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Vivian Onugha sparks Cougars' victory
Barton Basketball

PRATT — The Barton Community College women's basketball team completed a sweep of Pratt with a 73-50 Jayhawk Conference basketball victory.

Vivian Onugha finished with 29 points and 23 rebounds, 23 of the points and 17 rebounds coming in second half play alone, recording her 14th straight and 20th double-double of the year.

The performance also moved Onugha alone in the 3rd slot of both program single season and career rebound bests, surpassing the efforts of Taylor Regan in now trailing only Jenny Nkem Womsi and leader Inga Muciniece.

Keyona Hall played solid in the starting role knocking down 5-of-8 from the field for 13 points with Charlotte Delisle coming off the bench producing a new career high 12 points, six rebounds and three assists.

Brittany Simpson added eight points behind a pair of treys as Regina Donanu fought through illness contributing seven points and four rebounds.

Pratt was led by La'Kyra Johnson's 19 points followed by Kalani Brock's 11 points 

Barton (12-12, 8-10 Jayhawk) has gone 18-1 against Pratt over the past 19 games. Pratt (6-17, 1-16 Jayhawk) has lost 11 consecutive games. The Cougars play Seward Wednesday and No. 5 ranked Dodge City Saturday for "Pink-Out Night" and Saturday's Hall of Fame Night.

Following the early Barton start, Pratt closed out the first quarter on a 7-0 run with an early second frame three-pointer slicing the margin to four. Pushing the lead back out on seven straight, the Cougars would take a nine point lead to the break but again the Beavers would paddle back in third period closing the gap to four again twice, the last coming with 6:11 remaining in the frame.

Having scored the first five points of the third quarter, Vivian Onugha continued her dominance adding eight more points and securing ten rebounds in the period growing Barton's lead back into double digits to lead 53-39.

A Pratt three-pointer opened up the final quarter's scoring but the Cougars responded owning the next eight minutes with a 21-3 stretch. The big run began on eight straight, Delisle's jumper tying her career high as Onugha tacked on the ensuing six points.

Barton 17 14 22 20 — 73

Pratt 12 10 17 11 — 50

BARTON (12-12, 8-10) (FG 3 FT TP)—Onugha 13-20 3-4 29, Hall 6-8 3-3 13, Belisle 5-6 (0-1) 2-3 12, Donanu 3-11 1-2 7, Simpson 3-7 (2-6) 0-0 8, Eck 1-6 (0-1) 1-2 3, Greer (0-1) 0-0 0, Clements 0-3 1-4 1, Totals 30-62 (2-9) 11-18 73

PRATT (6-17, 1-16) (FG 3 FT TP)—Johnson 7-17 (1-4) 4-5 19, Brock 5-12 (1-1) 0-0 11, Loera (3-9) 0-0 9, Imankulova 1-6 (0-3) 1-2 3, Bermejo 1-11 (1-8) 0-0 3, Smyth 2-6 (1-5) 0-2 5, McClellan (0-1) 0-0 0, Totals 19-62 (7-31) 5-9 50

Rebounds—BC 47 (Onugha 23); Pratt 26 (Brock 8), Assists—BC 8 (Delisle 3); Pratt 4 (Johnson 4). Steals—BC 5 (five with 1), Pratt 6 (Brock 2)

JAYHAWK WOMEN

Dodge City 16-2 21-3

Hutchinson 15-2 21-2

Coffeyville 14-3 19-3

Butler 11-5 16-5

Seward 10-7 15-8

Cowley 10-8 15-8

Cloud 10-8 15-8

Colby 8-10 13-11

Barton 8-10 12-12

Garden City 8-10 11-12

Pratt 1-16 6-17

Independence 1-16 2-21

Hays Northwest 1-16 1-20

2-8—Barton 74, Pratt 50; Cowley 54, Colby 46; Seward 55. Dodge City 52; Coffeyville 70, Garden City 32; Cloud 64, Independence 50

