MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The Barry University men’s basketball team came out ready to go from the opening tip, as they dominated Rollins most of the way on their way to a 78-56 victory Saturday night in Sunshine State Conference action.
With it being senior day, the seniors were set to shine for the Bucs. Karega Tucker had a huge game throughout, as just four minutes into the contest, he took off and finished with a big dunk off an assist by Zach Trapp to give Barry an early three-point lead.
Rollins (18-8, 10-5 SSC) stayed with the Bucs despite the large crowd that rocked the Health and Sports Center all game long.
After the Tars took a one-point lead, Barry closed the half on a 9-2 run to take a six-point lead into halftime.
Tucker then began to hit from the outside in the second half, as he scored 10 straight points for the Bucs over a two-minute stretch, hitting two treys and two layups.
Zach Trapp also came up big for the Bucs, as his layup at the 12:16 mark pushed the lead to 17.
Rollins would trim the lead down to 10 a few times, but Bryan Chiverton made eight free throws in a row down the stretch to secure the victory.
Tucker led all scorers on senior night with 23 points and eight rebounds. Trapp added 18 points, going 4-for-10 behind the line and Erick Nsangou added 14 points.
Barry will return to action this Wednesday when they play at Lynn beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score
Rollins vs Barry
02/21/09 4:00 pm at Miami Shores, Fla.
At Miami Shores, Fla.
BARRY 78, ROLLINS 56
ROLLINS (18-7, 10-4 SSC)
WOLF, Nick 5-10 1-2 14; PANCRATZ, Zach 4-8 2-2 13; REICHEL, Craig 5-9 1-2
13; HOGAN, Kevin 3-9 0-0 7; SHARPE, Jeremy 2-10 2-2 6; ROBERTSON, Matt 0-5
3-4 3; GIBBS, Chauncey 0-0 0-0 0; BARAN, Nikola 0-0 0-0 0; BLANCHARD, Brock
0-4 0-0 0; WILKISON, Julian 0-1 0-0 0; FERRANTI, Ryan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
19-56 9-12 56.
BARRY (10-14, 5-8 SSC)
TUCKER, Karega 9-11 1-2 23; TRAPP, Zach 7-15 0-0 18; NSANGOU, Erick 5-9 4-4
14; CHIVERTON, Bryan 0-2 8-8 8; WHITFIELD, Willie 3-4 0-1 6; UZ, Chris 0-0
3-4 3; MORRIS, Jeran 1-5 1-2 3; ASTIGARRAGA, Bryan 1-3 0-0 3; PELLERIN,
Tyler 0-0 0-0 0; TERRY, Terrell 0-1 0-0 0;
VISINKIS, Bartas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-50 17-21 78.
Rollins....................... 25 31 - 56
Barry........................... 31 47 - 78
3-point goals--Rollins 9-37 (PANCRATZ, Zach 3-5; WOLF, Nick 3-7; REICHEL,
Craig 2-6; HOGAN, Kevin 1-6; BLANCHARD, Brock 0-3; WILKISON, Julian 0-1;
ROBERTSON, Matt 0-3; SHARPE, Jeremy 0-6), Barry 9-19 (TUCKER, Karega 4-4;
TRAPP, Zach 4-10; ASTIGARRAGA, Bryan 1-3; TERRY, Terrell 0-1; CHIVERTON,
Bryan 0-1). Fouled out--Rollins-None, Barry-None. Rebounds--Rollins 30
(WOLF, Nick 9), Barry 32 (TUCKER, Karega 8). Assists--Rollins 14 (GIBBS,
Chauncey 3; WOLF, Nick 3; PANCRATZ, Zach 3), Barry 22 (NSANGOU, Erick 6).
Total fouls--Rollins 21, Barry 12. Technical fouls--Rollins-None,
Barry-None.