Lady Cougars notch second straight road victory, host home Classic this weekend #GoBarton

The Barton Community College women's basketball team received contributions up and down the lineup Saturday in picking up a 68-41 victory over the junior varsity squad from Tabor College to wrap up its two-day trip to the Hutchinson Sports Arena for the BSN Tip-Off Classic

The Cougars scored ten unanswered points in the opening four minutes before capping first half action with another eight straight for a 39-23 locker room advantage. Tacking on another five to its lead in the third frame, the Cougars would eventually balloon the margin to as many as thirty points in cruising to its second straight victory.

Now 2-2 on the early season, the Cougars will have a break from competition in preparation of hosting the upcoming weekend's Best Western/Booster Club Classic. Barton will play both the 5:30 p.m. contests, Friday taking on Redlands Community College followed by Saturday's game against Kansas Wesleyan University junior varsity. Following the conclusion of each, the Cougar men take the floor in the 7:30 p.m. tips beginning Friday against Northern Oklahoma College-Enid with Harry S. Truman College the opponent on Saturday.

In the earlier contests, Hutchinson Community College fills both the women's and men's side as the defending national champion and top ranked women's team plays the 1:00 p.m. games with the 15th ranked Blue Dragon men competing in the 3:00 p.m. tip-offs.

Vivian Onugha again led all players with 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting with a team high 4 steals in twenty-three minutes of action, having her three-game double-double streak come to an end by finishing with 8 rebounds.

Having just one Cougar in double figures, ten players put points on the board as Alaina Eck's 9 points led the way with Brittany Simpson and Macie Smith each scoring 8 points.

Kodi Greer led the distribution with 4 assists in fifteen minutes on the court, also hauling down 7 rebounds helping the Cougars to a plus-22 rebound advantage.

Kya Thornton's 14 points on 50% shooting including 4-of-6 from long range led Tabor as Ellie McKellips and Malynn Reil each accounted for 7 points.