The Barton Cougar women's basketball team used a 15-0 first-quarter run to close the Scooter's Coffee Tip-Off Classic with an 81-50 victory over Bethany College's junior varsity.
Barton (3-0) will play the Sterling College junior varsity at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Great Bend's Mersadie Spray finished with a game-high 32 points on 12-of-21 shooting and added four steals. Mark Akinde recorded a double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end, and blocked two shots.

Christal Long finished with 10 points. Laia Romero added nine off the bench. Bryndal Moody handed out six assists.

Faith Ackerman led Barton with six of its 20 steals as the Cougars turned 35 Bethany turnovers into 34 points. Barton also held a 40-28 rebounding advantage.

Spray and Long combined for 13 points during the opening run, which stretched Barton's lead from 3-2 to 18-2.

The Cougars led 25-11 after one quarter and 41-29 at halftime before outscoring Bethany 27-10 in the third. Spray scored 13 points in the period, and Romero's jumper in the final second gave Barton a 68-39 lead heading into the fourth.

Kyra Clark's 20 points led Bethany with Kayte Shively providing 10 off the bench.

Bethany JV 11 18 10 11 — 50

Barton 25 16 27 13 — 81

BETHANY JV (0-5)—Clark 7-10 (0-1) 6-7 20; Shively 4-5 2-4 10; Brown 1-5 (1-2) 0-0 3; Galliart 2-2 (1-1) 0-0 5; Hazim 0-7 (0-3) 2-2 2; Lyvers 2-4 (2-3) 1-2 7; Meyers (0-1) 0-0 0; Scott 1-4 (1-3) 0-0 3; Cooper 0-4 (0-3) 0-0 0; Totals 17-42 (5-17) 11-15 50.

BARTON (3-0)—Spray 12-21 (2-4) 6-9 32; Akinde 6-12 0-1 3-4 15; Romero 3-4 (2-2) 0-0 8; Long 4-10 (0-1) 2-2 10; Gobert 1-2 0-0 2; Moody 2-5 (0-1) 0-0 4; Ackerman 0-3 (0-1) 0-0; Reece 1-2 (1-1) 0-0 3; Wright 1-4 (0-2) 0-0 2; Hughes 1-3 (0-2) 1-2 3; Totals 31-68 (4-14) 15-21 81.

Rebounds—B 28 (Clark 5), BC 40 (Akinde 16). Assists—B 9 (Cooper 4), BC 20 (Moody 6). Steals—B 8 (Shivley 2, Scott 2, Cooper 2), BC 20 (Ackerman 6). Turnovers—B 35, BC 19.