North Miami-Dade News

The Barry University men's basketball team split the season series with Rollins College with an 88-78 victory in Sunshine State Conference (SSC) action Saturday afternoon at the Harold & Ted Alfond Sports Center in Winter Park, Florida.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final: Barry 88, Rollins 78

Records: Barry (8-11, 4-11 SSC), Rollins (11-11, 7 -7 SSC)

All-Time Series:  The Buccaneers earn just their 11th road victory all-time against the Tars while upping their overall mark to 31-51 against Rollins.

SUMMARY:

• 1H - The game started off evenly matched as both teams traded early blows. Hutton Yenor paced the Tars early with five quick points, with Matheus Silveira and Sergey Grishaev each chipping in four. Grishaev's second bucket put the Tars up by five, but Barry quickly came back after a media timeout. Nick Anderson scored twice in twenty-four seconds to give Barry a 21-19 lead halfway through the first. The teams then tied at 21, 24, and 26. Jaron Williams then became the hot hand for Barry, knocking down a pair of threes. The Buccaneer lead grew as high as twelve in the first half as the Tars went cold in the final minutes. John Latimer converted an and-one at the buzzer to cut into the lead, but at the break Barry led 44-35. | Barry 44, Rollins 35
• 2H - The second half started on a script that favored the Bucs. Two Yenor free throws opened the scoring, followed by a three from Anderson. Then it was two more free throws for Yenor, and a second three for Anderson. On possession three, Silveira cashed twice from the charity stripe, followed by a third Anderson triple. The fourth time around, Silveira converted a tough shot in the paint for two points before Anderson nailed his patented shot from distance. There was a lull in action between the 13 and 10 minute marks as neither team did much on offense. The Bucs were able to grow their lead to 73-55 with just under nine minutes to play. Cade Long led a vicious rally for the Tars to bring them back into the game. Rollins went on an 11-0 run, with Long supplying nine of the points on a variety of jumpers, drives, and free throws. Rollins would cut the lead all the way down to 77-72 on a Yenor jumper with four minutes to go. Unfortunately, Barry was able to capitalize from the free throw line as Rollins was forced to foul in the final minutes. Shots just didn't seem to fall for the Tars, as they only made one field goal in the final 80 seconds. Eventually, Barry came out on top 88-78. | Barry 88, Rollins 78

NOTEWORTHY:

• Nick Anderson tallied 25 points on 9-of-16 from the floor.
• Jaron Williams scored 24 points on 9-of-11 from the floor including a perfect 4-for-4 from long range.
• The Tars stayed in the contest on the strength of their free-throw shooting, 25-for-25 (100%).
• Barry outrebounded Rollins, 48-to-35, with nearly half that total coming off the offensive glass (23).
• Tyler Hawkins led all players with 10 rebounds.
• Isaiah Washington added 11 points in the win for the Buccaneers.
• Buccaneers scored 22 second-chance points with their 23 offensive boards.

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry returns home on Wednesday, February 8, for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off with Lynn University.

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