MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry Buccaneers continued their winning ways, running their record to 3-0 with a 77-50 win over the Janes of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Monday night in the Health & Sports Center.
The game stayed close for most of the first half. The Bucs led by four points on several occasions, but the Janes led 17-15 with 9:07 left in the first half when Rayza Baez hit a short jumper in the lane.
But the Bucs rallied down the stretch and out-scored the Janes 16-3 to close the period with a 31-20 lead.
The Bucs quickly built the lead to 20 points, 45-25, in the first five minutes of the half and the Janes never got it under that the rest of the game. The biggest lead came at the 3:04 mark when Nicole Okubanjo hit a layup in the lane.
Amanda Mageean led the Bucs with a career-high 20 points, while Kia Palmer came off the bench to add 17. The Bucs held a 44-22 edge on the board, despite no player getting more than five. Zuleymarie Sanchez of UPR put in a game-high 24 points.
The Bucs are 3-0 to start the season for the first time since the 2000-01 season when the Bucs went to the Sweet Sixteen.
Barry travels to Flagler on Wednesday, Nov. 21 before returning to the HSC on Saturday, Nov. 24, hosting Puerto Rico-Cayey.
Newspaper Box Score
Puerto Rico-Mayaguez vs Barry
11/19/07 5:30 pm at Miami Shore, FL (Health&Sports Center)
At Miami Shore, FL (Health&Sports Center)
BARRY 77, PUERTO RICO-MAYAGUEZ 50
PUERTO RICO-MAYAGUEZ (0-1)
SANCHEZ, ZULEYMARIE 8-20 7-9 24; LOPEZ, Sofia 2-5 2-2 8; BAEZ, Rayza 3-10
0-0 8; ACEVEDO, Eunice 2-7 0-0 6; ALEQUIN, Natasha 1-2 0-1 2; RODRIGUEZ,
Luisa 1-5 0-0 2; DIAZ, Tamara 0-0 0-0 0; OTERO, Lillivette 0-0 0-0 0;
RIVERA, GERMALYETTE 0-0 0-0 0; BARRIENTOS, Ana 0-0 0-0 0; RODRIGUEZ, Natalia
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-49 9-12 50.
BARRY (3-0)
MAGEEAN, Amanda 9-12 2-2 20; PALMER, Kia 8-9 1-1 17; RUMPH, Ratisha 3-5 0-0
6; THOMPSON, Christina 2-8 0-0 5; PAUL, Grace 2-3 0-0 5; FORS, Lisa 2-4 0-0
5; WELCH, Kelli 1-1 1-2 4; SINGLETARY, Kristy 2-5 0-0 4; BAILEY, Princess
1-4 1-2 4; SMITH, Raina 1-1 1-2 3; MARTINEZ, Lucy 1-5 0-0 2; OKUBANJO,
Nicole 1-3 0-0 2; SANFORD, Alisha 0-1 0-0 0; HENRI, Alexandra 0-2 0-0 0;
DUNCAN, KISA 0-1 0-0 0; O'MALLEY, Tara 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 33-67 6-9 77.
Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.......... 20 30 - 50
Barry......................................... 31 46 - 77
3-point goals--Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 7-21 (LOPEZ, Sofia 2-3; ACEVEDO, Eunice
2-6; BAEZ, Rayza 2-6; SANCHEZ, ZULEYMARIE 1-4; RODRIGUEZ, Luisa 0-2), Barry
5-20 (PAUL, Grace 1-1; BAILEY, Princess 1-3; THOMPSON, Christina 1-4; WELCH,
Kelli 1-1; FORS, Lisa 1-3; MARTINEZ, Lucy 0-2; HENRI, Alexandra 0-2; DUNCAN,
KISA 0-1; SINGLETARY, Kristy 0-3). Fouled out--Puerto Rico-Mayaguez-None,
Barry-None. Rebounds--Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 22 (SANCHEZ, ZULEYMARIE 6), Barry
44 (MARTINEZ, Lucy 5; THOMPSON, Christina 5; PALMER, Kia 5). Assists--Puerto
Rico-Mayaguez 10 (LOPEZ, Sofia 4), Barry 24 (BAILEY, Princess 6). Total
fouls--Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 18, Barry 12. Technical fouls--Puerto
Rico-Mayaguez-None, Barry-None. A-143