Rollins having a brief 6-5 lead in the early going until Botley would get hot from the 3-point line. The Fighting Knights would go on a 15-2 run that would give them a 12 point lead (20-8) after Botley knocked down three free throws at the 12:33 mark of the opening half. Bottley would pick up a offensive foul 15 seconds later. The Tars would then keep fighting back and get the lead down to single digits a minute later. Rollins would get to within four (23-19) after a Philpott layup at the 4:31 mark of the half. The lead would stay between four and seven the rest of the half as the Tars would trail by four (30-26) at the half.
Rogers would score the first five points of the second half and it would be a nine point Fighting Knights lead (37-28) early in the second half. The Tars would get the lead down to two (37-35) after a McKim 3-pointer with just over 17 minutes to go. The Fighting Knights would score the next five points before the Tars would fight back and retake the lead (45-43) after a Merton layup at the 12:43 mark. The next five points would be scored by Lynn before Rollins tied the game again, this time at 48. The game would go back and forth for the next several minutes and would be knotted at 61 at the 5:03 mark. Rogers would make both free throws on that trip and give the Fighting Knights a one point lead, before another McKim 3-pointer would give Rollins the lead back. The Tars would stretch the lead to five (70-65) after a Fleming layup at the 2:01 mark. After a pair of steals and run outs the Fighting Knight would be within one (70-69) at the 22 second mark. Galvis would hit a pair of free throws with 11 seconds to make it a three point game. Rollins would then foul with a three point lead and both free throws would be converted by Rogers with a tad under eight seconds to go. Galvis would be fouled and make the first free throw before missing the second with 4.9 seconds to go. The Fighting Knights would step out of bounds as time expired and the Tars had a hard fought win.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday when they host Florida Tech. Tip time is set for 4 PM.
Other SSC Scores:
Embry-Riddle 83 Florida Southern 64
Eckerd 68 Nova Southeastern 66
Tampa 88 Barry 80
Saint Leo 90 Florida Tech 79 (OT)
SSC Standings:
Barry 7-2 (14-2)
Eckerd 6-3 (13-4)
Tampa 6-3 (13-5)
Lynn 5-4 (10-6)
Florida Southern 5-4 (7-11)
Florida Tech 4-5 (11-7)
Rollins 4-5 (10-8)
Saint Leo 3-6 (8-10)
*Palm Beach Atlantic 3-6 (7-9)
Nova Southeastern 2-7 (5-11)
*Embry-Riddle 0-0 (10-6)
* indicates SSC provisional member
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