DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers fell into a big hole in the first period and were not able to dig out of it as they lost 74-65 to the Embry-Riddle Eagles at the ICI Center on Friday night.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final:  Embry-Riddle 74, Barry 65
Records: ERAU (7-4, 2-3 SSC), Barry (6-6, 1-3 SSC)
All-Time Series: ERAU leads 8-5

SUMMARY:

• 1Q - The Bucs led 7-5 after the first two and a half minutes. But Barry did not score for the rest of the period as the Eagles rolled off 19 straight points.  | ERAU 24, Barry 7
• 2Q - Trailing by 18, 34-16, with 3:41 left in the half, Barry went on an 11-4 run, led by five points from K'Nari Holliday, to trim the lead to 11, before the Eagles hit a late basket. | ERAU 40, Barry 27
• 3Q - The Eagles pushed the lead back to 18 early in the third quarter, going up 47-29 on a basket by Madyson Jean-Louis and another bucket by Jean-Louis gave Embry-Riddle their biggest lead of 22 points, 55-33 at 4:05. The Bucs scored the last four points of the period, on baskets by Ashia Pool and Signe Glantz to make the margin 17. | ERAU 57, Barry 40
• 4Q - After giving up the first6 bucket to the Eagle, Barry scored seven straigh points, including five by Camilla Flefil, to cut the lead to 12. A layup by Reagan Jackson at 3:24 got the lead into single digits, 67-58, and the Bucs would get as close as seven on two occasions, before the Eagles closed out the nine-point win. | ERAU 74, Barry 65

NOTEWORTHY:

• Holliday led the Bucs with a career-high 18 points. She also grabbed a team-high four rebounds.
• Flefil added 14 points and Dasiah Thornton chipped in 12.
• Rachel Murray led four Eagles in double-figures with 15 points, and Jean-Louis added 13. 
• Ketura Balabyekkubo had 14 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. 
• Sydney Jones added 11 points.
• The teams were very close from the field, but the Eagle out-scored the Bucs 18-4 at the free throw line, taking four times as many shots.

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs host the Saint Leo Lions on Sunday, Jan. 1.