MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University's No. 5-ranked men's basketball team opened the season with a dominant win over neighbor St. Thomas University Wednesday night, winning 121-65, in the Health and Sports Center.

The Buccaneers fell one triple shy of the school single-game three-point field goals made record, and were seven points short of the school scoring mark. Barry had 21 threes, including eight by Sawyer Glick.
 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 121, St. Thomas 65
Records: Barry (1-0), St. Thomas (2-1)
All-Time Series: Tied 12-12

SUMMARY:

• The Buccaneers never trailed in a game they shot 59 percent from the floor.
• Barry built a 14-point lead in the first half on back-to-back threes by Elvar Fridriksson with 10:46 to go before intermission. Fridriksson had 15 of his 23 points in the first half. 
• St. Thomas cut the lead under double figures, but Sawyer Glick canned a triple to put the Bucs up 39-24 at the 5:43 mark. The Bobcats whittled it down to eight on a Tim Sada three with 19 seconds left in the half.
• Barry opened the floodgates in the second half when Johannes Dolven scored at the 14:02 mark to put the Buccaneers ahead by 16. Barry outscored St. Thomas, 12-0, over the next 5:34 to bump the lead to 28. The Bobcats went scoreless again for another five-and-a-half minutes, and the onslaught was on.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Glick's 34 points was a career high. He was 13 of 23 from the field, including 8 of 15 from 3-point range.
• Sunday Dech had a double-double in his Bucs debut, finishing with 17 points, 10 rebounds, five steals and five assists.
• Dolven had 13 points and five boards in his debut.
• All 12 Bucs who played scored. 
• Barry's single-game record for points scored was 128 in the season opener versus Nova Southeastern on Nov. 27, 1992, and again on Dec. 3, 1990 against Miami Christian. 

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs open Sunshine State Conference play 3 p.m. Saturday at Eckerd.