The Barton Cougar women's basketball team got off to a hot start Saturday closing out Fleske Fieldhouse by cruising to an 88-64 victory over Cloud County. Barton (15-16) advances to its ninth straight Region 6/Plains District Quarterfinal. The Cougars challenge No. 9 Dodge City at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Cloud County ends at 14-16. Barton's Regina Donanu powered the offense with a game-high 32 points on 13-of-22 shooting with five assists and three steals. Christal Long delivered a career-high 20 points and 12 rebounds for her third double-double. Mary Akinde controlled the interior with her 14th double-double, pouring in 15 points and 14 rebounds with five blocked shots. Great Bend native Mersadie Spray contributed 17 points, four assists, and four steals. Alaina Eck chipped in four points and two assists. Barton's starting five accounted for all 88 points. Camiah Muldrow led three Cloud County players in double figures with 21 points, Sofija Todorovic adding 14 points. Barton seized control early and never let go, turning a brief 5-4 deficit into a runaway victory behind a blistering first-quarter surge, scoring on nine of its final 10 possessions of the period. The Cougars connected on four three-pointers in the opening quarter and used back-to-back runs of 7-0 and 11-0 to flip the momentum and build a commanding 29-11 lead after the opening ten minutes. The Cougars pushed the margin to 48-28 at halftime and stretched the lead to as many as 31 points in the fourth quarter while shooting 56% and dominating the glass 41-24. Barton turned those extra opportunities into 15 second-chance points and 36 points in the paint while dishing out 17 assists on 36 made baskets. WOMEN'S REGION 6 3-7—Garden City 91, Cowley 80; 5 Seward 84, Hays NW 52; Colby 58, Pratt 42; Barton 88, Cloud 64 3-10—1 Butler (29-1) vs. 8 Garden City (17-13); 4 Coffeyville (22-8) vs. 5 Seward (20-11); 2 Dodge City (25-4) vs. 7 Barton (15-16); 3 Hutchinson (25-5) vs. 6 Colby (16-15) Cloud 11 17 17 19— 64 Barton 29 19 19 21 — 88 CLOUD (14-16)—Muldrow 8-14 (1-2) 4-4 21, Todorovic 6-10 (2-4) 0-0 14, Makela 4-14 (2-8) 0-0 10, Wurtz 2-6 (1-2) 0-0 5, Jankovic 2-6 (2-4)), 0-0 6, Marilyn Soeken 1-4 (0-2) 1-3 3, Cornel (0-1) 0-0 0, Washington 2-8 (0-6) 1-2 5, Totals 25-63 (8-29) 6-9 64 BARTON (15-16)—Donanu 13-22 (2-3) 4-6 32; Long 8-12 (3-4) 1-1 20, Akinde 7-11 1-4 15, Spray 6-12 (1-5) 4-4 17, Greer 0-3 (0-2) 0-0 0, Eck 2-3 0-0 4, Yunus 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 36-64 (6-14) 10-15 88 Rebounds—CC 24 (Wurtz 7); BC 41 (Akinde 14). Assists—CC 10 (Soeken 3); BC 17 (Donanu 5). Steals—CC 6 (Muldrow 2); BC 10 (Spray 4). TO—CC 14, BC 14