LAS VEGAS, Nev. (November 8, 2013) - Rollins
was slow to get out of the gate and never got rolling as the Tars
fell to Washburn 65-42 Friday at the Las Vegas Tip-off Classic.
Chris
Uhle led Rollins (0-1) with nine points, three rebounds and
three blocks. Mitch
Woods added six points and four rebounds with Scott
Schuette and Jeff
Dirkin each scoring five. Schuette also hauled in a team-high
six rebounds.
Alex North scored 19 to pace Washburn (1-0) with Christian
Ulsaker adding 15 off the bench.
The Tars defense was stout to start, but it took nearly six
minutes for the first field goal of the season as a Woods 3-pointer
broke the streak and closed Rollins to within 9-4.
A Schuette triple midway through the half closed Rollins to 15-9
before the Icabods rolled off a 12-3 run over the next five minutes
and led 27-12. Adam
Allen stopped the spurt with a layup, but the Tars again went
cold and went into halftime down 37-20.
In the second half, it took Rollins 9:26 to find its first field
goal while Washburn pulled away to a 51-24 lead. The Tars then
amped up the defensive pressure and took advantage of turnovers,
cutting the deficit to 56-36 with 5:35 to play.
That would be as close as Rollins would get the rest of the
night as the Tars dropped their season opener for the second
straight year.
Rollins shot just 25 percent (13-of-52) from the field and 11
percent (3-of-26) from long range. Washburn hit 23-of-53 (43
percent), including 9-of-18 (50 percent) from beyond the arc. The
Tars were outrebounded 44-33 and committed 22 turnovers while
forcing 18.
Rollins will look to rebound Saturday, Nov. 9, meeting St.
Mary's (Texas) on the final day of the Tip-off Classic. Gametime is
slated for 6 p.m. Eastern. Fans can listen on all the action live
on the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and locally on 91.5
WPRK.