The Butler Grizzlies accomplished a goal of slowing down Vivian Onugha in a dominating 84-40 Jayhawk Conference basketball victory over the Barton Cougars. The Grizzlies led 44-24 at halftime and outscored the Cougars 40-16 after halftime.
Onugha contributed 11 points, 11 rebounds and three steals to continue her trend of statistical double/doubles. Brittany Simpson added nine points.
Butler's Ashley Singhalteh (19), Keegan Yarick (17) and Destiny Smith (14) led the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies delivered 17 steals.
Butler 20 24 19 21 — 84
Barton 9 15 6 10 — 40
BUTLER (17-5, 1-5)—Singhateh 6-12 (0-1) 7-7 19, Yarick 7-12 (3-4) 0-2 17, Destiny Smith 6-12 (2-6) 0-0 14, Galliart 5-8 (1-1) 0-0 11, Lara 2-4 (0-1) 2-2 6, Madison Smith (1-4) 0-0 3, Jawara 2-3 1-2 5, Wamet 2-6 0-0 4, Cunill 2-4 (1-3) 0-0 5, Totals 33-65 (8-20) 10-14 84
BARTON (11-12, 7-10)—Onugha 3-13 5-6 11, Simpson 3-10 (3-7) 0-0 9, Donanu 2-11 (0-2) 2-2 6, Greer 1-3 (1-2) 2-3 5, Delisle 1-5 0-0 2, Mapiye (1-1) 0-0 3, Eck 0-3 0-2 0, Hall (0-1) 0-0 0, Biribe 0-1 0-0 0, Clements 0-1 0-0 0, Borissova 1-4 (1-3) 1-2 4, Totals 12-53 (5-15) 11-16 40
Rebounds—Butler 45 (Lara 10), Barton 28 (Onugha 11). Assists—Butler 11 (Singhateh 4), Barton 8 (Eck 5). Steals—Butler 17 (D. Smith 5), Barton 6 (Onugha 3)
JAYHAWK WOMEN
Dodge City 16-1 21-2
Hutchinson 15-1 20-1
Coffeyville 12-3 17-3
Butler 11-5 16-5
Seward 9-7 14-8
Cowley 9-8 14-8
Cloud 9-8 14-8
Colby 8-9 13-10
Garden City 8-9 11-11
Barton 7-10 11-12
Pratt 1-15 6-16
Independence 1-15 2-20
Hays Northwest 1-16 1-20
2-5—Butler 84, Barton 40; Garden City 85, Independence 39; Dodge City 106, Pratt 54; Cloud 58, Colby 48; Cowley 95, Hays NW 25
2-6—Hutchinson at Coffeyville
2-8—Barton at Pratt, 4; Colby at Cowley; Dodge City at Seward; Garden City at Coffeyville; Cloud at Independence; Colby at Cowley
2-10—Butler at Hays NW