Cougar rally comes too late in loss at Hutch

Cougar rally comes too late in loss at Hutch
The Barton County Community College women's basketball team began to find their shot a little too late Wednesday night at the Sports Arena in Hutchinson, losing to Hutch by a 64-47 margin. A rough 1st half put the Cougars in a hole they could not get out off as they fell to 3-10 in the West and 13-14 overall this season. Hutch moved into the 6th spot in the West with the win, improving to 4-9 and 15-11. Barton is currently 8th in the West.

Highlights
The Cougars had troubles scoring in the opening half against the top rated defense in the West. Barton hit just 7-of-25 shots in the opening half for 28 percent and found themselves behind 33-18 by intermission. The Blue Dragons hit 12-of-25 shots in the opening 20 minutes, keyed by a 4-of-6 effort behind the 3-point arc. Hutch's Wendy Fehrenbach was 4-of-4 on 3-pointers.

The Cougars came out in the 2nd half hitting their 1st 6 shots, cutting the lead to 44-34 with 14 minutes to play. The Barton defense then stepped up, holding Hutch to just 4 points over the next 10 minutes to make it a 48-42 game with 4:33 to play. Two more treys by Fehrenbach over the next two minutes put the game away for Hutch as they pulled out to the 17-point win.

Natalie Arndt and Carly Bloomfield each scored 11 points for Barton, followed by Saara Pelttari with 10. Arndt also added 7 assists and Briana Harris grabbed 10 rebounds. Fehrenbach scored 21 to lead Hutch.

Stats
Stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports

Next
Feb. 21 – at Butler, 6 pm (Jayhawk West contest at the Power Plant)