LAKELAND, Fla. -- Barry University's men's basketball team lost its second straight game, falling, 109-100, in overtime at Florida Southern Saturday night.

The loss squashed an opportunity for the Buccaneers to move into sole possession of first place in the Sunshine State Conference after frontrunner Rollins also lost earlier Saturday. Barry, Rollins and Eckerd all have five losses in league play. The Bucs are a game behind in the win column.

It was Florida Southern's second straight overtime win.

 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Southern 109, Barry 100
Records: Barry (13-6, 9-5 SSC), Florida Southern (14-9, 8-7 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry trails, 21-50
 

• Barry fell behind, 19-14, just over seven minutes into the first half. But an 8-0 run, capped by an Elvar Fridriksson three-point field goal put the Buccaneers ahead by three. Sawyer Glick canned one of his three first half triples to push Barry's lead to six with 9:30 to go in the half. Florida Southern stormed back to take a two-point lead on a layup by Jonathan Lawton at the 6:50 mark. The Bucs used an 8-2 run, capped by a Johannes Dolven layup with 1:38 left in the half to take a five-point lead before Ben Marello scored to pull the Moccasins within three at the break. 
• The Bucs built an eight-point lead on a triple by Sunday Dech 2:05 into the second half. Florida Southern outscored Barry, 17-10, over the next 5:48 to take a 63-61 lead on Brett Hanson's basket with 11:07 remaining. After Dolven scored a minute later to put the Bucs back on top by a bucket, the Mocs went on an 8-2 run over a 1:49 span to take a 74-67 lead. FSC hit seven straight field goals to extend the lead to 10 with 5:00 left in the second half. 
• Marko Tomic canned a three-pointer with 3:01 left to cut Florida Southern's lead to 87-80. Dech converted a three-point play with 2:17 remaining in regulation to pull Barry within 87-85. Fridriksson scored with 1:26 to play to tie the game at 89-89. Trey Diggs scored with 11 seconds left to put the Mocs ahead, 91-89, but Fridriksson scored at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
• Florida Southern took a 96-91 lead with 3:23 left in overtime on a basket by Hanson. Tomic sank two free throws 30 seconds later to cut the gap to three, but the Mocs pushed their lead out to nine with 1:47 remaining before Dolven scored on a setup from Glick. The Bucs cut it to 104-98 when Glick sank three free throws, but Florida Southern held on. 

NOTEWORTHY:

• Fridriksson had his second double-double of the season, finishing with 26 points and 10 assists.
• Dech had his third double-double of the season with 20 points and career-high 16 rebounds.
• Glick's 22 points marked the fifth time he's had at least 20 this season. 
• Dolven matched a season-high 16 points on 8 of 12 shooting.
• It was the third time this season, including the exhibition win at Auburn, the Bucs hit a bucket at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
• The game featured 13 ties and 11 lead changes.
• Barry lost back-to-back games for the first time all season.
• It was the first time this season the Bucs lost after leading at halftime.

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will host Embry-Riddle at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the final mid-week game of the season.