Texans Roll Past Tars Wednesday.

The Tarleton State Texans rolled past the Rollins College Tars 72-53 at the Doolittle Center on Wednesday. With the win the Texans improved to 9-2 on the season. Rollins fell to 7-4 on the year after the loss.
   Parker Davis was the leading scorer for Rollins on the day with 14 points- two other players tallied double figures as well, as Hutton Yenor scored 12 off the bench- while Jakobi Bonner chipped in 10. Rollins shot 32 percent on the day- 31 percent (11-35) from the 3-point line- and- converted on both free throw attempts (2-2.)  Rollins had 15 assists and six turnovers in the defeat.
  The Texans were led by 20 points and 13 rebounds from Josh Hawley- Randall Broddie netted 15- Corinithian Ramsey tallied 12- and- Richie Mitchell had 11. The Texans were hot from both the field (56 percent on 25-45 shooting-) and- the 3-point line (50 percent on 14-28.)  The Texans shot 67 percent (8-12) from the free throw line.  The Texans easily won the rebounding battle 38-24.  They had 20 assists and 17 turnovers as a team.
  The Texans jumped out to a 17-3 lead before a Yenor 3-pointer at the 12:48 mark of the opening half. The score was 17-8 before  Broddie 3-pointer gave the Texans a 12 point lead (20-8) with 7:55 in the half.  Tarleton State would lead by 21 (36-15) going into halftime.
  The Texans lead would balloon to 27 (46-19) before the Tars went on a 11-0 run capped by a Davis 3-pointer. Tarleton State would score for the first time in over five minutes on Broddie layup with 11:24 to go.  The Tars would not get any closer than 17 the rest of the way as the Texans secured the victory.
  The Tars will be back in action on 12/29 when they take on Saint Leo. Tip time is set for 4 PM at the Marion Bowman Activities Center. You can catch all the action on 91.5 FM WPRK and at RollinsSports.com.
Other SSC Games Wednesday:
Nova Southeastern 125 Bluefield State 82
Southern Indiana 82 Barry 61
Embry-Riddle 93 Columbia International 69
Eckerd 70 Limestone 54
Cedarville 77 Saint Leo 70
Tiffin 78 Florida Tech 74
Tampa 115 Shaw 98
Lynn 65 Caldwell 63
Florida Southern 69 Bloomfield 58

SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 3-0 (9-0)
Lynn 2-0 (9-0)
Florida Southern 2-0 (9-1)
Eckerd 2-1 (9-2)
Barry 2-1 (7-3)
Rollins 1-2 (7-4)
Tampa 1-2 (7-4)
Embry-Riddle 1-2 (8-6)
Saint Leo 1-2 (4-7)
Florida Tech 0-2 (6-4)
Palm Beach Atlantic 0-3 (4-7)