Mocs Stop Tars Win Streak at 8.

Some times in the world of college basketball you just catch a team on the wrong night. That is exactly what happened to the Rollins Tars on Saturday. The result was a 90-69 loss in front of 1,885 people at the Jenkins Field House on the campus of Florida Southern. The Mocs were coming off their worst loss of the season, a OT loss at the hands of Florida Tech on Wednesday. The Tars had won 8 straight and rolled into the game a top the Sunshine State Conference standings. The Mocs obviously a little extra rev ed up on All- American night at Southern came out firing and never looked back. Rion Rayfield hit back to back threes to start the game and before you could blink after a Terry Jenkins trey the Mocs led 15-2. Myk Brown and Ian Scott hit trey's of their own to cut the Southern lead to 18-10. Rayfield and Brandon Jenkins would hit a pair of trifectas and the Mocs would be rolling again. The Tars would score the next four points on a pair of Ryan Ferranti free throws and a bucket by Brown to make it 25-16. The Mocs put together a big run at the end of the first half but the big moment shifter would come with 5:33 in the half. Tom Klussman would be hit with a pair of technicals and be tossed from the game. Rion Rayfied would make six consecutive free throws and the Mocs would take a 22 point lead into the intermission. The Tars could get no closer than 11 in the second half and the Mocs would roll to the 90-69 win.

Southern would be led by five players in double figures on the night. John Thomson led the way with 20 points to go along with 8 rebounds. Damon Ellison chipped in 17 off the bench. Rion Rayfield and Brandon Jenkins each netted 15. Terry Jenkins had 14 to go along with 10 assists. The Mocs were 32-58 (52.5%) from the field. They were a steaming 13 of 28 (46.4%) from beyond the arc. The Mocs hit 13 of 15 free throws on the night. With the win the eleventh ranked Mocs improve to 19-3 overall and 8-3 in the Sunshine State Conference.

With the loss the Tars fell to 17-4 (8-2 SSC). The Tars had three players in double figures. Nick Wolf had 17 to lead the way along with 10 rebounds. It was Wolf's second consecutive double-double and 55th consecutive game scoring in double figures. Last time Wolf did not score in double figures was in February of 2007 at Saint Leo. Matt Robertson netted 13 points and Myk Brown had 11 despite battling foul trouble all evening. The Tars shot 24-54 (44.4%) from the floor on the night. Rollins normally a very good three point shooting team struggled Saturday night going just 5 of 19 (26.3%). The Tars hit 16 of 23 from the charity stripe (69.6%). RC was crushed on the boards 35-25. The Tars will look to bounce back Wednesday night when they travel to Miami Shores to battle the Barry Buccaneers. Tip time is set for 7:30. Barry handed the Tars their only other loss in SSC play.