The Rollins Tars closed the 2018-19 campaign with one of there best offensive performances of the year, but it was not be enough as they fell 105-100 to Florida Southern at Jenkins FIeldHouse. With the win the Mocs improve to 21-7 and 14-6 in the SSC on the season as they prepare for the SSC Tournament. The Tars season concluded with a record of 10-18 and 4-16 in the SSC.
Connor McKim poured in 31 points to lead Rollins in the defeat. He also added six rebounds- and- four assists. Hutton Yenor netted 20 off the bench- Eric Castaneda tallied 19- while Trevor Recio and Jakob Bonner scored 12 points each. Rollins shot 57 percent as a team- 46 percent (11-24) from the 3-point line- and- 83 percent (15-18) at the free throw line. The Tars had 17 assists and 11 turnovers as a team.
Brett Hanson led Southern with 23 points- Johnathan Lawton added 20- Slinky Jones tallied 17- while Ben Marello added 15. Jack Rauch scored 14- and- DeAndre Campbell posted 11 to round out the double digit scorers. The Mocs shot 64 percent as a team- 47 percent (9-19) from the 3-point line- and- 67 percent (12-18) from the free throw line. The Mocs won the rebounding battle 31-26. They had 21 assists and 10 turnovers as a team.
Rollins led 13-12 at the first media timeout of the contest. After a McKim 3-pointer at the 10:11 mark of the half the Tars would trail 26-25. The game would be tied at 43 with 2:36 in the half after a Bonner 3-pointer. It would be ultimately be a 49-47 Rollins deficit at halftime.
McKim went a perfect six of six from the floor-and- three of three from the 3-point line to score 15 points in the opening half. Bonner and Recio would each have eight. The Tars shot 59 percent from the field- 60 percent (6-10) from the 3-point line- and- 60 percent (3-5) from the free throw line. The Tars had 11 assists and five turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.
Hanson led the Mocs with 14 in the opening half- while Jones added 11. The Mocs shot 61 percent as a team in the half- 38 percent (3-8) from the 3-point line- and- made both free throw attempts in the half. They had 10 assists and five turnovers in the half.
Castaneda would hit a 3-ball to give the Tars the lead back to start the second half, but it would be short lived. McKim would tie the game at 57 with a 3-pointer at the 15:44 mark. After a Bonner layup at the 9:54 mark Rollins would trail 72-71. The Mocs would stretch the lead to 12 (87-75) after a Lawton 3-ball with 5:43 remaining. The closest the Tars would get down the stretch would be four points (101-97) with 29 ticks left after a pair of McKim free throws. McKim would hit a 3-pointer with seven seconds left but it would be to little to late as the Mocs iced the game at the free throw line.
Other SSC Scores Saturday:
Palm Beach Atlantic 81 Florida Tech 64
Barry 74 Saint Leo 73
Lynn 85 Tampa 70
Eckerd 82 Embry-Riddle 74
Final SSC Standings:
Nova Southeastern 18-2 (24-2)
Lynn 15-5 (22-5)
Florida Southern 14-6 (21-7)
Eckerd 12-8 (19-9)
Barry 12-8 (17-10)
Saint Leo 10-10 (13-15)
Palm Beach Atlantic 9-11 (13-15)
Tampa 8-12 (14-14)
Embry-Riddle 6-14 (13-18)
Rollins 4-16 (10-18)
Florida Tech 2-18 (8-20)
2018-19 SSC Tournament Games Wednesday:
#8 Tampa @ #1 Nova Southeastern
#5 Barry @ #4 Eckerd
#7 Palm Beach Atlantic @ #2 Lynn
#6 Saint Leo @ #3 Florida Southern
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