MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University's 19th-ranked men's basketball team will host Florida Tech in the Sunshine State Conference quarterfinals 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Health & Sports Center.

The Buccaneers (21-5) earned the top seed into the league's postseason tournament. Wednesday's game could be the final home game of the season. The winner advances to the semifinals 5 p.m. Saturday to meet the Palm Beach Atlantic-Tampa quarterfinal winner at Embry-Riddle's ICI Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. 

Barry won both regular season meetings against the Panthers (15-13) this season. FIT finished the season strong, beating Lynn at home, Embry-Riddle on the road and Tampa at home before falling to Palm Beach Atlantic by four Saturday in the regular season finale. The Bucs won the first meeting in Melbourne by 12 on Nov. 19 and the second one, 103-78, in Miami Shores on Jan. 25.

The Panthers, who are scoring 87.4 points per game, while giving up 87.5, shoot 47 percent from the floor. Sam Daniel is averaging 20.4 points and 7.4 rebounds, while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range. Jordan Majors is averaging 19.9 points, 4.5 assists, while shooting 81 percent from the free throw line. Patrick Anderson is scoring 14.7 points and dishing out 5.9 assists per game, while shooting 41 percent from long distance.

Daniel ranks second in the SSC in scoring, and Barry's Adrian Gonzalez is third at 20 points per game. Gonzalez is a three-time and reigning SSC Player of the Week. Bucs point guard Elvar Fridriksson leads the league in assists per game (7.8), and is seventh in scoring (16.5). He was named this week's SSC Defensive Player of the Week, and is coming off a career-best 37 points, which matched Gonzalez for the most by a Buccaneer this season.

Bucs senior guard Arie Williams is scoring 13.2 points per game, which ranks 19th in the league. He is shooting 42.8 percent from 3-point range, and is one of the Bucs most sound on-ball defenders. Sophomore Sawyer Glick is scoring 11.9 points and shooting 45 percent from long range. He ranks 24th in the league in scoring. Sophomore Daniel Mortensen's 10.5 points per game is 30th in the SSC. He and junior center Kenan Guzonjic are pulling down a team-best six boards per game, which is tied for 13th in the league. Guzonjic is also scoring eight points per game.

Barry, which won its final two games of the regular season, is scoring 92.3 points per game. Last season, the Bucs averaged a school-record 92.4 per game, and advanced to the SSC Championship game. 

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