MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – No. 8 Barry beat previously unbeaten Shaw, 95-70, in its first game of the Cesar Odio Thanksgiving Classic. The Buccaneers led by as many as 43, and coasted in a game they never trailed to remain unbeaten.

It improved Barry's record to 14-5 all time in the Thanksgiving tournament, which was named after former Buccaneer coach Cesar Odio, who passed away this summer after a lengthy battle with leukemia. It is the third straight win for the Bucs since the tournament was named after Odio, the winningest coach in Barry history.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 95, Shaw 70
Records: Barry 4-0; Shaw 3-1
All-Time Series: Barry leads 2-0

SUMMARY:

• Elvar Fridriksson became the fourth different Buccaneer to lead the team in scoring this season after finishing with 24 points on 7 of 11 shooting. He also had six rebounds and six assists.
• Kenan Guzonjic and Arie Williams each had 12 points for the Bucs, who shot 54 percent from the field.
• Barry's bench scored 31 points, which included six points and a couple of alley-oop throw-downs from Theo Turner.
• Barry had 24 assists on 34 buckets. The Bucs lead the nation in assists.
• The Buccaneers outrebounded the Bears, 40-29. Shaw entered the game averaging over 50 rebounds a contest.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Adrian Gonzalez scored 10 to move within 15 of 1,000 in his four-year Bucs career.
• Arie Williams moved into sole possession of fourth place on the school's all-time 3-point field goal list after hitting three. He has 166 in his career, and is 20 away from third place.
• Barry's 17 three-point field goals is tied for second in school single-game history.
• Eleven different Bucs scored, 10 doing so in the first half.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"Elvar is just Elvar," Barry coach Butch Estes said of his point guard. "He's an All-American in my opinion."

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry hosts Florida National 6 p.m. Saturday to conclude the Odio Thanksgiving Classic.