Cougars win streak snapped at Hutchinson #GoBarton

Wednesday evening's matchup of the two hottest teams in the Jayhawk West went in favor of the home team as the Barton Community College men's basketball team fell short 73-67 to nationally receiving votes Hutchinson Community College.

The loss snaps a season high five game winning streak dropping the Cougars to 6-5 in league play and 7-5 overall while Hutchinson extends their winning streak to six straight and improve a Jayhawk West best mark of 10-3 and 11-3 on the season.

Barton concludes its brief two game road stretch on Saturday with a trip south to Dodge City Community College for a 3:00 p.m. tip at the Student Activity Center.

Trailing by 11 with just under 14-minutes to play the Cougars clawed their way back eventually tying it up at 60 with 3:17 left. Barton tied it up once more at 64-64 however the Blue Dragons were tougher over the final 1:47 rattling off 9 of the last 12 points earning a 73-67 victory.

Sophomore Justin Harmon paced three Cougars in double-figure scoring tallying his ninth straight in double-digit scoring tallying a team high 14 points. Jaheim Holden scored a bench high 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Asanti Price recorded seven of his 12 points in the second half rounding out the double-figure scoring for Barton. Desean Munson flirted with a double-double performance pulling in a game high 12 rebounds to go along with his eight points.

Hutchinson was led by Jaden Okon's 17 point performance on 8-of-11 shooting. Reigning KJCCC Player of the Week Matt Mayers scored all 12 of his points in the second half while recording a double-double with 10 rebounds matching teammate Majok Kuath's rebound total. Chris Robinson rounded out the Blue Dragon double-figure scoring adding 10 off the bench.