MELBOURNE, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers fell 60-45 to the Florida Tech Panthers in the Clemente Center on Wednesday in Sunshine State Conference women's basketball action.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Tech 60, Barry 45
Records: Florida Tech (10-13, 7-10 SSC), Barry (15-10, 8-9 SSC)
All-Time Series: Florida Tech leads 42-28

SUMMARY:

• 1Q - The Panthers led for most of the period, but Stephane Granda hit a layup at the buzzer to tie the game. | Barry 12, Florida Tech 12
• 2Q - The teams swapped leads in the second quarter. Florida Tech had a 23-16 lead with four minutes left, but a Kiara Palmer layup and a three-pointer from Barbara Cousiño trimmed it to two points. But the Panthers scored the last six points of the period to take their biggest lead at the intermission. | Florida Tech 29, Barry 21
• 3Q - The Panthers pushed the lead to double figures by the end of the third period as Delise Williams beat the buzzer for the second straight period. | Florida Tech 42, Barry 31
• 4Q - The Panthers built their biggest lead of 15 points on a pair of free throws by Markeema Crawford with 6:12 left. The Bucs had one more run, cutting the lead to seven, 50-43, over the next two minutes. But the Bucs scored just one more basket and the Panthers made 7-of-8 from the line in the last minute to push the lead back to 15. | Florida Tech 60, Barry 45

NOTEWORTHY:

• Palmer had another double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
• Granada added 11 points as the only Buccaneer in double figures.
• Williams led the Panthers with 17 points, while Crawford added 10.

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs host the Nova Southeastern Sharks in the Health & Sports Center as part of the D-II Basketball Showcase. The game tips off on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app at 2:02 pm.