The Cougars held a 9-6 early advantage until a 9-0 Hutchinson run quieted the raucous Barton Gym with 12:58 remaining. Off the bench came Barton's Shaka Thomas to drain a trey and start the Cougars on a 7-2 run to lead 21-17 at the midpoint.
Five points from reserve Kevin Kuteyi helped the Cougars build their largest lead of the first half at five with 6:21 to play. With ten first half lead changes, the Blue Dragons put together a 8-2 run to reclaim their last lead of the half at 34-32 with 3:15 on the clock.
Back-to-back three pointers by Turon Parker and Kuteyi gave Barton a 42-38 lead into intermission as the Cougars closed out on a 10-4 run.
After being tied for the game's eighth of thirteen times, Hutch's Kadeem Allen dropped a trey then scored from a D'Von Campbell steal and assist to give Hutch its largest lead of five with 16:29 to play. The Blue Dragons would again lead by five with 12:54 to play before things started to unravel for Hutch.
Hutch's Alex Davis picked up a technical foul with eleven minutes to play, then as the Cougars held a one point advantage with a little over five minutes to play, Kadeem Allen picked up a personal and technical foul arguing a call. With Barton's Raphael Stephens planted in the lane, Allen's shot released prior to contact resulting in the made basket but also resulted in three-of-four free throws by Stephens and Parker as the Cougars built a six point lead.
Reigning KJCCC player of the week Algie Key gave the Cougars it's biggest lead at seven with 4:27 to play but a 5-0 Hutch run in the next minute cut the margin to two. It would be as close as the Blue Dragons would come until things got crazy again with under a minute to play.
As Barton clung to a three point lead with twenty seconds remaining and Hutch in possession, the Blue Dragons' Tafari Whittingham was whistled for a flagrant foul and subsequent ejection for head-butting the Cougars Raheem Johnson. Johnson made one-of-two free throws then Key connected on two-of-four free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
Kevin Kuteyi led four Cougars in double-digits with nineteen, fittingly coming on the two-year anniversary of his mother's death to cancer as Barton celebrated "Pink Out Night" for cancer awareness. Raheem Johnson played huge for the Cougars posting his second career double-double with eighteen points and fourteen rebounds to go along with three blocks and a steal. Lost in the celebration was the moving of Algie Key up the career scoring charts to seventh all-time as his eighteen points moved him past Eric Bush's mark set in the 1999-01 seasons. Turon Parker rounded out the double-digit scoring with fifteen points while dishing out three assists against one turnover in thirty-nine minutes of play.
Kadeem Allen's eighteen points led four Dragons in double-digit scoring. D'Von Cambell, who didn't play against the Cougars in their first meeting, scored sixteen while A.J. Spencer and Rozell Nunn scored fifteen and ten points respectively.
