Women's Basketball | 12/3/2002 10:01:00 PM

Box Score WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Barry University women's basketball team fell 72-69 in overtime to the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish on Tuesday night.

The Bucs led 14-12 with 7:59 remaining in the first half, but the Sailfish rallied to take a 23-22 lead at the half. In the second half, the Sailfish continued to hold on to the lead until Barry's Polona Oberc netted a lay-up with :15 seconds remaining, tying the game at 61-61 to send the game into overtime.

In the overtime period, Amy Johansen scored seven points to give the Sailfish the victory.

The Buccaneers had three players scoring double figures. Oberc led the team scoring 15 of her 17 points in the second half. Candice Blackbird followed with 15 points, while Sanja Zivanovic ended with 12 points and a team-high nine boards.

Kimmie Gant led the Sailfish with 22 points.

The Buccaneers fall to 3-3 overall, while the Sailfish improve to 5-2. The Bucs will resume action on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Colorado Christian at 7:00 pm MST.

Newspaper Box Score
Barry vs Palm Beach Atlantic
12/03/02 7:00 pm at West Palm Beach, Fla.
At West Palm Beach, Fla.
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC 72, BARRY 69
BARRY (3-3)
OBERC, Polona 6-8 5-8 17; BLACKBIRD, Candace 5-12 5-5 15; ZIVANOVIC, Sanja
5-11 0-0 12; ALAGIC, Amra 3-10 1-2 8; CALIPSO, Sabine 3-6 0-0 6; BRADSHAW,
Bridget 2-5 0-1 4; NESBIT, Yashica 1-8 1-2 3; WEAVER, Loren 1-3 0-2 2;
RODRIGUEZ, Yojana 0-1 1-2 1; ROJO, Eva 0-3 1-4 1. Totals 26-67 14-26 69.
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC (5-2)
GANT, Kimmie 7-16 5-5 22; MILLER, Melissa 5-14 1-2 13; BALKMAN, Lexie 4-6
0-0 8; JOHANSON, Amy 2-9 2-2 7; BOYD, Lauren 3-7 1-1 7; LEWIS, Laura 2-11
3-4 7; HEDLEY, Maggie 2-7 0-0 6; SMITH, Kacee 1-2 0-0 2; ROSSETT, Daniella
0-2 0-0 0; DOMAS, Shaneka 0-3 0-3 0. Totals 26-77 12-17 72.
Barry......................... 22 39 8 - 69
Palm Beach Atlantic........... 23 38 11 - 72
3-point goals-Barry 3-15 (ZIVANOVIC, Sanja 2-6; ALAGIC, Amra 1-5; ROJO, Eva
0-2; OBERC, Polona 0-2), Palm Beach Atlantic 8-19 (GANT, Kimmie 3-6; HEDLEY,
Maggie 2-7; MILLER, Melissa 2-5; JOHANSON, Amy 1-1). Fouled
out--Barry-BLACKBIRD, Candace, Palm Beach Atlantic-LEWIS, Laura.
Rebounds-Barry 52 (ZIVANOVIC, Sanja 9), Palm Beach Atlantic 49 (BALKMAN,
Lexie 8). Assists-Barry 13 (ZIVANOVIC, Sanja 5), Palm Beach Atlantic 13
(JOHANSON, Amy 5). Total fouls-Barry 18, Palm Beach Atlantic 26.