The Barton Community College men’s basketball team slowly put more and more distance between themselves and Sterling JV on Tuesday night at Kirkman Activity Center.
The Cougars finished ahead 105-76 for their third straight win of the season.
With the game tied at 6-all, Barton went on an 11-2 run to start pulling away.
Rashawn Walker reeled in a rebound and scored on a putback to get things started, followed by a 3-pointer from Tyler Chambers.
Sterling’s Fayola Oyatayo made a pair of free throws to make it 11-8.
Barton’s Travell Robinson dropped in a jumper from the free-throw line, Isaac Williams layed in a bucket and Darius Gibson, who was the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Player of the Week, finished up the run with a putback.
After a 3-pointer from Sterling’s Fredd Richardson, who scored all 16 of his points in the first half, Barton’s Robinson and Williams responded with 3s of their own, making it 23-11 with 12:50 remaining in the first half.
A 9-0 run late in the first half, sparked by a 3-pointer from Trey Unrau and capped by a Gibson layup, helped the Cougars to a 51-40 lead at intermission.
Barton continued to add to its lead in the second half, breaking the century mark for the second time in a row after beating Raleigh’s Finest 108-75 on Saturday.
Gibson led seven players in double figures, scoring 17 points on 7 of 15 shooting. He completed the double-double with 10 rebounds, also a team-leading mark.
Tyler Corley and Williams each added 14 points for the Cougars.
Unrau scored all 12 of his points from 3-point range, going 4-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Josh Burdine and Deriece Parks both came off the bench to add 12 points apiece, and Robinson finished with 10 points, shooting 4-for-4 from the field.

JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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Tuesday

At Great Bend
Kirkman Activity Center

Barton 105, Sterling JV 76
STERLING JV
     Jake Jaderston 1-5 0-0 3, Josh Hoover 1-3 5-6 8, Fredd Richardson 6-14 0-0 16, Fayola Oyatayo 5-10 6-8 18, Josiah Ray 5-7 2-2 12, Evan Belk 1-2 1-4 4, Cory Noll 0-0 1-2 1, Grant Speer 1-3 0-0 2, Luke Ropp 1-1 0-0 2, Brad Everage 2-2 0-0 4, Jake Spleiss 2-3 2-3 6, Nate Sizemore 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-51 17-25 76.
BARTON (3-0)
     Rashawn Walker 2-6, 0-0 4, Trey Unrau 4-8 0-0 12, Darius Gibson 7-15 3-3 17, Tyler Corley 4-10 5-6 14, Tyler Chambers 1-2 0-2 2, Christian Smith 1-2 2-2 4, Darius Bean 2-4 0-1 4, Josh Burdine 4-5 4-5 12, Deriece Parks 4-10 0-0 12, Isaac Williams 6-13 0-0 14, Travell Robinson 4-4 1-2 10. Totals 39-79 15-21 105.
     Halftime — Barton 51, Sterling JV 40. Three-point goals — Sterling JV 9-19 (Richardson 4-8, Oyatayo 2-2, Jaderston 1-4, Hoover 1-2, Belk 1-2, Speer 0-1); Barton 12-24 (Unrau 4-7, Parks 4-8, Williams 2-4, Corley 1-1, Robinson 1-1, Bean 0-2, Gibson 0-1). Rebounds — Sterling JV 27 (Ray 5); Barton 47 (Gibson 10). Assists — Sterling JV 12 (Jaderston 3, Richardson 3, Oyatayo 3); Barton 20 (Gibson 7). Steals — Sterling JV 6 (Oyatayo 2); Barton 13 (Gibson 3, Parks 3, Robinson 3). Total fouls — Sterling JV 19; Barton 21. Turnovers — Sterling JV 17; Barton 9.