MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers opened the 2022 Barry Thanksgiving Classic with a 79-70 win over the Limestone Saints in women's basketball action on Friday on Cesar Odio Court.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final:  Barry 79, Limestone 70 
Records: Barry (2-3), Limestone (3-3)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 1-0

SUMMARY:

• 1Q -  The Bucs jumped out to a big lead early in the first period, leading 7-2 after a three-pointer from Chiara Fusari at 8:21. The Bucs still led by five, 16-11, after an Ashleigh Pink jumper with 1:59 remaining. But the Saints closed the period on a 6-0 run, with Quin Byrd hitting a runner with :42 seconds left to give Limestone their first lead of the game. Byrd scored 11 points in the quarter to pace the Saints. | Saints 17, Bucs 16
• 2Q -  The Saints scored four of the first six points in the quarter to go up 21-18 on a basket by Amara Newsome. But they went cold from the floor, missing 14 straight shots before Newsome scored again at the buzzer. In between, the Bucs built a sizable lead, going up 12 points, 33-21, on a triple from Dasiah Thornton with 1:12 to play. Thornton had a pair of three-pointers to lead the Bucs with six points in the frame. | Bucs 33, Saints 23
• 3Q -  Barry led by 11, 43-32, after another three-pointer from Fusari at 5:58. But the Bucs had a cold spell of their own as the Saints came back to take the lead, 48-47 on a three-pointer from Megan Watson at the buzzer. Watson and Reagan Kargo each has two triples for six points to pace Limestone in the period. | Saints 48, Bucs 47
• 4Q - Camilla Flefil keyed the fourth-quarter rally for the Bucs, hitting 5-of-6 for 15 points from three-point range in the frame. After Flefil tied the game 53-53 on her second triple of the period, Ashleigh Pink went to the line and drained three free throws to give the Bucs back the lead 56-53 with 7:40 to play and they never relinquished it. Flefil put Barry up by nine, 70-61, at the 3:33 mark and the teams swapped points the rest of the way. Pink capped the scoring with another brace from the line with :12 seconds left. | Bucs 79, Saints 70

NOTEWORTHY:

• Fusari led the BUcs with 23 points, including 13 in the first half.
• Flefil added 15, all in the fourth quarter, and Pink had 14.
• Byrd led the Saints with 21 points, while Kalisha Hill added 11. 
• The Barry bench make most the difference in the game, out-scoring the Saints 33-16.

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry takes on the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers tomorrow. KWC lost 73-71 in overtime to Lynn in the first round.