Three Lady Cougars earn all conference award

Three Barton Community College women's basketball players were recently named to the KJCCC West Division All-Conference Team.  Cheyenne Hedrington led the selections with a second team honor while Ashton Bruner and Mariana Lambert landed on the honorable mention team.  The announcement comes just days after the Lady Cougars won their first round playoff game knocking off nationally receiving votes Cowley College 82-76 on the Tigers home floor.    The Lady Cougars (19-12) will next play No. 20 Seward County Community College (26-5) in the region quarterfinals at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at Wichita State University's Koch Arena.

Hedrington lead the Lady Cougars this season averaging 15.7 points per game and 8.0 rebounds per contest.  The sophomore transfer from Champaign, Illinois, recorded her ninth double-double of the season this past Saturday scoring twenty points and grabbing ten rebounds to go along with four assists.

Bruner ranked second behind Hedrington in both scoring (11.9) and rebounds (7.6) but led the team in steals (1.8).  The sophomore from McPherson, Kansas, also placed her name in Lady Cougar history this season getting to the free throw line 171 times to rank fifth most.  In Bruner's two years at Barton she has made the trip 329 times to the charity stripe, the third most in Lady Cougar history.

Lambert came on strong towards the end of the season, ranking third on the team at 10.4 points per game while grabbing 5.3 rebounds.  The freshman from Sao Paulo, Brazil, also ranked first on the team in free throw percentage connecting on 89% in conference play and 77% throughout the season.