Second quarter woes deal Barton women road loss at No. 20 Coffeyville #GoBarton

Tied 13-13 at the first quarters end, the Barton Community College women's basketball team opened the second quarter scoring Wednesday night, but it would be their last lead in falling 89-55 to Coffeyville Community College inside Nellis Hall.

Following the brief deficit, the Red Raven offense quickly came to life outscoring the Cougars 25-8 over the final nine-minutes of the second quarter driven behind a 14-0 stanza close before outpacing Barton over the final two frames in earning their largest victory of margin in the series.

Concluding the conference season eighth in the standings at 11-13, Barton sits at 15-15 overall while Coffeyville finishes third at 19-5 in league play and 24-5 overall.

In virtue of its top eight conference finish, Barton assumes the No. 8 seed heading into the Region 6 Tournament and receives a first-round home playoff matchup Saturday at 2:00 p.m. versus No. 9 seed Garden City Community College. The winner will advance to face top seeded, and No. 7 ranked Dodge City Community College in the Region 6 Quarterfinals Tuesday March 11th at the Student Activity Center in Dodge City, Kansas.

Saddled by second quarter foul trouble and forced to sit the final 5:47 during the Red Ravens pivotal 14-0 second quarter close, Vivian Onugha led a pair of Cougars in double-figure scoring 16 of her 22 points in second half action while pulling down a game high 12 rebounds for her second straight and 25th double-double of the season.

Alaina Eck closed the double-figure scoring with 11 points, dishing out two of the Cougars four assists on the night while adding two rebounds. Brittany Simpson flirted with her first collegiate double-double contributing with eight points, hitting two of the Cougars four made three pointers to go with eight rebounds.

Four other Cougars added to the scoring on the evening, Keyona Hall with six, Regina Donanu adding five points, five rebounds while Charolette Delisle led the bench production with two points and Kodi Greer closing out the scoring hitting 1-of-2 at the charity stripe for her lone point of the evening.

Norika Welch led four Red Ravens in double-figures fueled behind her 4-of-7 outside shooting for a game high 24 points and seven rebounds in helping Coffeyville to a slight plus-three rebound advantage as the Cougars were out rebounded for just the fourth time this season.

Aspen Clarkson and Camree Johnson each provided to the 13-made Red Ravens trifectas both knocking downing a pair to finish with 14 and 13 points respectfully while leading Coffeyville to a plus-35 bench efficiency.

Karliey Park added an all-around performance for the Red Ravens adding 12 points to go along with six assists, three rebounds and trio of steals. 

Vivian Onugha's program record book impacts:
1st in Career Rebounds (800)
1st in Season Offensive Rebounds (185)
1st in Season Rebounds (486)
2nd in Season Defensive Rebounds (301) – 27 behind Jenny Nkem Womsi's 328 (2022-23)
7th in Career Free Throw Attempts (299) – surpassed Taylor Regan's 294 (2017-19), 11 behind Pikala Anthony's 310 (2013-15)
6th in Season Free Throw Attempts (182) – surpassed Jaylin Stapleton's 178 (2017-18) & Ashton Bruner's 177 (2013-14), 13 behind Nicole Etizmann's 195 (1994-95)