Racing out to a sixteen point lead in the game's first seven plus minutes, the Blue Dragons made eight of their first ten shots including three-of-four behind the arc as Barton played catch up all night. An 8-0 run by the Cougars cut the lead to eight in the next four minutes only to have Hutchinson counter with its own 7-0 run. Barton would cut it to eight again later in the half but a five point answer by the Blue Dragons would lead to a 36-24 halftime advantage.

Much like the first half, Hutchinson was hot coming out of the locker room essentially sealing the victory in the half's first seven minutes outscoring the Cougars by twelve. The lead stayed in the twenties until a Trey Unrau baseline trey cut the deficit to the final 74-57 margin.

For the contest Hutchinson shot 50% from the field including a 5-for-9 performance behind the arc in the first half. After a 31% dismal first half, the Cougars shot 43% in the second half to finish at 37% but knocked down only three of seventeen from behind the arc. As hot as Hutchinson was from the outside, the Blue Dragons were just as effective inside the paint outscoring the Cougars by sixteen and winning the battle on the boards 41-35.

Sophomore Algie Key led Barton in scoring with fifteen as only two other Cougars reached double-digit scoring. Sophomore Andell Cumberbatch scored thirteen and just missed a double-double leading Barton with nine rebounds while freshman Kevin Kuteyi scored ten.

Freshman Kadeem Allen led five Blue Dragons in double-digit scoring with fifteen points. Sophomore A.J. Spencer scored fourteen while fellow sophomores D'Von Campbell and Rozell Nunn scored twelve while Alex Davis scored eleven.