WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers used a stifling defense in the third quarter to catch a big Sunshine State Conference women's basketball win over the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish 66-43 at the Greene Center on Wednesday night.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 66, Palm Beach Atlantic 43
Records: PBA (2-12, 0-6 SSC), Barry (4-9, 2-5 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 25-7
SUMMARY:
	- 1Q - The Sailfish led by four early, but Barry cut the lead to two, 12-10, on a layup by Emma Hergot with 3:49 left in the period. Neither team scored the rest of the way. | PBA 12, Barry 10
- 2Q - The Sailfish took their biggest lead of the half on a three-pointer by Kennedi Rodgers too start the quarter. But Barry went on a 6-0 run to take their first lead of the game, 16-15, on another layup by Hergot. PBA went back up by four until a triple by Harriet Swindells cut it to one. After an exchange of baskets, Ciara Cumbie hit a pair of free throws to give the 'Fish a three-point lead at the break. | PBA 26, Barry 23
- 3Q - The third quarter belonged to the Buccaneers, thanks to timely shooting and a stifling defense. Barry opened the period on a 8-0 run to take a 31-26 lead that they would not relenquish. Hergot scored four points in the run. Barry pushed the lead to nine, 39-30, on a layup by Chiara Fusari, who led the Bucs with six points in the quarter. She hit another jumper in the last minute to make the lead double figures, 43-33. The Bucs held the Sailfish to just 20 percent shooting (3-of-15), while hitting 64.3 percent (9-of-14) themselves. | Barry 43, PBA 33
- 4Q - The game got out of hand quickly in the fourth quarter, as Barry out-scored the 'Fish 12-2 in the first five minutes of the frame. A three-pointer by Charlotte Armstrong gave the Bucs a 57-35 lead at 4:50 of the quarter. The lead balooned up to 26 points on a pair from the charity stripe by Fusari before PBA climbed back to withon 18. But a three-pointer by Melanie Jordan and a layup by Renice Dacres made the final margin 23. | Barry 66, PBA 43
NOTEWORTHY:
	- Hergot led the Bucs with 14 points and Swindells added 11.
- Fusari had a career-high 12 points and five steals off the bench.
- PBA had no players in double figures. Rodgers and Aniyah Ross each had eight points.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry hosted the conference-leading Tampa Spartans on Saturday at 2:00 pm.