The Barton Community College women’s basketball team fell 53-48 to the Butler College for the second time this season Wednesday at the Kirkman Center.
Leading the conference in offensive rebounds, the Cougars were held to a season low four offensive boards but trailed by one possession before its 25th turnover of the game sealed the fate with nine seconds to play.
Butler (14-5, 11-5 Jayhawk) moves into fifth place while Barton (11-9, 8-8 Jayhawk) occupies seventh place. No. 7 Seward County (19-1, 15-1 Jayhawk) invades Barton for a 5:30 p.m. game Saturday.
Battling back from an early double-digit deficit, Barton turned the tide with an 11-0 run keyed by Regan Unruh’s 3-pointer. Lauren Welsch tallied the next three points before Katrina Roenfeldt knocked down her second trey of the half with Jalisa Jones capping the run with her ninth point of the first 16 minutes. The Grizzlies finished the half with a 9-0 run for a 28-25 lead.
Barton led 43-41 with six minutes remaining before a 9-0 Butler run put the Grizzlies in front 50-43.
A Jones layup with 1:16 to play cut the deficit to one before a Butler jumper 10 seconds later pushed the lead back to three. Unruh’s running jumper fell off the rim with 48 seconds left and with the Cougars forcing Butler to make one last shot to increase the lead, Welsch secured the Grizzly miss setting up an opportunity to potentially tie on a three.
Barton instead committed its 25th turnover and Kendriana Washington iced the victory with two free throws.
Jones led the Cougars with 12 points and three assists. Welsch added 10 off the bench. Roenfeldt finished with nine points and six rebounds.
Butler’s Dakota Vann scored 13 points and Kyeria Hannah added 12 poitns. Raven Prince had nine points, nine rebounds and three assists.
BUTLER 53, BARTON 48
BUTLER—Dakota Vann 6-15 0-0 13; Kyeria Hannah 6-12 0-0 12; Raven Prince 3-7 3-6 9; Kendriana Washington 2-9 2-2 6; Raegan Sanchez 3-4 0-0 8; Nakylia Carter 2-6 0-0 5; Alecia Gulledge 0-1 0-0 0; Imari Bell 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 22-56 5-8 53.
BARTON—Jalisa Jones 5-13 2-3 12; Lauren Welsch 4-6 1-3 10; Katrina Roenfeldt 3-7 0-0 9; Megan Jirak 2-6 0-0 5; Regan Unruh 1-7 0-0 3; Baylee Robinson 1-5 0-0 2; Micaela Jellison 2-3 3-3 7; Totals 18-47 6-9 48.
Butler 15 13 13 12 — 53
Barton 12 13 12 11 — 48
3-point goals—Butler 4-14 (Sanchez 2-2, Carter 1-3, Vann 1-5, Gulledge 0-1, Hannah 0-1, Washington 0-2), Barton 6-19 (Roenfeldt 3-6, Jirak 1-3, Welsch 1-3, Unruh 1-5, Jones 0-2). Rebounds—Butler 39 (Prince 9), Barton 25 (Roenfeldt 6 ). Assists—Butler 10 (Prince 3), Barton 8 (Jones 3). Steals—Butler 12 (Carter 4), Barton 9 (Unruh 3). Fouls—Butler 11, Barton 15. TO—Butler 23, Barton 25. Points off TO, Butler 18, Barton 17.

JAYHAWK WOMEN
Hutchinson 15-1 19-1
Seward County 15-1 19-1
Coffeyville 13-3 15-5
Cowley 12-4 16-4
Butler 11-5 14-5
Cloud County 10-6 13-6
Barton 8-8 11-9
Neosho County 5-11 8-12
Independence 5-11 8-12
Garden City 5-11 7-13
Allen County 5-11 6-14
Pratt 4-12 5-15
Dodge City 3-13 3-17
Colby 1-15 3-17

WEDNESDAY
Allen 53, Colby 47
Butler 53, Barton 48
Coffeyville def. Dodge City, forfeit
Cowley 73, Garden City 51
Hutchinson 87, Pratt 45
Neosho 70, Independence 58
Seward 83, Cloud 78

SATURDAY’S GAMES
Neosho at Dodge City, 1
colby at Independence, 4
Coffeyville at Hutchinson, 5:30
Cowley at Butler, 5:30
Seward at Barton, 5:30
Allen at Garden City, 6
Pratt at Cloud, 6