Lady Cougars control second half in win at Pratt #GoBarton

Trailing by one at half, the Barton Community College women's basketball team outscored Pratt Community College by sixteen in the final twenty minutes for a 72-57 win at the Dennis Lesh Sports Arena.

Barton's second straight win keeps the Cougars on pace of the top three of the standings at 14-5 and 15-5 on the season as Pratt slides to 6-12 in league and 7-12 overall.

Next up is the 21st ranked Blue Dragons of Hutchinson in a Monday 5:30 p.m. tip at the Barton Gym with the home finale coming on Wednesday in hosting Dodge City.

The big three led the Cougars in scoring but Barton also received a solid performance from Cora Anderson. The freshman was 6-of-10 from the field for 12 points while hauling down six rebounds helping Barton to a +3 edge on the boards.

Vanessa Oduah and Queen Ulabo led with 19 points each, Oduah dishing out a game high five assists while Ulabo just missed a double-double with 9 rebounds, five coming on the offensive glass. Tiffany Dortland also had another quality all-around game with 17 points and 7 rebounds with a game high three steals.

Jalyn Taylor led just two Beavers in double digits with 19 points on 5-of-13 long range shooting with Jordan Mathis adding 13 points. Jada Moss led in rebounds with 10, eight on the offensive glass, but did not reach the scoring column.

The Beavers led 12-11 after the first period with the teams putting 19 more points on the scoreboard in the next ten minutes for a 31-30 Pratt advantage to the locker room.

Halftime adjustments bode well for the Cougars in erasing the deficit scoring 22 third period points to flip the script to 52-44 lead. Barton held off any Pratt charge in the final ten minutes, adding to their final margin in outscoring the Beavers by seven for the fifteen point victory.