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Lady Cougars hold off Lady Conquistadors for 66-64 victory
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Barton Community Colleges Cheyenne Hedrington, who recorded her sixth double-double of the season, puts up a shot against Dodge City on Wednesday night in Dodge City. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO

DODGE CITY — The Barton Community College women’s basketball team dodged a bullet in Dodge City on Wednesday night.
As time drained from the clock, the Lady Conquistadors missed four free throws to allow the Lady Cougars to slip away with a 66-64 win in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference action.
Barton led by nine points, 34-25, at the end of the first half, and was ahead by as much as 12 points in the final five minutes of the game.
That didn’t stop Dodge City from coming back in front of its hometown crowd.
A 7-0 run cut the lead to 62-57 with 2:24 remaining in the game.
After a Kelli Tolar jumper and five points from Katren Cramer, Dodge City was only two points away from Barton, 66-64 with 51 seconds remaining.
At the cusp of forcing the game into overtime, Dodge City missed four free throws down the stretch to leave Barton in the lead.
Ashton Bruner led Barton with 19 points.
Cheyenn Hedrington led Barton in rebounds with 15, recording a double-double with 16 points.
Brandy Winbush had 10 rebounds, helping the Lady Cougars outrebound Dodge City 62-37.
Mariana Lambert scored 11 points for Barton.

                                                            — Kevin Price



JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
Western Division

WOMEN

Wednesday

At Dodge City
United Wireless Center

Barton 66, Dodge City 64
BARTON (17-7, 5-3)
     Ashton Bruner 9-14 1-3 19, Cheyenne Hedrington 8-22 0-3 16, Mariana Lambert 4-8 0-0 11, Brandy Winbush 3-8 0-0 7, Taylor Mayes 2-8 2-7 6, Kailai Brantner 1-5 1-1 3, Ciera Lampe 1-3 0-0 2, KK Anthony 1-4 0-2 2, Tori Davis 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-73 4-16 66.
DODGE CITY (14-10, 1-7)
     Azaria Nave 5-17 0-1 12, Kesha Buckner 5-13 0-3 11, Katren Cramer 4-9 0-0 11, Kelli Tolar 4-15 1-4 10, Keiwanna Patterson 3-6 1-2 9, Alejandra Esparza-Raglin 3-6 0-0 6, Tara Whipple 1-2 2-2 4, Hannah Whitaker 0-0 1-2 1, Samantha Herrera 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-69 5-14 64.
     Halftime — Barton 36, Dodge City 25. Three-point goals — Barton 4-13 (Lambert 3-5, Winbush 1-5, Brantner 0-1, Lampe 0-1, Bruner 0-1); Dodge City 9-26 (Cramer 3-7, Nave 2-7, Patterson 2-3, Tolar 1-4, Buckner 1-4, Whipple 0-1). Fouled out — Barton (None); Dodge City (Esparza-Raglin). Rebounds — Barton 62 (Hedrington 15); Dodge City 37 (Buckner 17). Assists — Barton 17 (Brantner 8); Dodge City 13 (Buckner 6). Total fouls — Barton 18, Dodge City 18. Turnovers — Barton 18, Dodge City 8.