25th ranked Barton women knock Redlands from the unbeaten #GoBarton
25th ranked Barton women knock Redlands from the unbeaten.
The 25th ranked Barton Community College women's basketball team scored Friday evening's opening ten points and never looked back in rolling to a 74-41 victory over Redlands Community College in the opening night of the Best Western Angus Inn/Cougar Booster Club Classic.
Improving to 3-0, the Cougars will next play on Saturday in the 5:30 p.m. contest against Labette Community College as the Cardinals were overwhelmed by Hutchinson Community College 106-33 in the earlier contest. Taking their first loss of the season dropping to 4-1 on the year, Redlands will look to regroup in taking on the 4-0 Blue Dragons to begin the day with a 1:00 p.m. tip-off.
Information including statistics and video links for the Classic can be found at www.BartonSports.com.
Vera Ojenuwa scored the first eight of Barton's 10-0 start to the night, going on to finish with career highs of 17 points and 13 rebounds in posting her third straight double-double to begin her collegiate career.
The Cougars nearly had another pair of double-double performances, Grace John scoring 14 points with 9 rebounds while Vivian Onugha came off the bench for 9 points and grabbed 10 rebounds helping Barton to a plus-24 edge on the glass. Tatum Boettjer finished with 9 points on 3-of-8 long distance shooting, Macie Smith drained a trey in her 7-point night, and Emma Toombs connected on her first collegiate three-pointer as the Cougars were 6-of-17 beyond the arc.
Isabell Stafford and Jaiana Wiggins led the Cougars from Redlands with 8 points each.
Barton shot 44.6% on the evening with a solid 18-of-22 from the stripe while Redlands finished up a 28.8% from the field including just 3-of-23 from behind the arc and 4-of-6 from the free throw line.