SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo used 22 bench points to battle the Barry Buccaneers Saturday night but ultimately came up on the short end as the Bucs won 88-75.
 
Daniel Duarte scored a team-high 21 points on an 8-for-11 night from the field. Duarte added a 4-for-5 night from downtown. DeAndre King added 16 points to the mix, going 6-for-10 from the field and 4-for-8 from downtown. King dished out a team high eight assists while hauling in five rebounds.
 
Jesse Huff came off the bench and scored a quick nine and ended the game with 14 on 5-of-7 from field; Huff added a 4-for-5 mark from downtown.

"I think our guys battled tonight against a good team in Barry," Head Coach Vince Alexander mentioned after the game. "We hit some big shots, but down the stretch our inexperience against their experience showed and we couldn't match them. We missed some easy shots and had bad turnovers, but we will continue working on protecting the ball and look to next Saturday's matchup in Boca Raton." 
 
The Basics
Final Score: Barry 88, Saint Leo 75
Location: Marion Bowman Activities Center | Saint Leo, Fla.
Records: Saint Leo 12-16, 8-9 SSC | Barry 15-6, 11-5 SSC
 
How It Happened…
1H | Daniel Duarte got things started with a three before the Buccaneers went on a 10-2 run to take a 10-5 lead with 17:33 to play. Barry would push its lead to 10 points, 21-11 with 14:45 on the clock. The Lions would use a 8-0 run to cut it to four after DeAndre King made a jumper and three followed by another Duarte three. The Bucs would again push it to double-digits with 9:14 before the Lions cut it to three as Jesse Huff came off the bench and scored nine quick points on three three-pointers, 37-34. The Buccaneers used another 10-2 run to take an 11-point lead with the final three minutes in the opening half. Saint Leo answered with a run of their own, going 8-0 to make it 47-44 with 28-ticks to play. Daniel Mortensen drained a three at the end of the half to push the lead to six. | Barry 50-44 |
 
2H | Barry came out of the break and pushed its lead to 10 points within four minutes of action. The Lions went on a 12-4 run to cut it to one, 60-59 with 12:22 to play. The Lions would fall behind by seven, 66-59 and 69-62 before using a quick 5-0 spurt to make it 69-67 with 8:29 remaining. Barry would play from ahead for the rest of the game pushing its lead back to double-digits over six minutes of action, 83-73 with 2:35 to go. Pape Ngom's jumper with 1:41 to play would be the final points for the Lions before the Bucs' Glick brothers scored five points to push the lead to 13. | Barry 88-75 |
 
Points to Note

• Daniel Duarte led the Lions with a team-high 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field. Duarte added a 4-for-5 mark from downtown.
• DeAndre King added 16 points with 4-of-8 from downtown, ahead of Jesse Huff with 14 points off the bench, going 4-for-5 from beyond the arc.
• The Lions went 7-for-7 from the charity stripe, with a perfect 5-for-5 in the second half.

For Barry

• Daniel Mortensen and Elvar Fridriksson led the Buccaneers past the Lions with 24 points apiece where Sawyer Glick added 17.
• The Bucs outrebounded the Lions 36-28.

Next Up
Saint Leo has a night off before traveling to Lynn on Feb. 17 for a 4 p.m. game. The Lions remain on the road with a final road trip to Eckerd on Feb. 21 before heading home and hosting Rollins for senior day on Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
 
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