Two months removed from a 19-point victory in El Dorado, the Barton Community College men’s basketball team’s bid to sweep the season series against Butler Community College came up shy in an 87-84 home defeat Wednesday.
Barton (15-5, 11-5 Jayhawk) is tied with Dodge City (14-6, 11-5) for second place and Butler (13-6, 10-6 Jayhawk) moves into fourth place. The Cougars will play Seward County (6-14, 3-13 Jayhawk) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kirkman Center.
Digging out of 9-point hole to begin the game, the Cougars never led in first half action but clawed back to within two at the break. Seizing the lead coming out of the locker room, a pivotal 8-0 Butler run with seven minutes to play sent the Cougars clawing back, falling within a possession in taking their second straight loss.
Malik Rhodes dropped a career high 25 points to lead four Cougars in double figures draining 10-of-12 from the charity stripe and a 7-of-15 shooting performance from the field. Noah Webster continued to give the Cougars a big lift off the bench scoring 17 points including five 3-pointers including clutch bombs keeping Barton within reach.
Anthony Smith and Malik Toppin each added ten points with Toppin helping to lead a 40-23 Barton rebounding edge grabbing eight boards in 20 minutes of action. Jahlil Rawley added nine points while leading the Cougars with four assists.
Jacolby Harris led all scorers on the night with thirty points going 11-of-13 from the field as the Grizzlies became the second straight opponent to shoot over 58 percent against the conference’s fourth-best rated defense. Ketarrious Bouchum added 15 with Will Adler and Johnnathan Lindsey each contributing 10 apiece.
BUTLER 87, BARTON 84
BUTLER—Jacolby Harris 11-13 7-8 30; Ketarrious Bouchum 3-6 9-13 15; Will Adler 3-7 1-2 10; John Lindsey 4-7 2-4 10; LaDarrian Burney 3-6 0-0 9; LaJuan Hardy 3-5 0-0 7; Ken Perkins 0-2 2-2 2; Karion McSpadden 1-1 2-2 4, Tevin Berry 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 28-48 23-31 87.
BARTON—Malik Rhodes 7-15 10-12 25; Noah Webster 6-13 0-0 17; Anthony Smith 3-4 4-6 10; Malik Toppin 4-4 2-5 10; Charles Norman 2-10 0-0 4; Jahlil Rawley 3-6 2-2 9; Ezekiel Charles 2-8 1-2 6; Keeshawn Palmer 1-2 1-2 3, Totals 28-62 20-29 84.
Halftime—Butler 42, Barton 40. 3-point goals—Butler 8-19 (Burney 3-5, Adler 3-6, Harris 1-2, Hardy 1-2, Lindsey 0-1, Bouchum 0-1, Perkins 0-1, Berry 0-1), Barton 8-29 (Webster 5-11, Rawley 1-3, Charles 1-4, Rhodes 1-6, Palmer 0-1, Smith 0-1, Norman 0-3). Rebounds—Butler 23 (four with 4), Barton 40 (Toppin 8). Assists—Butler 11 (Harris 2, Bouchum 2, McSpadden 2), Barton 13 (Rawley 4). Steals—Butler 6 (Hardy 3), Barton 4 (four with 1). Fouls—Butler 22, Barton 21. Fouled out—Smith. TO—Butler 13, Barton 15. Points off TO, Butler 29, Barton 20.
JAYHAWK MEN
Hutchinson 16-0 20-0
Barton 11-5 15-5
Dodge City 11-5 14-6
Cloud County 10-6 14-6
Butler 10-6 13-6
Garden City 9-7 13-7
Cowley 9-7 12-8
Coffeyville 8-8 12-8
Allen County 7-9 10-10
Independence 6-10 9-10
Colby 5-11 9-11
Neosho County 4-12 7-34
Seward County 3-13 6-14
Pratt 3-13 5-14
WEDNESDAY
Butler 87, Barton 84
Cloud 83, Seward 69
Colby 73, Allen 63
Cowley 84, Garden City 81
Dodge City 78, Coffeyville 73
Hutchinson 108, Pratt 105
Neosho 71, Independence 64
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Neosho at Dodge City, 3
colby at Independence, 6
Coffeyville at Hutchinson, 7:30
Cowley at Butler, 7:30
Seward at Barton, 7:30
Allen at Garden City, 8
Pratt at Cloud, 8
