MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers could not cope with the hot-shooting Eckerd Tritons as they dropped just their second home game of the season 74-57 in Sunshine State Conference women's basketball action on Saturday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Eckerd 74, Barry 57
Records: Barry (14-6, 7-5 SSC), Eckerd (15-5, 9-4)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 39-24
SUMMARY:
- 1Q - Both teams started out cold, combining for just two field goals in the first 4:14. Barry took a seven-point lead with 3:30 left in the period on an Elin Ekdahl three-pointer. Eckerd rallied back to make it a one-point game on free throws by Dallas Dickerson. | Barry 13, Eckerd 12
- 2Q - Barry held the lead for most of the second quarter, but with the Bucs up by three, 28-25, the Tritons rolled off a 14-0 run to close the period and send them into the break up 39-28. | Eckerd 39, Barry 28
- 3Q - Things got worse for the Bucs in the third period, as Eckerd pushed the lead out to 20+ points on several occasions thanks to some hot shooting. The Tritons hit 7-of-11 from the field and 9-of-12 from the line in the period. | Eckerd 63, Barry 44
- 4Q - Though the Tritons cooled off in the fourth period, the Bucs could get no closer than 13 points. | Eckerd 74, Barry 57
NOTEWORTHY:
- Kiara Palmer posted a double-double to lead Barry with 20 points and 12 rebounds. She added two blocks and five steals.
- Barbara Cousiño added 15 points and Ida Andersson had 12.
- Chelsea Johnson led Eckerd with 16 points. Zoe Richards had 15 off the bench before fouling out. Kacie Juday had a double-double with 11 points and 11 boards.
- Barry has now dropped four straight in the series to the Tritons.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry travels to face the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish on Wednesday, January 31.
