Barton women climb near top of West standings with road win at Butler
The Barton County Community College women's basketball team is showing it can be road tough in Jayhawk West play. For the 2nd time in as many tries, the Cougars earned a road win in the conference, notching a 58-52 victory over Butler County in El Dorado. The Cougars led nearly the entire contest on their way to their 3rd straight Jayhawk West win and a tie at the top of the conference in the loss column as Barton improved to 3-1 in the West and 13-5 overall. Butler fell to 10-8 and 1-3. The Cougars will be on the road again Saturday – 5 of the 1st 8 West game are on the road – when they travel to Hutchinson to take on the Blue Dragons at the Sports Arena.
Highlights
Barton's defense and bench play sparked the win for the Cougars as Butler hit just 32 percent from the floor and were outscored 30-2 in bench points. Butler, which only suited up 8 players, saw the Cougars depth pay dividend for Barton during the 2nd half.
Barton took a 30-22 lead to halftime. The Cougars took a 13-11 lead on Butler at the 13:11 mark when Mayowa Onikute hit a bucket and Barton would not trail the rest of the way. The 8 point lead was the biggest of the game for Barton as Butler quickly came back in the opening stages of the 2nd half to tie the contest at 36-all.
Ashley Glen provided the spark in a 6-1 run by scoring a layup on a pass from Vivian Ewalefo to a 38-36 lead then made it 40-36 with another bucket on a pass from Ewalefo. Glen capped the 6-1 with a put-back with 13:35 to play. The Grizzlies got to within a point once more at 42-41 but a 10-4 run gave the Cougars a 52-45 lead with 4:20 to play. The closest Butler would get the rest of the way would be 4 points.
Glen paced the Cougars attack with a career-high 13 points off the bench in front of family and friends just 30 minutes from her hometown of Wichita. Vivian Ewalefo put up her 5th double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 boards for the Cougars
Stats
Full box scores and stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports
Next
Sat., Jan. 22 – at Hutchinson, 6 pm (Jayhawk West contest at the Sports Arena)