Lady Cougars pull away late for double-digit win
The Barton women’s basketball team shook off a sluggish first thirty minutes to pull away from the Kansas Wesleyan Junior Varsity team 74-63 Friday at the Brown Mackie Classic over the weekend held in Salina. The 3-1 Lady Cougars will take on Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in a 5:00 p.m. tip Saturday to wrap up the weekend.
November 10, 2012
Trailing by one at halftime in Friday's contest, the Lady Cougars were not able to pull away from the Coyotes until Erin Copeland's trey gave Barton the lead with 8:16 remaining. From there the Barton defense limited the Coyotes to thirteen points and twenty-seven percent second half shooting in the 75-63 win.
Sophomore Blair Bloomfield led three Lady Cougars in double-digit scoring with eighteen points and eleven rebounds while fellow sophomores Erin Copeland and Ta'Kerra Williams each contributed thirteen and eleven respectively.