Streak turned over, top ranked Cougars knocked off by 19th ranked Cowley #GoBarton
Streak turned over, top ranked Cougars knocked off by 19th ranked Cowley
A seventeen point differential in turnovers told most of the story from the Barton Gym Saturday night as the top ranked Barton Community College men's basketball team had its 35-game win streak snapped 74-71 to Cowley College.
The contest featured seven ties and 11 lead changes, the last leaving Cowley on top for the final 4:35 with the Cougars' 18th turnover providing the final back breaker with twenty-six seconds remaining resulting in a costly point swing.
Barton's loss comes coincidentally enough, one year and a day from the last time Cowley visited the Barton Gym to win their third straight on the Cougars' floor.
The Cougars slip to 3-1 in conference play and 8-1 overall while Cowley remains unblemished in KJCCC action at 4-0 improving to 9-1 on the season.
Next up is Wednesday's trip to El Dorado taking on Butler Community College for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off.
Barton received all its scoring from its starters with Cowley owning a 14-point advantage from the bench play.
Keandre Kindell drained four of the Cougars' six made three-pointers to lead Barton with a season and career high matching 22 points.
Modibo Sanogo added 15 points, Brent Moss put together a 12 point with 7 rebound effort, and Sebastian Muchitsch scored 10 points with a team high 8 rebounds.
Leading the Tigers was 24 points coming from Marcus Ziegler, knocking down four of the Tigers' seven three-pointers matching Kindell's 4-of-9 shooting performance beyond the arc.
Shamarrie Hugie posted a 19-point, 11-rebound double-double effort as Marcus Ziegler canned 2-of-4 arc busters for a 15 point evening.