COLBY — Barton Community College built a 44-22 halftime lead over Colby on Wednesday night at the Colby Community Building.
As has been the case in the wild and wacky Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference, no lead is safe.
Colby came all the way back from the 22-point deficit to beat Barton 77-75 in Western Division play.
Colby tied the game at 64-all on Marty Wendel’s free throw and then took the lead for good on Carson Konrade’s layup and a 66-64 advantage.
While the Cougars missed 10 of 12 free throws down the stretch, Colby was able to hold on down the stretch.
Barton had a couple tip shots at the buzzer but missed and Colby escaped.
BCC entertains Pratt in the regular-season and home finale on Saturday night. The women’s game starts at 6.
— Mack McClure
JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas Jayhawk Community
College Conference
Western Division
Wednesday
At Colby
Community Building
MEN
Colby 77, Barton 75
BARTON (18-11 6-9)
Dwyane Brunson 11-24 3-6 25, Jalen Boyd 6-11 0-2 14, Storm Sanders 3-7 2-3 9, Adam Young 3-12 2-6 8, Devonte Grant 2-4 0-0 6, Darius Hill 3-4 0-0 6, Colin Beatty 1-7 1-2 4, Kevin Barber 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 30-73 8-19 75.
COLBY (15-15 6-10)
Carson Konrade 6-11 3-3 18, Hurley Johnson 5-13 3-4 16, AJ Barber 4-9 0-1 12, Michael Morris 5-11 2-3 12, Marty Wendel 3-5 1-4 7, Vincent Dillard 2-5 2-2 7, Terrell Bruce 1-8 0-0 3, Kevin Jefferson 1-2 0-0 2, Scott Ochs 0-1 0-0 0, Corey Billingslea 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-65 11-17 77.
Halftime — Barton 44, Colby 22. Three-point goals — Barton 7-22 (Grant 2-4, Boyd 2-4, Sanders 1-4, Beatty 1-2; Barber 1-3; Young 0-4; Brunson 0-1), Colby 12-30 (Barber 4-7, Johnson 3-7, Konrade 3-6, Dillard 1-2, Bruce 1-7, Jefferson 0-1). Fouled out — Barton (None); Colby (None). Rebounds — Barton 52 (Young 14; Brunson 14), Colby 36 (Morris 14). Assists — Barton 21 (Sanders 8); Colby 17 (Barber 6). Total fouls — Barton 10, Colby 15.
Barton women roll past Colby on road
COLBY — The Barton Community College women’s basketball team claimed its 19th win this season, beating Colby 65-49 on Wednesday night.
A big second half helped boost the Cougars’ overall record to 19-10 and 11-4 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division. Colby drops to 10-20 overall, 5-11.
Colby shot 17 percent from the field in the first half to put the Lady Trojans behind 22-11 at halftime.
Beginning the second half, the Cougars were able to build a larger lead on the back of Netanya Jackson, who finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight blocked shots.
The Cougars got 11 points from Alisha Fanshier, all coming in the second half. Fanshier also had five assists.
In spite of a 21-point lead, Colby was able to climb back to within 13 points, but that would be the closest it could get.
Christina Caddy hit the final field goal of the game to give her a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
— Kevin Price
JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas Jayhawk Community
College Conference
Western Division
Wednesday
At Colby
Community Building
WOMEN
Barton 65, Colby 49
BARTON (19-10 11-4)
Netanya Jackson 9-13 2-3 20, Alisha Fanshier 4-9 2-2 11, Christina Caddy 4-13 2-3 10, Dionne Harris 4-5 1-2 9, Jara Shoemaker 1-5 2-2 5, Shea Shoemaker 1-5 0-0 3, Devan Boeger 1-4 0-0 3, Raven Adams 1-7 0-2 2, Cerissa McMillan 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 25-63 11-16 65.
COLBY (10-20 5-11)
Hannah Thornton 6-11 2-2 14, Morgan Richwartz 4-7 0-0 10, Kelli Crittenden 2-12 2-3 7, Christina Anderson 1-5 1-2 4, Brooke Bursiek 1-5 1-2 4, Crystal Kinderknecht 1-1 0-0 3, Tayler Puttergill 1-9 0-0 3, Liga Vente 0-3 2-2 2, Elina Gutmane 1-2 0-0 2, Brittany Schamberger 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-56 8-11 49.
Halftime — Barton 22. Colby 11. Three-point goals — Barton 4-20 (S. Shoemaker 1-4, J. Shoemaker 1-3, Fanshier 1-3, Boeger 1-4), Colby 7-23 (Richwartz 2-5, Bursiek 1-3, Anderson 1-4). Rebounds — Barton 43 (Caddy 10), Colby 37 (Thornton 11). Assists — Barton 18 (Fanshier 5), Colby 12 (Crittenden 4).