2-10—Butler at Hays NW

2-12—Seward at Barton; Cowley at Independence; Hutchinson at Garden City; Butler at Colby; Coffeyville at Cloud; Pratt at Hays NW

 


No. 14 Barton Cougars earn rematch with No. 5 Cowley
Cougars virtually assured of NJCAA berth
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HAYS — The No. 14 ranked Barton Cougars, the defending NJCAA champions, are virtually assured of an NJCAA Tournament berth after downing Jayhawk League runner-up No. 21 ranked Coffeyville 89-74 in Friday's Region 6 basketball semifinal. The Cougars (25-7) win the season series 2-1 and qualify for Saturday's Region 6 championship game against No. 5 ranked Cowley College (28-4) at Fort Hays State's Gross Memorial Coliseum. The Cougars split with Coffeyville during the season with a 75-64 victory and an 89-85 setback to the Red Ravens. Cowley swept the Cougars 74-71 and 95-67. The Region 6 champion earns an automatic NJCAA berth and the loser is a virtual lock for an NJCAA invitation. Barton's Williams and Keandre Kindell each scored 25 points to spark the Cougars, who shot 50% from the field (32-64). Eltramon Smith, Jr. added 15 points. Coffeyville's Griffith scored 28 points, but converted 9 of 25 field goals, 7 of 19 from long range. The Cougars led 42-21 at halftime, but continued a season-long trend of ineffective second-half defense. Coffeyville scored 53 second-half points. The Cougars have endured multiple second halves of yielding 60-plus points. Barton 42 47—89 Coffeyville 21 53—74 BARTON (25-7) (FG 3 FT TP)—Williams 9-11 (5-5) 2-2 25, Kindell 9-15 7-8 25, Smith 5-7 (1-3) 4-4 15, Muchitsch 3-8 (0-3) 0-0 6, Rodriguez 3-11 (0-3) 1-2 7, Moss 2-7 5-6 9, Ivanov 1-2 0-1 2, N'Gombo 0-2 0-0 0, Brooks (0-1) 0-0 0, Totals 32-64 (6-15) 19-23 89 COFFEYVILLE (23-9) (FG 3 FT TP)—Griffith 9-25 (7-19) 3-5 28, Ruth 2-9 (1-6) 1-1 6, Taylor 6-12 (1-3) 0-2 13, Ntambwe 4-5 5-7 13, Kuta 3-8 2-2 8, Ngulic 0-2 0-0 0, Thompson 2-3 (0-1) 0-0 4, Caporaso 0-0 2-2 2, Totals 26-64 (9-29) 13-19 74 Rebounds—BC 32 (Moss 7), C 40 (Kuta 10). Assists—BC 9 (Kindell 4), C 9 (Taylor 3). Steals—BC 11 (Rodriguez 4), C 5 (Taylor 2) JAYHAWK MEN Cowley 21-3 28-4 Coffeyville 18-6 23-9 Barton 17-7 25-7 Hutchinson 15-9 19-12 Butler 15-9 22-11 Colby 12-12 18-14 Garden City 12-12 18-14 Hays Northwest 11-13 14-16 Dodge City 11-13 15-17 Independence 8-16 12-19 Cloud 7-17 14-18 Pratt 7-17 11-20 Seward 2-22 3-26 REGION 6 MEN FIRST ROUND-—Dodge City 96, Fort Hays Tech Northwest 82; Butler 95, Pratt 78; Cloud County 85, Colby 83; Garden City 88, Independence 86 (OT) QUARTERFINALS—Cowley 87, Dodge City 74; Butler 74, Hutchinson 73; Barton 100, Cloud County 87; Coffeyville 80, Garden City 67 3-15 SEMIFINALS, HAYS —Cowley 58, Butler 54; Barton 89, Coffeyville 74 3-16 FINALS HAYS—Cowley (28-4) vs. Barton (25-7), 5 p.m.
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