Home has not necessarily been kind to the Barton men’s basketball team during Jayhawk Conference play this season.
Heading into the Cougars game against Colby Saturday night, Barton was 15-2 overall on the season and 6-2 in the Jayhawk. But the Cougars had a bad home loss to Independence and escaped thanks to a last-season 3-pointer against Pratt in the last home game.
This time there would be no last-second heroics.
Colby came into the Barton Gym and handed the Cougars a 75-70 loss, leading nearly the final 15 minutes of the contest.
The loss drops Barton to 6-3 in the Jayhawk, tied for second in the loss column with Hutchinson (7-3). Seward leads the West at 8-1. Colby is now right on the heels of Barton and Hutchinson for that second spot at 6-4. The Trojans are 11-8 overall.
“We just don’t seem to play as well at home,” Coach Craig Fletchall said. “I’m not sure what it is. Our team last year was the same. We have to take more pride in protecting our home floor.”
Colby came out and punched Barton in the mouth. After the Cougars went up 2-0, Colby scored the next 10 points in a matter of two minutes.
The Trojans would hit 6-of-9 shots to start the game and build a 17-6 lead five minutes into the game.
Following a time out by Barton, the Cougars would settle down and score the next four points to make it it a 17-10 game.
That started an 8-1 run that got the lead down to 18-14 and the Cougars were back in the game.
Barton went back on top when Akeem White followed in a Leondre Washington miss to give Barton a 23-22 lead with 7:55 to play in the half.
When Washington was fouled shooting a 3-pointer and made all three free throws, the Cougars had a 31-27 lead with four minutes to play in the half.
Barton led just 34-33 at half but a quick start to the second half pushed that lead out to 44-35. At that point, it looked like Barton might take control of the game.
But Colby was having none of it. The Trojans answered with an 8-0 run to cut the margin to 44-43 with 13:50 left in the game.
When Josh Edwards buried a trey from deep in the far corner to cap a 12-0 run, the Trojans had a 47-44 lead and Coach Fletchall called a timeout for the Cougars.
Elijah Ford ended the run with a bucket and free throw to tie the game at 47-all with 12 minutes to play.
But Colby didn’t let up. The Trojans continued to grab offensive rebounds and knock down long shots to keep playing from in front.
The lead reached eight for Colby after a trey by Eric Turner to give the Trojans a 65-57 lead with 5:48 to play. At that point, Colby was a blistering 7-of-11 on 3-pointers in the second half.
A runner in the lane by Washington to go with the ensuing free throw got Barton going, down 65-60 with 4:40 left.
Back-to-back baskets by Ford, cut the lead to 69-66 with 2:54 left. The Cougars had two chances down 71-68 but turned the ball over both times – the latest with 47 seconds left.
Colby’s Eddie Davis cut down the lane, got a pass from Craig Beaudion and scored with 22 seconds left go give Colby a 73-68 lead.That would be the final nail.
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Ford led Barton with 19 followed by Washington with 16 and White with 14.
Beaudion led all scorers with 22 points to lead the Trojans.
Barton will make the trip to Goodland and Max Jones Fieldhouse Wednesday to take on Northwest Tech. The Mavericks were just 1-8 in the Jayhawk and 9-9 overall going into their game Saturday against Garden City. Tip will be at 8:30 p.m. central time.
COLBY 75, BARTON 70
Colby 33 42 – 75
Barton 34 36 – 70
COLBY (11-8, 6-4)–May 1-3 2-2 5, Beaudion 8-15 2-2 22, Oliveira 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 6-8 5-6 18, Bol 0-1 0-0 0, Carter 5-11 4-9 15, McCray 0-0 0-0 0, Edwards 2-3 1-2 6, Hatten 1-4 0-0 2, Turner 2-3 1-2 7. Totals 25-50 15-23 75.
BARTON (15-3, 6-3)–Vogts 2-6 0-0 5, Washington 2-7 11-14 16, Ford 7-10 5-7 19, Williams 0-3 0-0 0, White 4-7 6-6 14, Andrews 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 2-2 1-1 5, Hunt 0-1 0-0 0, Caldwell 2-6 1-2 5, Enneking 1-1 0-0 2, Morris 2-4 0-1 4. Totals – 22-48 24-31 70.
3-pointers–Colby 10-25 (Beaudion 4-10, Turner 2-3, May 1-1, Davis 1-2, Edwards 1-2, Carter 1-4, Hatten 0-1, Oliveira 0-2), Barton 2-13 (Washington 1-1, Vogts 1-3, Ford 0-1, White 0-1, Andrews 0-1, Morris 0-1, Caldwell 0-2, Williams 0-3). Rebounds–Colby 30 (Davis 9), Barton 28 (White 7). Assists – Colby 15 (Beaudion, Carter 5), Barton 9 (Washington 3). Steals–Colby 7 (Beaudion 3), Barton 7 (Caldwell 3). Blocks–Colby 4 (Turner 2), Barton 4 (Morris 2). Turnovers–Colby 11, Barton 13. Fouled out–Hatten, Colby.
JAYHAWK WEST MEN
Seward County 9-1 16-3
Hutchinson 7-3 16-3
Barton 6-3 15-3
Colby 6-4 11-8
Garden City 3-7 8-11
Dodge City 2-8 7-12
NW Tech 2-8 10-9
Pratt 1-9 8-11
JAYHAWK EAST MEN
Coffeyville 10-1 19-2
Independence 7-3 12-7
Butler 6-5 13-7
Allen County 4-5 12-6
Neosho County 4-6 11-9
Cowley 5-6 13-8
Cloud County 4-7 10-10
SATURDAY
Coffeyville 105, Allen County 71
Colby 75, Barton 70
Cowley 94, Cloud County 84
Hutchinson 60, Pratt 57
Independence 85, Butler 77
NW Tech 72, Garden City 64
Seward County 89, Dodge City 79
MONDAY
Seward 66, Neosho 59
WEDNESDAY
Butler at Neosho
Cloud at Allen
Hutchinson at Dodge City
Pratt at Garden City
Coffeyville at Independence
Seward at Colby
Barton at NW Tech
