The Barton Community College men's basketball team suffered their first loss of the season Friday afternoon at the Dodge City Civic Center getting beat off a backside rebound put back as the horn sounded to lose 74-73 to Fort Scott Community College.   Having handled the Greyhounds by twenty-one points a week prior at the Barton Gym, the Cougars simply couldn't put the game away at the free throw line going 9-22 from the charity stripe leaving the door open for Fort Scott to take.  Following the Cougars connecting on only 1-of-2 free throws with 13.3 seconds, Barton couldn't secure possession on a couple of opportunities leading to Dalton Rose's rebound and kiss off the glass as the horn sounded.  Barton slips to 2-1 on the early season while Fort Scott evens their season mark to 2-2.   The Cougars will have little time to dwell on the loss as Barton returns to the floor Saturday against No. 19 State Fair Community College in a 3:00 p.m. matchup.

Khalil Gracey pumped in a career high twenty-three points as Tyrone Acuff was the other lone Cougar to reach double figures with fifteen.  Acuff also shared team high assists honors with Jalin Barnes as the freshmen dished out three apiece.  Eddie Hunt led the Cougars in rebounding with seven as Fort Scott ended the night with a 38-36 rebound advantage, none larger than Rose's offensive rebound for the game winner. 

Xaiver Hunter led four Greyhounds in double digits scoring twenty with Rose close behind with seventeen as the duo combined for 8-of-14 shooting beyond the arc.  Just missing a triple-double was the performance from Will Harrington as the 6'3" versatile player scored thirteen and grabbed a team high eleven rebounds to go along with dishing out a team leading nine assists.  Coming off the bench Tyler Adams contributed eleven.