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Cougar women roar to 98-42 victory
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The Barton Community College women's basketball team roared past Kansas Wesleyan's junior varsity 98-42 in Saturday's Best Western/Booster Club Basketball Classic.

Ellinwood's Brittany Simpson scored a career high 21 points with five assists ad 2-of-4 shooting from 3-point range. 

Alaina Eck and Kodi Greer combined for 5-of-6 shooting behind the arc, Eck perfect on her pair of attempts towards a 15 point night while Greer's career high performance of 11 points featured 3-of-4 arc busters.

Vivian Onugha delivered 11 points and seven rebounds in 13 minutes. Keyona Hall scoring 11 points and hauling in 5 off the glass helping Barton to a plus-18 rebound advantage.

Kamryn Rietzke led the Coyotes with 21 points.

Barton posted over 27 points in each of the first three quarters. Thirteen Cougars played more than nine minutes in making scoreline contributions in what would be a 62-point margin midway through the final period.

Barton (4-2) plays defending NJCAA champion Hutchinson at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Blue Dragons (6-0) roared past Redlands, Okla. 81-59 Saturday.

KANSAS WESLEYAN (42) (FG 3 FT TP)--Rietzke 6-18 (1-7) 8-12 21, Hochsteler 1-4 (0-2) 0-0 2, O'Dneal 2-11 (0-1) 1-2 4, Sharif 1-1 0-0 2, Wapp 0-4 (0-2) 0-0 0, Morris 3-14 (1-6) 0-2 7, McMullen 2-8 (1-4) 0-0 5, Dinsmore 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 15-61 (3-22) 9-16 42

BARTON (98) (FG 3 FT TP)--Simpson 8-10 (2-4) 3-3 21, Eck 4-8 (2-2) 5-6 15, Greer 4-7 (3-4) 0-0 11, Hall 4-5 3-3 11, Onugha 5-7 1-2 11, Clements 2-3 0-0 4, Smith 2-7 (0-5) 0-0 4, Donanu 1-3 2-2 4, Delisle 3-5 0-0 6, Birbebe 1-2 0-0 2, Borissova 2-6 (1-5) 0-0 5, Mapiye 1-3 0-0 2, Evenuvwedia 1-4 0-0 2, Totals 38-70 (8-20) 14-16 98

KW 12 10 7 13 -- 42

Barton 29 27 27 15 -- 98

Rebounds--KW 30 (Rietzke 7); BC 48 (Onugha 7). Assists--KW 3 (3 with 1); BC 22 (Simpson 5, Greer 5). Steal--KW 6 (6 with 1); BC 8 (Simpson 2)