In a tale of two halves, the Barton Community College women's basketball team's halftime advantage was not enough as the No. 14 Butler Grizzlies pulled away for a 75-65 Jayhawk Conference victory Saturday at Fleske Fieldhouse.

Washburn transfer Sadie Spray delivered a strong Barton Cougar debut with 19 points. Regina Donanu contributed 17 points and Eliana Eck finished with 11 points. The Cougars converted 21 of 45 field goals, 9 of 24 on 3-pointers with 21 turnovers.

All five Grizzly starters reached double-figure scoring, Mya Mayberry (17), Ashley Singhateh (14), Aliyah Green (13), Keegan Yarick (12) and Kenzie Galliart (10). The Grizzlies made 26 of 66 field goals and 8 of 21 on 3-pointers. 

Barton led 14-12 after the first period, six points coming from a pair of Aliana Eck 3-pointers. Donanu extended the lead in the second frame, scoring 12 points helping the Cougars take the lead into double digits. Spray's layup pushed it to an 11-point margin with 1:36 left in the half.

Coming out of the locker room, Butler took their energy to a different level, regaining the lead at 37-36 by the 5:32 mark. Barton regrouped behind Crystal Long and Eck baskets to flip the lead, only to have the Grizzlies rattle off nine points for a 51-46 advantage to the fourth quarter.

The deficit grew to eight until consecutive Spray and Mary Akinde 3-point plays surged Barton back, with Spray later tacking on five straight giving Barton a 57-56 edge with 6:36 left.

Butler responded in a game-deciding, 11-0 run over the next three minutes before Spray's second trey halted the stretch. Bryndal Moody's triple answered Butler's three straight, but it would be as close as the Cougars would be for the final two minutes in suffering its fifth consecutive loss of the series.

Butler (13-1, 7-1 Jayhawk) won its fourth straight victory and dropped the Cougars to 5-10, 3-6 Jayhawk. The Cougars travel to Independence Wednesday and Seward County Saturday.

Butler 12 13 26 24 — 75

Barton 14 18 14 19 — 65

BUTLER (13-1, 7-1)—Singhateh 5-15 4-6 14; Green 5-10 3-6 13; Yarick 5-8 (2-4) 0-0 12; Galliart 3-7 (1-3) 3-4 10; Smith 1-5 (0-2) 3-4 5; Johnson (0-1) 2-2 2; Syniakova 1-5 (0-1) 0-0 2; Manuel 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 26-66 (8-21) 15-22 75

BARTON (5-10, 3-6)—Spray 5-12 (2-7) 7-7 19; Donanu 6-11 (1-2) 4-5 17; Eck 4-6 (3-5) 0-0 11; Moody 3-3 (2-2) 0-0 8; Long 2-5 (1-2) 2-3 7; Akinde 1-1 1-1 3; Greer 0-7 (0-6) 0-0 0; Yunus 0-0 0-2 0; Totals 21-45 (9-24) 14-18 65

Rebounds—Butler 38 (Galliart 8); Barton 33 (Akinde 7, Long 7). Assists—Butler 16 (Singhateh 5); Barton 9 (Eck 3). Steals—Butler 7 (Mayberry 3); Barton 4). TO—Butler 9, Barton 21

JAYHAWK WOMEN

Dodge City 8-0 13-0

Butler 7-1 13-1

Hutchinson 7-2 12-3

Garden City 6-2 11-2

Seward 6-3 11-4

Coffeyville 5-3 11-3

Cowley 4-4 8-6

Barton 3-5 5-10

Colby 3-5 6-8

Cloud 2-6 6-7

Pratt 2-7 6-8

Independence 1-7 4-10

Hays NW 0-8 0-14

1-3—Butler 75, Barton 65; Dodge City 107, Hays NW 37; Hutchinson 64, Colby 55; Garden City 62, Cowley 58; Seward 76, Independence 37; Cloud 81, Pratt 67

1-7—Barton at Independence, 5:30; Cowley at Butler; Coffeyville at Hutchinson; Garden City at Dodge City; Cloud at Hays NW; Pratt at Colby

1-10—Barton at Seward, 2; Coffeyville at Pratt; Dodge City at Butler; Cloud at Garden City; Colby at Hays NW; Independence at Cowley