DODGE CITY — The Barton Community College women’s basketball team traveled to Dodge City looking for its first Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference win.
The Lady Cougars (11-5 overall, 1-1 KJCCC West) found it with a 71-64 victory, but it wasn’t easy.
“Dodge City is much improved,” Barton head coach Darin Spence said. “Coach (Lucas) McDonald is doing a really good job with this team. We did a good job early on. We shot well, but we had 19 turnovers in the first half.
“It is hard to do anything when you turn the ball over that much. You can’t score. We were shooting 40 percent in the first half, and we were behind 29-26 at halftime.”
The Lady Cougars finished with 27 turnovers in the game.
A 21-0 run propelled Barton in the second half.
“We got clicking,” Spence said. “We were defending better. When you get more effective on defense, you play offense better.”
Raven Anderson, who went 1-for-11 from the field against Seward on Wednesday in her first game on the court with Barton, scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double. Blair Bloomfield hit 6 of 7 shots from the floor to finish with 12 points and Shea Shoemaker hit all four of her shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, and totaled 11. Erin Copeland had three 3s and finished with nine points.
Je’nae Strong led the Lady Conquistadors with a game-high 27 points.

                                                        — Kevin Price

JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas Jayhawk Community
College Conference
Western Division

At Dodge City
United Wireless Arena

WOMEN

Saturday

Barton 71, Dodge City 64
BARTON (11-5, 1-1)
     Raven Anderson 4-12 7-10 15, Blair Bloomfield 6-7 0-2 12, Shea Shoemaker 4-4 1-2 11, Erin Copeland 3-7 0-0 9, Dionne Harris 2-7 4-5 8, Taschell Phillips 3-7 0-2 6, Devan Boeger 1-3 2-2 5, Netanya Jackson 0-3 3-4 3, Crystal Fulton 1-1 0-0 2, Jennifer Allende 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-51 17-27 71.
DODGE CITY (8-8, 0-2)
     Je’nae Strong 8-19 8-11 27, Laquaris Harris 4-11 0-0 10, Amanda Casey 4-10 1-1 9, Sharice Papaleo 2-3 2-2 6, Jazmin Villa 1-6 3-4 5, Desiree Raines 2-6 0-0 4, Amy Stegman 1-3 0-5 3, Casey McCauley 0-3 0-0 0, Kaylee Wiseman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 14-23 64.
     Halftime — Dodge City 29-26. Three-point goals — Barton 6-10 (Erin Copeland 3-5, Shea Shoemaker 2-2, Devan Boeger 1-3); Dodge City 6-24 (Je’nae Strong 3-7, Laquaris Harris 2-8, Amy Stegman 1-3, Jazmin Villa 0-2, Amanda Casey 0-4). Fouled out — Dodge City - Casey McCauley. Rebounds — Barton 45 (Dionne Harris 11); Dodge City 30 (Sharice Papaleo 8). Assists — Barton 15 (Erin Copeland 4); Dodge City 11 (Jazmin Villa 6). Total fouls — Barton 21, Dodge City 22.