Closing both halves of play with a combined 34-11 advantage, the Barton Community College men's basketball team earned its first conference road victory with a 79-69 win Sunday at Colby Community College. Trailing by twelve midway through the first half, the Cougars cranked up the defense to spur a 20-4 run to close the half to lead 38-31. A back and forth second half, Barton finally took control with 4:38 remaining as the Cougars outscored Colby 14-7 to capture the Jayhawk West road win. The victory was the 200th of Head Coach Craig Fletchall's Barton career after winning No. 300 overall last Wednesday. Barton improves to 3-2 and 15-6 overall while Colby drops to 0-5 and 10-11.
Four Barton players reached double-figures led by Isaac Williams' twenty-two points. Coming off the bench the freshman knocked down 4-of-8 from behind the arc including a nine-point stretch to spark Barton in the second half. Raheem Johnson scored thirteen while Tyler Corley scored eleven while dishing out a team high six assists and three steals. Also coming off the bench to provide a spark was Deriece Parks with ten points and four assists. Darryln Johnson led the Cougars in rebounding with seven.
Jeremiah Ingram led three Trojans in double-figures with eighteen points despite early foul trouble. Coming off the bench Branden Williams scored sixteen while Ramon Johnson contributed ten. Johnson also was big on the boards for the Trojans tying Terry Starks with a team high six rebounds. Starks also led Colby with five assists and three steals.