The Jayhawk Conference regular-season champion is guaranteed a NJCCA national bid. Seward drops to 6-16, 4-12 Jayhawk.
Barton shot 50% on the night as ten Cougars contributed to the scoring with five reaching double figures led by Ring Malith's 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting including 3-of-7 behind the arc.
Rejecting five Saints' shots from the defensive end, Lajae Jones' offensive production of 11 points and 12 rebounds posted the sophomore transfer's ninth double-double.
Cooper Jackson's three steals and 2-of-3 arc shooting led to a 10 point night with Myles Thompson adding nine points.
Point guard Mozae Downing-Rivers contributed five points, five rebounds and five assists to pass Cliff Moss into fifth all-time for assists.
Brent Moss and Christian Bowen-Webb scored 10 apiece and Keandre Kindell added eight for 36 bench points.
Barton held the Saints to an opponent low 29% shooting and 16% arc shooting. Mathias M'Madi led with 17 points on 5-of-15 shooting with Dave Olaniyi's 4-of-11 for 12 points.
The Cougars used 8-0 and 12-0 scoring runs to build a halftime lead.
Cooper Jackson ignited a second-half spurt with a steal for a dunk, a 3-pointer and a pass off the window finding Lajae Jones for a highlight reel rim rattler.
Thompson fed Jones for an alley-oop dunk with Malith burying a triple, a 2-pointer Fawaz Surakat capped an 18-2 stretch to bury the Saints 60-25.
Barton heads to Coffeyville (10-14, 6-12) Saturday.
NOTES—Barton has won the last three meetings and 7-of-the-last-9 in Great Bend. Barton leads 39-17 at Barton and 68-47 overall.
Seward 23 32 – 55
Barton 42 44 – 86
SEWARD (6-18, 4-12)—M’Madi 5-15 6-6 17, Olaniyo 4-11 4-5 12, Jones 2-6 2-2 6, Riddlespurger 2-10 0-0 6, Andriatsarafara 2-5 1-2 5, Alexander 1-4 2-2 5, Whitlock 1-3 0-0 2, Hope 1-5 0-0 2, Bennett 0-4 0-0 0, Totals 18-63 15-17 55.
BARTON (24-1, 18-1)—Malith 5-11 2-2 15, Jones 5-8 0-0 11, Jackson 4-6 0-0 10, Moss 5-7 0-0 10, Bowen-Webb 4-8 0-0 10, Thompson 4-5 0-0 9, Kindell 4-12 0-0 8, Downing-Rivers 1-6 3-4 5, Surakat 2-5 0-3 4, Bol 2-2 0-0 4, Ndayisaba 0-2 0-0 0, Spray 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 36-72 5-9 86.
3-pointers—SC 4-25 (Riddlespurger 2-10, M’Madi 1-2, Alexander 1-3, Olaniyi 0-1, Hope 0-1, Whitlock 0-2, Jones 0-3, Bennett 0-3); BC 9-29 (Malith 3-7, Jackson 2-4, Bowen-Webb 2-5, Thompson 1-1, Jones 1-3, Ndayisaba 0-2, Downing-Rivers 0-2, Kindell 0-5).
Rebounds—SC 33 (Andriatsarafara 6); BC 50 (Jones 12). Assists—SC 8 (Olaniyi 4); BC 18 (Downing-Rivers 5). Steals—SC 10 (Hope 2); BC 9 (Jackson 3). TO—SC 14, BC 14.
JAYHAWK MEN
Barton 18-1 24-1
Hutchinson 15-2 20-3
Cowley 16-3 21-4
Butler 14-4 19-5
Cloud 12-6 17-7
Garden City 11-8 15-10
Dodge City 7-12 9-16
Coffeyville 6-12 10-14
Colby 5-12 9-15
Seward 4-12 6-18
NW Tech 5-12 9-14
Pratt 5-14 7-17
Independence 0-18 1-23
2-14—Barton 86, Seward 55; Hutchinson 88, Cowley 86; Butler 84, Dodge City 76; Pratt 1-3, Indy 72; Cloud 75, Colby 72; NW Tech 75, Garden City 67 (OT)
2-17—Barton at Coffeyville; Butler at Hutchinson; Dodge City at NW Tech; Garden City at Seward; Cloud at Independence
2-18—Cowley at Colby
