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54
Rollins RCM 0-2
55
Winner St. Mary's STMU 1-1
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54
Final
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St. Mary's STMU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Rollins RCM 25 29 54
St. Mary's STMU 30 25 55

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Tars Topped by Icabods in Season Opener

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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.

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