The No. 16 ranked Barton Cougar men's basketball team held the lead for the final 32 minutes Wednesday to hold off Colby Community College 78-74. Barton (22-6, 16-6 Jayhawk) heads to Independence Saturday and plays at Coffeyville next Wednesday with likely NJCAA tournament at-large bid implications on the line. Aris Rodriguez had one of his better all-around performances of the year by recording a career high 7 steals and 6 rebounds towards an 18-point outing. Eltramon Smith, Jr. led all players with a career high 20 points as the league's best three-point shooter drained 3-of-4 behind the arc, hauling down 9 rebounds in just missing his first career double-double for the second time of the year. Keandre Kindell sparked the guard play with 16 points and a game high 6 assists with Moss adding a 9-point, 9-rebound stat line. Barton unleashed a 13-2 second half stretch to grow its advantage to as many as 17 points with 11:25 remaining but the Trojans answered with its own 14-2 run making the contest interesting for the final six minutes. Successful trips to the free throw line by Kindell and Rodriguez pushed the gap to nine with Colby responding by continuing to chip away cutting the deficit to just three. Brent Moss' 7th offensive rebound and putback made it a two-possession lead with 36 seconds left only to have a Trojan three-pointer drawing back to within two points. Rodriguez' pair of charity tosses with 9 seconds remaining provided the final margin seal the Cougars' 10th straight win of the series. Colby (16-13, 11-13 Jayhawk) was led by Eternity Eguagie's 18 points and Raphael Nagau-Trouar's 18 points with 9 rebounds led Colby with Gaius Meoowuru M'Ellia contributing 13 points. Colby 34 40 — 74 Barton 39 39 — 78 COLBY (16-13, 11-12) (FG 3 FT TP)—Nagau-Trouart 9-14 (0-1) 0-0 18, Egagie 6-10 (0-1) 6-10 18, Cason 3-5 (3-3) 0-0 9, Muhammad 3-8 (2-6) 0-0 8, Massadila 2-7 (2-4) 0-0 6, Watkins 0-1 0-0 0, Keutcha 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 28-58 (7-16) 11-16 74 BARTON (22-6, 16-6) (FG 3 FT TP)—Smith 6-12 (3-4) 5-9, 20, Rodriguez 6-15 (2-10) 4-4 18, Kindell 5-9 (3-3) 3-3 16, Moss 4-8 (0-1) 1-4 9, Williams 2-9 (0-4) 2-3 6, Brooks (1-$ 0-0 3, Muchitsch 2-3 (2-2) 0-0 6, Totals 26-60 (11-28) 15-23 78 Rebounds—Colby 38 (Nagau-Trouart 9); BC 31 (Smith 9, Moss 9). Assists—Colby 16 (Muhammad 4); BC 15 (Kindell 6). Steals—Colby 8 (Nagau-Touart 3, Muhammad 3), BC 14 (Rodriguez 7). JAYHAWK MEN Cowley 21-2 26-3 Coffeyville 17-5 21-7 Barton 16-6 22-6 Butler 14-8 19-9 Hutchinson 14-8 18-10 Colby 11-12 16-13 Garden City 20-12 15-13 Hays Northwest 10-12 13-14 Dodge City 9-13 12-16 Independence 8-14 12-16 Pratt 7-15 11-17 Cloud 5-17 11-17 Seward 2-20 3-24 2-17—Coffeyville 74, Cloud 67; Hays NW 90, Pratt 86 2-19—Cowley 87, Hutchinson 71; Pratt 112, Independence 96; Hays NW 87, Dodge City 84 2-20—Colby 57, Seward 46; Coffeyville 83, Butler 60; Garden City 70, Cloud 65 2-22—Hays NW 99, Barton 92; Cowley 76, Garden City 69; Hutchinson 64, Butler 63; Coffeyville 70, Pratt 68; Dodge City 88, Colby 73; Independence 74, Seward 64 2-26—Barton 78, Colby 74; Butler 86, Garden City 59; Coffeyville 74, Seward 58; Dodge City 81, Independence 76; Cowley 83, Cloud 58; Hutchinson 65, Pratt 59 3-1—Barton at Independence 4, Coffeyville at Dodge City; Hutchinson at Seward; Butler at Cloud; Pratt at Garden City; Hays NW at Colby

