It was not easy for the Rollins College Tars but they got the job done Friday night at Rubin Arena. After a furious rally by Palm Beach Atlantic in the final minute the Tars escaped West Palm with a 80-79 win that was win number 700 for Tom Klusman in his illustrious career. With the win Rollins improved to 7-2 and 1-2 in the SSC. After the loss PBA fell to 1-7 and 0-3 in the SSC.
Connor McKim lead four players in double figures with 18 points- Trevor Recio netted 14- Jakobi Bonner added 11- and- Chu Enechionyia had 10. The hot shooting Tars shot 54 percent from the field- 53 percent (10-19) from the 3-point line- and- 77 percent (20-26) from the free throw line. Rollins had 12 assists and 21 turnovers.
PBA had three players in double figures in the defeat. Casey Carpenillo paced the Sailfish with 20- Bakhari Warthen had 17- and- Jules Jasmin netted 15. The "Fish" shot 46 percent from the field and 34 percent (11-32) from the 3-point line. PBA struggled at the free throw line where they shot 57 percent (8-14.) PBA had 18 assists and 18 turnovers. PBA won the rebounding battle 33-28.
The Tars would lead 14-13 halfway thru the opening half. The lead would be six (19-13) with nine minutes left in the half. Parker Davis would knock down a 3-pointer to make it 25-19 Rollins with just under six to go in the half. Connor MCKIm would knock down a 3-pointer and the Tars had a 11 point lead (30-19) with under three minutes in the half. PBA would finish the half on a 9-2 run to get to within three (32-29) at the half.
Trevor Recio had 11 to lead Rollins in the opening half- while Davis netted seven. The Tars shot 55 percent from the field and 50 percent (5-10) from the 3-point line in the half. They shot at a 75 percent clip (3-4) at the free throw line. The Tars had seven assists and 10 turnovers in the first 20 minutes.
PBA was led by Jasmin with nine points and Matthew Johnson with seven. They shot 48 percent from the field- 20 percent (2-10) from the 3-point line- and- 43 percent (3-7) at the free throw line.
After a McKim 3-pointer at the 16:25 mark the Tars led by eight (40-32.) Eric Castaneda would hit a 3-ball 5:30 minutes later and the Tars lead was 11 (51-40.) PBA would then run off the next seven points. Warthen would hit a 3-pointer at the 5:37 mark and it was a three point game (60-57.) The Fish would then tie it at 60 on the next trip. Rollins would score the next six points before the teams would trade baskets. Rollins would lead by eight (73-65) with 53 seconds to go but the Sailfish would not go away. The Fish would get to within two (78-76) with 18 seconds to go. Bonner would make a layup to all but Seal. Warthen would hit a 3-ball at the buzzer to account for the final margin.
Rollins will be back in action in Las Vegas after talking a week off.
SSC Scores Saturday:
Barry 80 Eckerd 74
Tampa 99 Florida Tech 69
Nova Southeastern Nova Southeastern 91 Saint Leo 89
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 3-0 (6-0)
Lynn 2-0 (6-0)
Florida Southern 2-0 (6-1)
Barry 2-1 (6-1)
Eckerd 2-1 (7-2)
Rollins 1-2 (7-2)
Embry-Riddle 1-2 (7-5)
Tampa 1-2 (5-4)
Saint Leo 1-2 (3-6)
Florida Tech 0-2 (5-3)
Palm Beach Atlantic 0-3 (2-7)
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