Tars Snap Skid Saturday.

The Rollins Tars snapped a four game losing skid Saturday with a 81-71 win over Nova Southeastern at Warden Arena inside the Alfond Sports Center. With the win Rollins improves to 9-7 and 5-3 in the SSC. After the loss the Sharks drop to 10-3 and 4-3 in the SSC.
  Sam Philpott led three Tars in double figures with 21 points- Jack Fleming netted 15 off the bench- and- Connor McKim added 14. The tars shot 50 percent as a team- 38 percent (8-21) from the 3-point line- and- 85 percent (23-27) from the free throw line. The Tars won the rebounding battle 36-33. They had 18 assists and 21 turnovers in the contest.
  Nick Smith had 19 to lead NSU- David Dennis added 17- while Gerard Tarin chipped in 12. The Tars shot a frigid 37 percent from the field- 25 percent (8-32) from the 3-point line- and- 85 percent (17-20) from the free throw line. The Sharks had 14 assists and 20 turnovers.
  The Tars held a Sharks team averaging 99 points a game on the season to 71 in this one. The Tars got off to a quick start and led 10-4 at the first media. The Sharks would grab the lead 17-14 with 12 minutes in the opening stanza. Five ties and six lead changes later we were knotted at 34 after a Fleming 3-pointer at the 3:08 mark of the half. The Tars would go on a 10-2 run to close the half and took a seven point lead (43-36) into the half.
  The Sharks came back and tied the game at 48 early in the second half before the Tars would go up eight (60-52) with 11:49 to go. NSU scored the next nine points and took a 61-60 lead. The Tars led by seven (71-64) with five minutes to go. The Tars made all 10 free throws to ice the victory.
 Rollins will be back in action Wednesday when they host Tampa. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM from Warden Arena and you can catch all the action on RollinsSports.com
Other SSC Scores:
Florida Tech 96 Barry 83
Eckerd 95 Embry-Riddle 72
Tampa 90 Palm Beach Atlantic 77
Lynn 92 Florida Southern 90 (OT)
SSC Standings:
Barry 6-1 (10-2)
Eckerd 6-2 (13-2)
Rollins 5-3 (9-7)
Nova Southeastern 4-3 (10-3)
Saint Leo 4-3 (8-10)
Palm Beach Atlantic 4-4 (10-9)
Florida Southern 3-4 (9-6)
Tampa 3-4 (7-6)
Lynn 3-4 (6-7)
Florida Tech 2-5 (7-8)
Embry-Riddle 0-7 (6-9)