BY MACK McCLURE
It will be Homecoming on Saturday night at Barton Community College’s Kirkman Athletic Center. The Cougars host Seward County in a pair of crucial Jayhawk Conference Western Division clashes.
The women’s game is set for 6, followed by the men’s game at 8. In between, at around 7:30, Homecoming festivities will take place with the crowning of the Homecoming Queen.
BCC’s women, 14-9 overall, have won three straight games to put themselves in sole possession of third place in the KJCCC Western Divison with a 6-3 record. Seward, based in Liberal, is in fifth place at 5-4 and 15-8 overall.
Barton has surged upward in the conference race, with St. John product Alisha Fanshier, a sophomore guard, leading the way, averaging team bests of 13.3 points per game, along with 69 assists. She has knocked down 12 3-pointers in the last three games.
Freshman guard Christina Caddy, who scored a game-high 18 points during an 80-71 win over visiting Cloud County on Wednesday night, is second on the team with a 12.7 scoring average.
Cougars seeking
to knock off
8-1 Seward
Barton’s men, 17-6 overall, are currently 5-4 in the West, sitting alone in fourth place. Seward, 20-3 overall, is in first place with an 8-1 record, leading second-place Hutchinson (6-3) by two games in the conference race.
The Cougars are coming off a numbing 70-63 overtime loss at home to Cloud County on Wednesday night.
The Cougars are led by freshman power forward Dwayne Brunson, who is averaging 13.9 points and 7.8 rebounds, and sophomore swingman Colin Beatty, who is averaging 13.5 points.
Sophomore forward Adam Young leads BCC with an 8.4 rebounding average, and Brunson and Young have been notorious for putting up double-doubles in scoring and rebounding.
