WINTER PARK, Fla. -- Barry men's basketball team dropped its second straight road game, losing 94-82 at Rollins Saturday.
The 19th-ranked Buccaneers shot just 22.7 percent from three-point range, while the red hot Tars hit 45.8 percent from long range in a game where Barry was playing from behind the whole way.Â
Sawyer Glick went off for 31 points, but it wasn't enough to stop the consisent-shooting Tars, who won their fourth straight league game to set up a tie for first in the Sunshine State Conference.
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INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Rollins 94, Barry 82
Records: Barry (12-4, 8-3 SSC), Rollins (12-7, 8-3 SSC)
All-Time Series: Rollins leads 48-23
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SUMMARY:
- Barry fell behind by 17 with just under 4:00 left in the first half. Kooper Glick hit a basket with 1:41 on the clock to trim the deficit to 13. After the Tars pushed their lead back to 17 again, Milon Sheffield canned a three-pointer 26 seconds before halftime to send the Bucs into the break down, 46-32.
- Barry drew within 10 on a Johannes Dolven bucket at the 13:11 mark of the second half. But the Tars never let the Bucs get within single digits the next 7:53. The Buccaneers trailed by 15 with 7:45 left. Sawyer Glick sank three free throws with 5:18 remaining to cut it to nine. But Rollins quickly bumped its lead back to 12 on a triple by Jack Fleming. Connor McKim split a pair from the free throw line to extend the Tars' lead to 15.Â
- Sawyer Glick shot 12 of 25 from the floor, going 4 of 16 from long range. Sunday Dech, Kooper Glick and Dolven each scored 11 points, and Marko Tomic 10. Sam Philpott scored 23, and McKim 17 for the Tars.Â
NOTEWORTHY:
- Sawyer Glick scored over 30 points against Rollins for the second time this season. He had 34 in the first meeting.
- Barry attempted 44 three-pointers, making 10. The 44 threes were the third most attempted triple tries in school history. The record is 52 versus Rollins on Jan. 23, 2008.
- The Bucs haven't won back-to-back games in three weeks.
- The Bucs have dropped games at Warden Arena the last three straight years.
- Rollins has shot over 50 percent against the Bucs in both meetings this season.
- The Tars led for all but 1:13 in the game.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry will host Eckerd at 4 p.m. next Saturday at Cesar Odio Court in the Health and Sports Center.