INDEPENDENCE — The No. 3 ranked Barton Community College Cougars coasted past Independence 83-56 for nine consecutive wins in Wednesday's Jayhawk Conference basketball game.

Barton (18-1, 12-1 Jayhawk) remains tied with Cowley College (17-2, 12-1) for first place.  Independence is riding am 18-game losing streak after winning its opener.

Barton's Ring Malith (16), Myles Thompson (13), Keandre Kindell (13) and Lajae Jones (10) scored in double figures. Jones grabbed seven rebounds.

Barton sprinted to a 15-2 lead for a 39-26 halftime lead. Barton sprinted ahead by 14 points in the second half to win its sixth straight in the series and second consecutive at the ICC Field House.

Doubling up the Pirates in bench production, Kindell scored 13 points with Brent Moss adding 9 as Amiri Ndayisaba led Barton plus-11 rebound advantage in pulling down 7 coming off the bench to match Jones' board total. Mozae Downing-Rivers led the distributions on the evening with a game high six assists while adding nine points in his 25-minutes of court time.

Cory Curtis, Jr scored 15 points on 4-of-16 shooting as Keah Paljor finished with 9 points.

The Cougars return home Saturday against Pratt Community College on Hall of Fame Saturday. The induction recognition ceremony takes place after the earlier women's game.

NOTES--Barton has won the last 6 in the series. Barton is 15-4 against the Pirates since the 2008-09 season. Barton has won 6-of-the-last-7 in Independence. Barton leads the series 7-3 in Independence. Barton leads the overall series 23-15

Barton 39 44 — 83

Indy 26 30 — 56

BARTON (18-1, 12-1)—Malith 7-13 0-0 16, Thompson 6-12 1-2 13, Kindell 4-12 5-6 13, Jones 5-9 0-0 10, Downing-Rivers 2-5 5-8 9, Jackson 1-2 0-2 3, Moss 3-7 3-4 9, Bowen-Webb 2-3 0-0 6, Ndayisaba 0-1 2-4 2, Spray 0-1 2-2 2, Surakat 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 30-666 18-28 93. 

INDY (1-18, 0-13)—Curtis 4-16 5-6 15, Paljor 3-7 0-0 9, Holdman 3-7 2-3 9, Williams 2-5 0-o 5, Latty 1-6 0-0 2, Amelo 2-3 0-0 4, Stanback 2-6 0-2 5, Chatzileontis 1-5 0-0 2, Pegues 1-2 0-0 3, Dallas-Martin 1-4 0-0 2, Brkic 0-1 0-0 0, Barning 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 20-63 7-11 56.

3-pointers—BC 5-16 (Malith 2-5, Bowen-Webb 2-3, Jackson 1-1, Ndayisaba 0-1, Jones 0-1, Downing-Rivers 0-1, Thompson 0-2, Kindell 0-2); I 9-37 (Paljor 3-5, Curtis 2-10, Holdman 1-4, Williams 1-3, Stanback 1-4, Pegues 1-1, Dallas-Martin 0-3, Chatzileontis 0-3, Latty 0-4). Rebounds—BC 43 (Jones 7, Ndayisaba 7); I 32 (Stanback 6). Assists—BC 13 (Downing-Rivers 6); I 12 (Curtis 3, Holdman 3). Steals—BC 11 (Malith 2, Jackson 2, Kindell 2, Bowen-Webb 2), I 3 (Curtis 2). TO—BC 17, I 20.

JAYHAWK MEN

Barton 12-1 18-1

Cowley 12-1 17-2

Hutchinson 11-2 16-3

Butler 9-3 14-4

Cloud 9-4 14-5

Garden City 8-5 12-7

Coffeyville 5-8 9-10

Dodge City 5-8 7-12

Seward 4-9 6-13  

NW Tech 3-10 7-12

Pratt 4-9 6-12

Colby 2-11 6-13

Independence 0-13 1-18

1-24—Barton 83, Independence 56; Hutchinson 107, Dodge City 72; Garden City 89, Colby 73; Pratt 74, Coffeyville 71; Cloud 73, Seward 71; Cowley 84, NW Tech 70

1-27—Pratt at Barton, 5:30; Coffeyville at Cloud; Independence at Garden City; Seward at Cowley; Colby at Dodge City; NW Tech at Butler