JUNIOR COLLEGE
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Saturday
At Hesston
Barton Community College 85,
Hesston College 74
BARTON (2-0)
Storm Sanders 0-1 0-0 0, Colin Beatty 11-22 8-13 35, Dwayne Brunson 2-10 0-1 4, Carl Wallace 3-7 4-10 10, Chris Cantino 6-8 4-4 16, Adam Young 0-5 2-2 2, Jalen Boyd 3-4 4-6 10, Kevin Barber 0-2 0-0 0, Devonte Grant 2-6 0-0 6, Darius Hill 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-66 22-36 85.
HESSTON (2-1)
Devon Lloyd 5-17 10-13 20, Chas Clemons 8-17 2-3 23, Colton Troyer 1-5 4-6 6, Alex Roth 2-6 0-1 6, Vincent Sorrells 5-10 1-2 11, Drew Emmert 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Mitchem 1-2 2-3 4, Aaron Young 0-2 2-4 2, Aaron Jones 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-61 21-32 74.
Halftime — Hesston 39, Barton 38. Three-point goals — Barton 7-25 (Beatty 5-13, Grant 2-6, Young 0-2, Barber 0-2, Boyd 0-1, Wallace 0-1); Hesston 7-18 (Clemons 5-10, Roth 2-3, Lloyd 0-4, Troyer 0-1). Rebounds — Hesston 46 (Roth 15, Sorrells 5, Clemons 5); Barton 43 (Cantino 8, Boyd 7, Brunson 6. Assists — Barton 20 (Beatty 6, Wallace 5); Hesston 14 (Lloyd 4, Clemens 4). Steals — Bartton 11 (Wallace 4, Beatty 3); Hesston 6 (Lloyd 4). Turnovers — Hesston 24 (Lloyd 7); Barton 15 (Cantino 4). Blocked shots — Barton 7 (Brunson 3); Hesston (None).
HESSTON — The Barton Community College men’s basketball team took to the road in just its second game of the 2010-11 season on Saturday, coming away with a hard-fought 85-74 win over Hesston College in a battle of NJCAA Region VI teams.
The Cougars led most of the second half, but with two minutes to play found themselves tied with Hesston before Barton finally pulled away.
Sophomore guard Colin Beatty scored a career-high 35 points for the Cougars (2-0), who return to their home floor this weekend as they host the Barton Classic. Barton will play Quakerdale Prep on Friday night at 7, and Frank Phillips on Saturday night at 7.
The Cougars trailed much of the opening half of action, including as many as 7 on a couple of occasions. The latest of those came at the 5:37 mark of the opening half at 33-26. Barton managed to come back and tie the game and even take a brief 38-37 lead before the Larks went to intermission up 39-38. Barton shot just 40 percent in the half and made just 3-of-12 3-pointers. Hesston outrebounded the Cougars in the opening half 25-20 but was hitting just 40 percent itself.
The second half saw Barton get up early in the final 20 minutes but the Cougars were never able to shake the Larks. A 5-0 run in the opening minute of the second half on a jumper from Chris Cantino and a 3-pointer from DeVonte Grant gave Barton a 42-38 lead. The Cougars would never trail again but they were anything but comfortable. The Cougars appeared to have some control of the game when Beatty hit a jumper to cap back-to-back baskets by the sophomore and give Barton a 63-54 lead with 6:55 to play, but Hesston came storming back.
Hesston sophomore Chas Clemons was the catalyst for the rally, scoring seven points in 26 seconds. Clemens hit a long-range 3 from the right wing and was fouled converting a 4-point play then added another 3-pointer the next trip down and suddenly it was 63-61 with 6:13 to play. The Larks tied the game at 65-all with 4:10 to play and again at 71-all with 2:14 to play.
That’s when Beatty — on back-to-back trips — gave the Cougars separation. Grant found Beatty posted up on the block for a bucket and free throw following a foul for a 74-71 lead with 1:56 left then after a miss 3-pointer by Hesston, Beatty knocked down an open 3 of his own from Cantino with 1:31 left to give Barton a 77-71 lead. Hesston would get no closer than 6 as Barton hit 6-of-8 three throws in the final minute after struggling from the line most of the game.
Three more Cougars joined Beatty in double figures, with Cantino scoring 16 points and grabbing eight rebounds despite playing only 23 minutes due to foul trouble. Carl Wallace and Jalen Boyd each added 10 apiece. Beatty also led Barton in assists with six, and Wallace snagged four steals.
Clemens scored 23 to lead Hesston, followed by Devon Lloyd with 20.
Alex Roth had 15 rebounds for the Larks.
