McKim's Big Day Not Enough For Rollins Saturday.

Connor McKim scored 26 points- dished out six assists- had three rebounds- and- a pair of steals but it was not enough as the Rollins Tars were a 99-94 loser to Saint Leo at Warden Arena Saturday. With the loss Rollins drops to 9-12 and 3-10 in the SSC. With the victory the Lions improve to 10-11 and 7-6 in the SSC.
  McKim paced five Tars in double figures with 26- Hutton Yenor continued his hot hand of late scoring 19- Jakobi Bonner scored 16- while Eric Castaneda and Daniel Loh each tallied 10. The Tars shot 52 percent as a team- 37 percent (7-18) from the 3-point line- 83 percent (29-35) at the free throw line. They had 14 assists and 11 turnovers as a team.
Saint Leo saw Kyran McClure knocked down six 3-pointers- and- pour home a game high 28 points- Isaiah Hill and Gintaras Bartaskas each had 17- while Yaleen Reed and Rusty Moore both scored 14. The Lions shot 49 percent as a team- 44 percent (15-34) from the 3-point line- and- 84 percent (26-31) from the free throw line. The Lions won the rebounding battle 34-27. They had 24 assists and 12 turnovers as a team.
  Both offenses started slowly as it would be 5-4 in favor of the Lions at the first media timeout, It would be 15-11 in favor of the visitors halfway thru the first half. Rollins would pull within one after a Daniel Loh layup but back to back Saint Leo 3-pointer's would stretch the lead back to seven. It would be 44-36 in favor of the Lions heading into the halftime break.
  Reed had all 14 of his points in the opening half- while McClure had 10 at the break. The Lions shot 52 percent in the first half- 42 percent (8-19) from the 3-point line- and- 80 percent (4-5) from the free throw line. The Lions led on the boards 16-13 in the first half. They had 14 assists and seven turnovers in the first stanza.
 McKim was the only Tar in double figures in the first half with 11- while Castaneda scored seven. The Tars shot 48 percent in the opening half- and- 38 percent from the 3-point line. The Tars shot 79 percent from the free throw line (11-14 .)  Rollins had six assists and eight turnovers in the opening stanza.
  Saint Leo would stretch the lead to double digits early in the second half but the Tars would pull within a pair (57-55) after a Bonner layup. The lead would be between 4 and 8 for the next several minutes for the Lions. Bonner would make a jumper for the Tars at the 3:07 mark to pull them within three (78-75.)  The Lions would then go on a 7-0 run. Rollins would get to within three one last time after a McKim layup with five seconds left. The Lions would walk away with the victory after sealing it at the free throw line.
The Tars will be back in action Wednesday when they travel to Fort Lauderdale to face Nova Southeastern. Tip time is set for 730 PM and you can catch all the action on RollinsSports.com
Barry 78 Florida Tech 76
Lynn 55 Eckerd 53
Embry-Riddle 60 Tampa 56
Florida Southern 87 Nova Southeastern 82
SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 11-2 (17-2)
Lynn 10-3 (17-3)
Florida Southern 9-3 (16-4)
Eckerd 9-4 (16-5)
Barry 7-6 (12-8)
Saint Leo 7-6 (10-11)
Palm Beach Atlantic 5-7 (9-11)
Embry-Riddle 4-9 (11-13)
Rollins 3-10 (9-12)
Tampa 3-10 (9-12)
Florida Tech 2-10 (8-12)