MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The Barry University men’s basketball team took advantage of strong performances in each half to stifle Puerto Rico-Cayey, 74-29, Tuesday night at the Health and Sports Center.
The Bucs (2-0) benefited from balanced scoring, as 11 players recorded at least a point, with Chad Bishop recording a game-high 13 points.
The 29 points allowed were also a school record for fewest points allowed. The old record was 33 points allowed against St. Thomas on Dec. 3, 1994.
Barry began to pull away from Puerto Rico-Cayey (0-7) halfway through the first half following a Bishop layup, then a three-pointer from Zach Trapp expanded the lead to 13.
Jeran Morris capped the first half with a thunderous dunk to help give the Bucs a 22-point lead at the break.
Bishop continued to catch fire all over the court in the second frame, as he hit a pair of three-pointers to complete his game-high scoring night.
Karega Tucker finished off his double-double night with a free throw with five minutes left in the game.
Tucker finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Jeran Morris recorded a career-high 10 points off the bench for the Bucs.
Barry will hit the road for their next contest when they battle Palm Beach Atlantic on Saturday beginning at 4 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score
Puerto Rico-Cayey vs Barry
11/25/08 7:30 pm at Miami Shores, FL Health & Sports Center
At Miami Shores, FL Health & Sports Center
BARRY 74, PUERTO RICO-CAYEY 29
PUERTO RICO-CAYEY (0-7)
ORTIZ, Luis 4-5 1-4 9; PESANTE, Victor 2-6 0-0 5; SOTO, Luis 1-6 2-2 5;
RIVERA, Emanuel 2-7 0-0 4; GARCED, Jaime 1-2 0-0 2; CALZADA, Francisco 1-3
0-0 2; RIVERA, Hiram 0-5 1-2 1; CASANOVA, Ghristian 0-10 1-3 1; PIERANTONI,
Juan 0-1 0-0 0; BERRIOS, Josue 0-3 0-0 0; FELICIANO, Reinaldo 0-6 0-0 0;
RAMOS, Wilbert 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 11-56 5-11 29.
BARRY (2-0)
BISHOP, Chad 4-7 3-6 13; NSANGOU, Erick 6-9 0-0 12; MORRIS, Jeran 5-5 0-0
10; TUCKER, Karega 3-6 3-4 10; WHITFIELD, Willie 4-6 1-2 9; TRAPP, Zach 3-5
0-0 8; CHIVERTON, Bryan 1-2 2-4 4; UZ, Chris 1-5 0-0 3; MADYUN, Jamaal 1-1
0-0 2; VISINKIS, Bartas 1-2 0-2 2; PELLERIN, Tyler 0-0 1-2 1; TAYLOR,
Brennan 0-1 0-0 0; TERRY, Terrell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-50 10-20 74.
Puerto Rico-Cayey............. 10 19 - 29
Barry......................... 32 42 - 74
3-point goals--Puerto Rico-Cayey 2-17 (PESANTE, Victor 1-2; SOTO, Luis 1-5;
GARCED, Jaime 0-1; CASANOVA, Ghristian 0-3; PIERANTONI, Juan 0-1; FELICIANO,
Reinaldo 0-2; RAMOS, Wilbert 0-1; RIVERA, Emanuel 0-2), Barry 6-17 (TRAPP,
Zach 2-4; BISHOP, Chad 2-3; TUCKER, Karega 1-3; UZ, Chris 1-4; CHIVERTON,
Bryan 0-1; TAYLOR, Brennan 0-1; TERRY, Terrell 0-1). Fouled out--Puerto
Rico-Cayey-None, Barry-None. Rebounds--Puerto Rico-Cayey 22 (CASANOVA,
Ghristian 3; PESANTE, Victor 3; FELICIANO, Reinaldo 3), Barry 49 (TUCKER,
Karega 11). Assists--Puerto Rico-Cayey 7 (CALZADA, Francisco 3), Barry 19
(NSANGOU, Erick 5). Total fouls--Puerto Rico-Cayey 18, Barry 13. Technical
fouls--Puerto Rico-Cayey-None, Barry-None. A-347