ARKANSAS CITY – Barton Cougar Vivian Onugha flirted with her ninth double-double with 22 points and nine rebounds to spark a wire-to-wire 63-52 Jayhawk Conference road win over Cowley College.
Seven Cougars scored leading scorer Vera Ojenuwa missed for the second straight game. Grace John contributed 14 points, seven rebounds and distributed a game high five assists. Pretty Prairie's McKenna Vogl matched her career high with 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds.
Quezia Bertoni added seven points with three assists. Emma Toombs scored four bench points.
Cowley's Hattie Pyle scored 17 points. Ndack Mbengue and Anna Przyszlak finished with double-doubles. Mbengue added 15 points and 14 boards. Przyszlak finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Jaiden Smith added 10 points.
The Cougars broke a 19-19 tie with a 9-0 stretch for a lead they would never relinquish. The Cougars built their largest lead of 17 behind a 12-4 start in the third stanza.
Barton (17-5, 12-4) moves into third place with its fourth consecutive win to drop Cowley to 11-11, 5-11 Jayhawk. Barton plays No. 18 Butler Wednesday. The Grizzlies won the first game 55-41.
The Cougars shot 38% with Cowley at 27%. Barton grabbed 14 offensive boards for a plus eight edge in points in the paint.
NOTES — Barton has gone 5-1 in the past six meetings. Cowley leads the series 16-7 at home and 30-23 overall.
Cowley 10 11 12 19 – 52
BARTON (17-5, 12-4)—Vivian Onugha 11-21 0-0 22, Grace John 5-14 3-4 14, Vogl 5-8 1-2 11, Bertoni 1-4 5-6 7, Toombs 2-5 0-0 4, Vonlintel 1-2 0-0 2, Macie Smith 1-4 0-0 3, Boettjer 0-4 0-0 0, Darby Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Simpson 0-4 0-0 0, Totals 26-68 9-12 63.
COWLEY (11-11, 5-11)—Pyle 4-18 6-6 17, Mbengue 7-14 1-4 15, Przyszlak 3-13 3-4 10, Smith 3-11 2-2 10, Yates 0-5 0-0 0, Komor 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 17-62 12-16 52.
3-pointers—BC 2-17 (M. Smith 1-2, John 1-6, Boettjer 0-3, D. Smith 0-1, Simpson 0-2, Toombs 0-3); CC 6-27 (Pyle 3-9, Smith 2-9, Przyszlak 1-5, Komor 0-1, Yates 0-3). Rebounds—BC 39 (Onugha 9, Boettjer 9); CC 34 (Mbengue 14). Assists—BC 11 (John 5); CC 12 (Przyszlak 5). Steals—BC 3 (Bertoni 2); CC 5 (Pyle 4). TO—BC 11, CC 13.
JAYHAWK WOMEN
Hutchinson 15-0 21-0
Dodge City 13-3 19-3
Barton 12-4 17-5
Butler 11-4 17-4
Coffeyville 10-6 15-7
Seward 9-7 13-9
Cloud 8-8 12-9
Independence 6-10 12-10
Garden City 6-10 11-10
Cowley 5-11 11-11
Pratt 4-12 9-12
Colby 2-13 6-14
NW Tech 1-14 2-17
2-3—Barton 63, Cloud 52; Dodge City 105, Pratt 89; Hutchinson 82, Independence 60; Coffeyville 61, Butler 53; Garden City 80, Cloud 65; Seward def. NW Tech
