MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneers fell 68-53 to the Nova Southeastern Sharks in Sunshine State Conference women's basketball action in the Health & Sports Center on Saturday.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Nova Southeastern 68, Barry 53
Records: Barry (13-8, 6-7 SSC); Nova Southeastern (17-3, 10-2 SSC)
All-Time Series: Nova Southeastern leads 35-20

SUMMARY:

• 1Q - Both the Buccaneers and Sharks got out to hot starts on the offensive end. Each team shot 50 percent from the field with the Sharks knocking down four three-pointers. Five different Buccaneers scored in the first. Audrey Jennings registered seven points, while Kayla Lindsey and Aijah Palmore each scored four. The back-and-forth quarter saw neither team build a lead of greater than four points. | Barry 20, Nova Southeastern 20
• 2Q - The Sharks came out red-hot to start the second, beginning the period on a 8-0 run. The Buccaneers scored their first points with 5:37 remaining when Lindsey knocked down a shot. However, the Sharks went on a 9-1 run to extend their lead to 14. Jennings helped keep the game within reach, scoring four more points to bring her first-half total to 11 to lead all players. However, the Sharks' 53.3% first-half shooting was too much for the Buccaneers to overcome, as they went into the break down 12. | Nova Southeastern 39, Barry 27
• 3Q - Palmore got the scoring started in the third to cut the lead to 10. But the Sharks answered with a 5-0 run to take a 15-point lead. The Sharks would extend their lead to 19 with 5:35 remaining, forcing a timeout from the Buccaneers. After the timeout, the Buccaneers went on a massive 11-0 run to cut the lead to eight. Kaliyah Morales and Hailey Chiles accounted for 10 of the 11 Barry points during the run. | Nova Southeastern 54, Barry 45
• 4Q - The fourth quarter was a low-scoring one with the two teams combining for just seven points in the first five minutes. In the end the two teams combined for just 22 points, as the Buccaneers played most of the period down double digits. | Nova Southeastern 68, Barry 53

NOTEWORTHY:

• Jennings led the Buccaneers with 15 points. Six of her 15 came from the free throw line.
• Morales scored 13 for the Bucs. She also finished with two assists and two steals.
• Alana Ellis led the Sharks with 13 points. Her teammate Payton Graber finished with 12.
• Palmore led the Buccaneers with 11 rebounds. Five of them came on the offensive glass.
• The Buccaneers recorded 10 steals, while the Sharks ended with just four. Lindsey led all players with three thefts.

ON THE HORIZON:
Barry travels up to Saint Leo on Wednesday, Feb. 5 looking for revenge for the Lions' New Year's Day win in The Shores.