WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— The Barry University women’s basketball team dropped a last-second heartbreaker to the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish on the road on Wednesday night. The Bucs fell 49-47.
Both teams were slow to start as the Bucs (7-9) led 9-8 with 12:37 remaining in the first half. A PBA (3-16) three pointer by Jordan Kong gave the Sailfish an 11-9 lead, but the Bucs went on a 7-0 run to retake a 16-11 lead with 8:09 remaining in the first. Shanna Suttington, Daniel DeBerry and Jen Mitchell scored in the run.
The Sailfish used a 6-0 run over the next four minutes to take a 17-16 lead.
Kisa Duncan hit a pair of free throws to give the Bucs the lead back with 3:33 remaining in the first, yet the Sailfish outscored the Bucs 4-2 in the final minutes to head into halftime on top 21-20.
In the second half the Sailfish got out to a 28-25 lead with 14:28 remaining in the first half. Amanda Frontino started a 5-0 Buccaneer run with a three pointer with 13:39 remaining in the game. Adrienne Hicks followed it up with a fast-break layup to give the Bucs their first lead of the second half, 30-28.
Both teams scored sparingly over the next 04:30 as PBA led 36-34 with 9:08 remaining. The Sailfish and Bucs picked up the pace, combining for 23 points over the final nine minutes.
Down 42-41, Suttington hit a key three pointer with 3:29 remaining to put the Bucs up 44-42. Barry held the slim lead until the 00:38 mark when Haley Fields tied it at 47-47 with a three pointer. A final buzzer-beater by Lyndsey Poole gave PBA the 49-47 win.
For the Buccaneers, Suttington led the way with 15 points while Hicks had nine. The Bucs return to action on Saturday afternoon when they host the Lynn Knights at 2:00 pm.
Newspaper Box Score
Barry vs Palm Beach Atlantic
01/19/11 5:30 pm at West Palm Beach, Fla. (Rubin Arena)
At West Palm Beach, Fla. (Rubin Arena)
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC 49, BARRY 47
BARRY (7-9)
SUTTINGTON, Shanna 5-11 4-4 15; HICKS, Adrienne 2-6 5-8 9; TIJANI, Nadia 3-8
2-3 8; DeBERRY, Danielle 1-5 3-4 5; DUNCAN, Kisa 1-2 2-2 4; FRONTINO, Amanda
1-2 0-0 3; MITCHELL, Jen 1-4 0-0 3; LEHN, Glaucia 0-1 0-0 0; MULLINGS,
Alicia 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 14-43 16-21 47.
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC (3-16)
DOLBERRY, Ashley 3-4 5-6 11; FIELDS, Hayley 3-6 0-0 9; POOLE, Lynsey 4-6 0-0
9; FUGATE, Liz 4-12 0-0 8; KONG, Jordan 2-3 0-0 6; JACKSON, Selethia 3-6 0-3
6; WILKINS, Loren 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 19-40 5-9 49.
Barry......................... 20 27 - 47
Palm Beach Atlantic........... 21 28 - 49
3-point goals--Barry 3-9 (FRONTINO, Amanda 1-1; MITCHELL, Jen 1-3;
SUTTINGTON, Shanna 1-3; DeBERRY, Danielle 0-1; MULLINGS, Alicia 0-1), Palm
Beach Atlantic 6-9 (FIELDS, Hayley 3-4; KONG, Jordan 2-3; POOLE, Lynsey 1-1;
WILKINS, Loren 0-1). Fouled out--Barry-None, Palm Beach Atlantic-DOLBERRY,
Ashley. Rebounds--Barry 27 (TIJANI, Nadia 9), Palm Beach Atlantic 28
(JACKSON, Selethia 9; FUGATE, Liz 9). Assists--Barry 3 (SUTTINGTON, Shanna
2), Palm Beach Atlantic 14 (POOLE, Lynsey 4). Total fouls--Barry 11, Palm
Beach Atlantic 17. Technical fouls--Barry-None, Palm Beach Atlantic-None.