WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- This place has not been kind to the Bucs. It wasn't again Wednesday night.

Barry University's 20th-ranked men's basketball team lost to Palm Beach Atlantic, 87-74, in Rubin Arena. In both halves, the Bucs suffered costly shooting woes at critical stages that allowed the Sailfish to hand Barry its third straight loss in the venue.
 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Palm Beach Atlantic 87, Barry 74
Records: Barry (13-5, 9-4 SSC), PBA (12-13, 6-8 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads, 28-8
 

• The Buccaneers got out to a 17-8 lead 6:23 into the game on a layup by Sunday Dech. Sawyer Glick canned a 3-pointer at the 11:59 mark to push the lead to 10. But Palm Beach Atlantic went on a 9-0 run over the next 1:19 to pull within one, 22-21. Barry pushed the lead back to nine on a triple by Daniel Mortensen with 7:57 to go in the half, but the Sailfish ended the first half on a 10-0 run to take a two-point lead into the break. 
• PBA widened its lead to seven twice in the second half -- the first during a stretch where double technicals were called in a chippy game. The Sailfish extended the lead to 11 with 11:01 to go when Jules Jasmin scored. The Buccaneers cut it to six twice on a pair of triples by David Moya -- the latter at the 5:46 mark, but a dunk by Michael Stones put the Sailfish ahead, 74-65.
• The Bucs suffered another drought again late in the second half, missing five straight field goals and turning the ball over four times as the Fish bumped their lead to 81-67 until Kooper Glick finally scored with 1:06 on the clock. But then it became a matter of extending the game, and the Sailfish sank enough free throws to hold off the Bucs comeback bid.
• Moya led the Bucs with 12 points. Marko Tomic and Dech both scored 10. Marshall Riddle scored 33 for the Sailfish, going 9 of 19 from three-point range.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Barry finished the first half with a 4:19 scoring drought, going 0 for 7, allowing the Sailfish to pull back in it. 
• Barry fell to 3-4 when trailing at the half.
• The Bucs have not won back-to-back games since Jan. 3. Barry went 4-4 in January.
• Barry's last win in Rubin Arena came in the 2014-15 season.
• The Bucs have lost three of their past four games to the Sailfish.
• The Buccaneers shot 36.8 percent from the field -- their second lowest shooting percentage of the season. 

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will play at Florida Southern Saturday.