The Barton Cougars outlasted No. 19 ranked Butler Grizzlies 118-113 in the fourth highest-scoring game in school history that broke multiple free throw school records.
Combining for 70 fouls, 43 in second half play, resulting in 109 free throws, Barton saw both team and individual program records fall by the wayside.
The Cougars broke school records with 50 of 71 free throws (70%), breaking prior marks of 41 made free throws and 60 attempts. Seven Grizzlies fouled out, including all five starters. The Grizzlies converted 26 of 38 foul shots (68%).
Noah Williams broke two individual records, making 25 of 29 free throws (86%), posting a career high 33 points and adding nine rebounds.
Sebastian Muchitsch, whose 3-point play with 1:29 left gave Barton the lead for good, finished with a career high 24 points on 10-of-14 free throw shooting and five assists, grabbing 11 rebounds for his third double-double.
Aris Rodriguez' team high five steals helped lead to a 22-point outing with Brian Sullivan, Jr. made his Cougar debut with 14 points and eight rebounds.
The Grizzles placed four in double figures, led by Tristan Hankins' 6-of-9 long distance shooting towards a game high 37 points. Xavier Brown added 17 points on 3-of-6 arc busters, Josiah Kirkwood added 13 points, and Amare Jones contributed 10 points.
The Cougars played one of their best halves of the season for a 24-point margin. Taking a 62-42 advantage to the break, the Grizzlies assumed the dominant role in chipping away to eventually tie it at 90-90.
Butler canned 10 of 13 3-pointers after halftime for a 103-100 lead with 3:36 left.
Barton scored six points and the Grizzlies drained a 3-pointer for a 106-106 tie. Barton converted 10 of 15 free throws while Butler made a banked 3-pointer and two free throws in the final minutes.
The Cougars (10-5, 5-4 Jayhawk) drop Butler to 9-5, 5-3 Jayhawk. Barton travels to Independence Wednesday and Seward Saturday.
Butler 42 71 — 113
Barton 62 56 — 118
BUTLER (9-5, 5-3)—Tristan Hankins 12-17 (6-9) 7-9 37; Brown 5-12 (3-6) 4-7 17; Kirkwood 5-15 (1-6) 2-4 13; Jones 3-7 (1-2) 3-7 10; Kerr 1-8 (0-3) 2-2 4; Combs (1-5) 1-2 4; Williams 3-7 (0-2) 0-0 6; Walker 2-5 (0-2) 2-2 6, Pleasants 1-3 (0-2) 2-2 4; Muehler 0-2 (0-1) 0; Riley 1-7 (1-6) 0-0 3; Thomas 0-0 2-2 2; Jerome 3-7 (0-1) 1-1 7; Totals 37-95 (13-45) 26-38 113
BARTON (10-5, 5-4)—Noah Williams 4-8 (0-1) 25-29 33; Sebastian Muchitsch 7-10 (0-1) 10-14 24; Rodriguez 7-15 (2-6) 6-10 22; Sullivan 4-6 (1-2) 5-7 14; Byrd 2-5 0-0 4; Ramirez 3-8 (0-1) 3-5 9; Mbala (0-1) 0-0 0; Chuoi 1-1 1-2 3; Ivanov 1-1 0-0 2; Totals 32-60 (4-15) 50-71 118
Rebounds—Butler 55 (Kerr 7, Hankins 7); Barton 48 (Muchitsch 11). Assists—Butler 14 (Kirkwood 5); Barton 20 (Byrd 6). Steals—Butler 14 (Kirkwood 5); Barton 9 (Rodriguez 5). TO—Butler 20, Barton 23
JAYHAWK MEN
Dodge City 6-2 10-4
Independence 6-2 8-5
Seward 6-3 11-4
Coffeyville 5-3 10-3
Garden City 5-3 10-4
Cowley 5-3 10-4
Butler 5-3 9-5
Barton 5-4 10-5
Hutchinson 4-5 9-6
Hays NW 3-5 7-6
Cloud 2-6 7-7
Colby 2-6 4-10
Pratt 0-9 3-11
1-3—Barton 118, Butler 113; Coffeyville 84, State Fair, Mo. 73; Dodge City 76, Hays NW 74; Colby 89, Hutchinson 79; Garden City 83, Cowley 82; Independence 87, Seward 83; Cloud 93, Pratt 73
1-7—Barton at Independence, 7:30; Cowley at Butler; Coffeyville at Hutchinson; Garden City at Dodge City; Cloud at Hays NW; Pratt at Colby
1-10—Barton at Seward, 4; Coffeyville at Pratt; Dodge City at Butler; Cloud at Garden City; Colby at Hays NW; Independence at Cowley
