LAKELAND, Fla. -- The 25th-ranked Barry Buccaneers routed the Florida Southern Moccasins100-70 on Saturday, Jan. 22, taking down their Sunshine State Conference counterparts in the Jenkins Fieldhouse.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP 
Final: Barry 100, Florida Southern 70
Records: #25 Barry (13-3, 8-3 SSC), Florida Southern (7-12, 4-7 SSC)
All-Time Series: Florida Southern Leads 57-25

SUMMARY:

• 1H - Michael Schaefer carried the Bucs out of the gates, scoring eight of Barry's first ten points including two strong buckets in the lane and a triple from the top of the arc. A Jake Kake trey on an assist from Toru Dean with 15:35 left gave the Bucs a 13-6 lead. The Mocs responded with a 7-0 run to tie things up before a Justinas Marcinkevicius hook shot gave the Bucs the lead again.  After a few buckets from the Mocs, Marcinkevicius came up big again, scoring a reverse layup and then finishing another layup through contact on Barry's next possession. The Lithuanian sank the subsequent free-throw to knot things up at 24 with 7:31 left. Shortly after, Marcelo Perez checked into the game and immediately made an impact, scoring on back-to-back possessions to make the lead 35-29 for the Bucs. Schaefer's scoring efforts began opening up buckets for his teammates such as Dean who he found for a corner trey to give the Bucs a 41-33 lead with under a minute left. | Bucs 41, Mocs 33
• 2H - The Bucs went right back to the well coming out of the locker room with Schaefer and Marcinkevicius each scoring on the Bucs first two possessions. After a Kakar three and a Dean bucket on a fast break, the Bucs stretched their lead to 14 and forced a Mocs timeout shortly after. Barry didn't let up, scoring at will over the next five minutes. Milon Scheffield sliced through the defense and scored a finger-roll layup at the rim to give the Bucs a 70-48 lead with 12:30 left. The Bucs never looked back and ultimately Barry cruised to a 30-point victory. | Bucs 100, Mocs 70

NOTEWORTHY:

• Schaefer dominated all night inside, recording a career-high 30 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and shot 11-of-16 from the charity stripe.
• The Bucs held a landslide-esque advantage in the battle of the boards, out-rebounding the Mocs 50-33, holding FSC to just five offensive boards. Barry also had 46 points in the paint compared to 22 for the Mocs.
• Tonight's game was the Bucs first 100-point offensive effort on the Mocs' home court since Feb. 3, 2018, a game which saw the Bucs fall 109-100 in overtime.
• The last time FSC lost at home, allowing over 10 points was Jan.. 4, 2020 in a 111-103 lost to Nova Southeastern.
• The Mocs out-scored the Bucs off the bench 35-29, the first time this season that the opponents have gotten more production from reserves this season.
• Barry led in second chance points (15-4) and in fast-break points (32-11).

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs will now take on their arch-rivals, the Lynn Fighting Knights, on Wednesday, Jan. 26 in the deHoernle Center in Boca Raton, Fla.