MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The third-seeded Barry Buccaneers stormed back from a nine-point half-time deficit to beat the sixth-seeded Rollins Tars 79-64 in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Sunshine State Conference men's basketball tournament, present  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP 
Final: Barry 79, Rollins 64
Records: Barry (19-7), Rollins (14-15)
All-Time Series: Rollins leads 50-30

SUMMARY:

• 1H - Landon Kirkwood hit a three-pointer on the Bucs' first possession, but the Tars then went on a 17-2 run led by seven points from Brooks Cluxton. Barry trimmed the lead to six, 25-19, on a pair of free throws from Jake Kakar with 5:47 left in the half. But the Tars pushed it back to 12 points, before a Nick Anderson triple with 1:48 made the margin nine at the break. | Tars 37, Bucs 28
• 2H - Barry wasted little time flipping the margin in the second half, as the Tars went cold from the field. Barry opened the period on a 26-6 run, led by nine points from Michael Schaefer and six each from Kirkwood and Justinas Marcinkevicius. Another three-pointer from Anderson at 5:58 gave the Bucs a 13-point lead. The Tars cut it to eight points on free throws from Kyle Marion, but after a layup by Marcinkevicius with 1:47 left, the Tars never got under double-figures. A layup by Toru Dean with 0:23 seconds left gave Barry its biggest edge and final margin of 15 points. | Bucs 79, Tars 64

NOTEWORTHY:

• It was another balanced night for the Bucs offensively, with Schaefer leading five players in double figures with 17 points.
• Kakar chipped in 14 points, while Marcinkevicius and Kirkwood each had 11 points and Anderson came off the bench with 12.
• Kyle led the Tars with 20 points and Yenor Hutton added 19. Cluxton added a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
• Marcinkevicius match his career-high with 16 rebounds as the Bucs dominated on the boards 46-25, which led toa 21-4 edge in second-chance points.
• Barry also out-scored the Tars 42-32 in the paint.
• Barry shot a blistering 21-of-34 (61.8 percent) in the second half, while holding the Tars to just 9-of-33 (27.3 percent) shooting.
• The Tars, after two baskets from Yenor to start the second half, went just two for their next 17 shots from the field.

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs travel on Thursday, Mar. 3 to the ICI Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., to face off with the second-seeded Embry-Riddle Eagles, 85-71 winners over Palm Beach Atlantic, in the tournament semifinals.