McLendon Sets Program Best as Tars Defeat Warner

Rollins (4-2)

60 -

38

Warner (5-5)

Box Score Highlights

WINTER PARK, Fla. - (Nov. 26, 2016) - Rollins sophomore forward Carly McLendon set a new program record for blocks in a game with nine as the Tars made easy work of Warner University on Saturday afternoon in Warden Arena. Playing in their second game in as many days, Rollins picked up its second straight win, defeating the Royals by a final score of 60-38.

The win advances the Tars to an overall record of 4-2 on the season, while the Royals drop to 5-5 overall.

McLendon earned a game high 13 points as she shot 5-for-5 from the field and was 3-for-5 from the charity stripe. The Sanford, Fla. native added seven rebounds, two assists, and put up a new program record for blocks in a game with nine on the afternoon. Tianna Rosser led the game in rebounds with 10, while Jasmine Stone, McLendon, and Denise Daniels led the team with two assists apiece. Marie Gilbert followed McLendon in scoring with seven points, and set a new career high as she earned a game best four steals on the day.

The Royals saw a team high six points from Sara Poehlman, while Kaley Schmick pulled in a team best seven boards, including six defensive rebounds. Poehlman and Randi Chandler led the team in assists with two each, while I'munique Green and Kashari James notched one block apiece. Leading the Royals in steals on the day was Cierra Wilson with three.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Carly McLendon (RC) 13 pts | 7 rbs | 9 blocks
• Tianna Rosser (RC) 10 rbs | 4 pts
• Marie Gilbert (RC) 7 pts | 4 steals
• Kaley Schmick (WU) 7 rbs
• Cierra Wilson (WU) 3 steals
• Sara Poehlman (WU) 6 pts

HIGHLIGHTS AND QUARTER-BY-QUARTER ANALYSIS
First Quarter l Rollins opened up to a four point lead and never looked back, opening up their advantage to as much as 12 points in the first 10 minutes of action after a layup by Marie Gilbert with 25 seconds to go in the opening stanza. The Tars out-shot the Royals 30.4% to 11.8% from the field, closing out the first quarter with a 17-5 lead, including seven points from the Tars' bench.

Second Quarter l Warner opened the second quarter with a jumper by Alana St. Clair, but the Tars saw six straight points by McLendon to pull out to a 16-point lead, 23-7, with 7:26 to go before halftime. Warner's Charissa Broadway broke the McLendon run with a layup at the 7:22 mark, but the ensuing four and a half minutes belonged all to Rollins as the Tars outscored the Royals, 9-0, to take a 32-9 lead before Kaylay Guerrero could get WU back on the board with a jumper with 2:56 to play in the half. The Tars poured in five more points to close out the second quarter, including posting their largest lead of the game off of a free throw by Tanaya Jones with 1:35 to play in the quarter. The Tars out-scored the Royals 20-6 in the second period, entering into halftime with a 37-11 lead.

Third Quarter l Warner came out of the break to shoot their best quarter of the game, out-shooting the Tars from the field 31.3% to 23.1%. The Royals kicked off the third period with eight straight points, including two treys by Kaley Schmick and Sara Poehlman, to pull to within 18 of the Tars, 37-19. Vernisha Andrews broke the run converting a free throw at the 6:28 mark, kicking off a five point run by Rollins that came to an end at the 3:29 mark when Warner's I'munique Green put in two shots from the charity stripe. The rest of the quarter saw Warner out-score the Tars, 4-2, to trail by 19 entering into the final quarter, 44-25.

Fourth Quarter l Rollins cruised through the fourth quarter, leading by as much as 25 with 7:37 to play, and out-scored the Royals 16-13 to close out the contest with a 22 point advantage, 60-38. Carly McLendon posted four total blocks in the fourth quarter, and with her final block of the game at the 1:15 mark, became the program's all-time leader in blocks in a contest with nine.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Field Goal Shooting: Rollins 20-66 (30.3 percent); Warner 15-70 (21.4 percent)
• 3-point Field Goal Shooting: Rollins 2-19 (10.5 percent); Warner 4-25 (16.0 percent)
• Free-throws: Rollins 18-29 (62.1 percent); Warner 4-6 (66.7 percent)
• Rebounding: Rollins 64; Warner 40
• Turnovers: Rollins 17, Warner 16
• Rollins beat Webber on the offensive glass 23-13; resulting in a 12-7 second chance points advantage.
• The Tars had 10 blocks (Carly McLendon - 9) while Warner totaled two on the afternoon

GAME NOTES

• Rollins is now 10-0 all-time against Warner
• With nine blocks in this afternoon's contest, sophomore Carly McLendon sets a new program high for blocks in a game, surpassing the previous record of eight which was set by Ellen O'Day back on January 23, 1990 against Eckerd College
• Marie Gilbert set a new career high in steals with four, besting her previous record of three which she as earned on seven different occasions.

NEXT UP FOR THE TARS
The Tars return to action on Wednesday, November 30, when they travel to Melbourne, Fla. to take on Florida Tech in Sunshine State Conference actions. Game time against the Panthers is set for 5:30 p.m. Fans who are unable to attend the game will be able to follow all of the action with links to live coverage available on RollinsSports.com, as well as locally on 91.5 WPRK.