WINTER PARK, Fla. -- The Barry women posted a strong fourth quarter to nip Rollins 75-71 and take the Sunshine State Conference basketball season series from the Tars at Warden Arena on Saturday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 75, Rollins 71
Records: Rollins (7-11,2-9 SSC); Barry (13-6, 6-5 SSC);
All-Time Series: Rollins leads 51-29
SUMMARY:
- 1Q - The first quarter went back and forth. Rollins had a two-point lead with 3:42 left, but Barry closed the period on a 6-4 run to knot the game. | Barry 19, Rollins 19
- 2Q - Rollins re-took a two-point lead on a three pointer from Emily McIntosh with just under a minute gone in the second quarter. But the Bucs used a 10-3 lead, capped by a layup by Kaliyah Morales to go up five and later extended the lead to as many as seven. | Barry 44, Rollins 38
- 3Q - Morales scored the first four points for the Bucs in the second half, extending the lead to eight at 8:14. The Tars, however, out-scored the Bucs 12-3 over the next four and a half minutes to regain the lead at 52-51 on a basket from Kaitlyn Sanders with 3:43 left in the frame and the Tars held on for the rest of the period. | Rollins 58, Barry 57
- 4Q - The teams swapped baskets to start the last quarter, including a three-pointer from Audrey Jennings which left the score tied at 62-62 with just under eight minutes to play. But the Bucs' defense held the Tars to just two baskets the rest of the way and Barry pulled out another big road win. | Barry 75, Rollins 71
NOTEWORTHY:
- Morales led the Bucs with 20 points, including 8-of-9 from the free throw line.
- Jennings chipped in 18 and Krystin Greene had 16.
- Aijah Palmore led the team with 11 rebounds, as the Bucs held a 41-35 edge on the glass and a 14-5 advantage in second-chance points.
- Maddie Dillinger led Rollins with 18 points, while Sanders chipped in 17 and Claire Erickson and McIntosh each had 10.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Bucs will return home and take on Palm Beach Atlantic, Wednesday January 29 with tip set at 5:30pm from the Health & Sports Center.