No. 7 ranked Dodge City downed the Barton Cougar women 70-47 in Saturday's Jayhawk Conference basketball game. Dodge City (22-3, 17-2 Jayhawk) outscored the Cougars in all four quarters. Dodge City's Shorna Preston dominated with 25 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals. Tayah Morgan added 11 points. Barton Cougar Vivian Onugha contributed 21 points and 19 rebounds for another double/double. Eva Clements scored nine points off 4-of-4 shooting. The Cougars mde 19 of 55 field goals, 1 of 11 from 3-point range. Dodge City 18 17 18 17 — 70 Barton 15 11 10 11 — 47 DODGE CITY (22-3, 17-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Shorna Preston 10-13 (3-4) 2-3 25, Tayah Morgan 4-15 (3-110 0-0 11, Mantziori 0-4 (0-3) 0-0 0, Dossou 1-2 1-2 3, Cameron 2-11 (0-5) 2-2 6, Unruh (2-5) 2-2 8, Jordan 2-6 (1-3) 2-2 7, Mi 3-8 (2-6) 8, Ahmed 1-2 0-0 2, Lee (0-1) 0-0 0, Totals 25-67 (11-38) 9-11 70 BARTON (12-14, 8-12) (FG 3 FT TP)—Onugha 8-23 5-6 21, Clements 4-4 1-2 9, Donanu 3-7 (1-4) 1-2 8, Hall 1-4 (0-1) 0-0 2, Eck 1-4 (0-1) 0-0 2, Simpson 0-4 (0-3) 1-2 1, Delisle 1-5 (0-1) 0-0 2, Mapiye 1-3 0-0 2, Greer (0-1) 0-0 0, Totals 19-55 (1-11) 8-12 47 Rebounds—DC 41 (Preston 14); BC (Onugha 19). Assists—DC 19 (Preston 7); BC (Eck 3). Steals—DC 15 (Preston 6); BC 4 (Delisle 2) JAYHAWK WOMEN Dodge City 17-2 22-3 Hutchinson 17-2 23-2 Coffeyville 15-3 20-3 Butler 14-5 19-5 Seward 12-7 17-8 Cowley 11-9 16-9 Cloud 10-9 15-9 Barton 8-12 12-14 Garden City 8-11 11-13 Colby 9-11 14-12 Pratt 1-17 6-18 Independence 1-18 2-23 Hays Northwest 1-18 1-22 2-10—Butler 73, Hays NW 19 2-11—Cowley 109, Independence 56; Butler 50, Colby 34 2-12—Seward 65, Barton 57 2-13—Hutchinson 66, Garden City 53 2-15—Dodge City 70, Barton 47; Coffeyville 82, Cowley 74; Hutchinson 71, Cloud 66; Butler 106, Independence 55; Colby 82, Pratt 27; Seward 73, Hays NW 59 2-17—Coffeyville at Cloud; Pratt at Hays NW 2-19—Butler at Coffeyville; Hutchinson at Cowley; Colby at Seward; Garden City at Cloud; Independence at Pratt; Hays NW at Dodge City

BARTON COUGARS 93, DODGE CITY 79 — The No. 15 ranked Barton Cougars outscored Dodge City 43-18 over the final 101/2 minutes to rally past the Conquistadors 93-79 in Saturday's Jayhawk Conference basketball game. The second-place Cougars (21-5, 15-5) trailed 61-50 with 10:25 left, but dominated the final 11 minutes. Brent Moss earned a double/double with 21 points and 15 rebounds. Also scoring in double figures were Aris Rodriguez (15), Fontaine Williams (14) and Eltramon Smith, Jr. (13). Keandre Kindell dished out eight assists. Dodge City's Mynor Strong (29), Derrick Rivers (13), Keshawn Brown (13) and Jamari Gamble (12) scored in double figures. Dodge City 41 38 — 79 Barton 35 58 — 93 DODGE CITY (10-15, 7-12) (FG 3 FT TP)—Mynor Strong 10-16 (5-6) 4-7 29, Derrick Rivers 5-10 (2-4) 1-3 13, Keshawn Brown 2-4 (0-2) 9-10 13, Jamari Gamble 4-11 (2-4) 2-4 12, Boatwright 2-7 (0-2) 0-0 4, Cisse 1-3 0-0 2, Payne 1-2 0-0 2, Rosa 2-3 0-0 4, Totals 2756 (9-18) 16-24 79 BARTON (21-5, 15-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Moss 9-15 3-8 21, Fontaine Williams 5-8 (2-4) 2-2 14, Rodriguez 4-8 (1-2) 6-8 15, Smith 4-8 (1-3) 4-4 13, Muchitsch 2-6 (0-2) 6-8 10, Kindell 1-6 (0-1) 0-0 2, Parlow 1-1 0-0 2, N'Gombo 2-3 6-6 10, Totals 30-58 (6-15) 27-36 93 Rebounds—DC 29 (Gamble 8); BC 39 (Moss 15). Assists—DC 16 (Boatwright 5); BC 17 (Kindell 8). Steals—DC 7 (Strong 4); BC 6 (Kindell 2, Smith 2) JAYHAWK MEN Cowley 18-2 23-3 Barton 15-5 21-5 Coffeyville 13-5 17-7 Butler 13-6 18-7 Hutchinson 12-7 16-9 Colby 10-10 15-11 Garden City 9-10 14-11 Independence 7-12 11-14 Dodge City 7-12 10-15 Hays Northwest 7-12 9-14 Pratt 6-12 10-14 Cloud 5-14 11-14 Seward 2-17 3-21 2-10—Butler 78, Hays NW 72; Hutchinson 76, Coffeyville 68 2-11—Cowley 123, Independence 81; Colby 72, Butler 70 2-12—Barton 84, Seward 68 2-13—Garden City 81, Hutchinson 73 2-15—Barton 93, Dodge City 79; Cowley 82, Coffeyville 60; Hutchinson 98, Cloud 73; Butler 118, Independence 63; Colby 85, Pratt 83; Hays NW 64, Seward 56 2-17—Coffeyville at Cloud; Pratt at Hays NW 2-19—Butler at Coffeyville; Hutchinson at Cowley; Colby at Seward; Garden City at Cloud; Independence at Pratt; Hays NW at Dodge City