Future Barton Cougar NJCAA All-American Vivian Onugha hustled for 29 points, 21 rebounds to spark the Cougars past Garden City 66-58 Saturday in the Region 6 women's basketball playoffs.

She earned her 26th double-double of the season and grabbing 20 or more rebounds for the 9th time. The sophomore also sank 11-of-16 from the charity stripe, adding free throw attempts to her record book assault to a single season 4th most tries and 6th most for a career.

Barton (16-15) dropped Garden City (13-17) to earn a showdown at No. 7 Dodge City (26-4) Tuesday.

The Cougars trailed for 23 minutes, but controlled the final two minutes as sophomore Brittany Simpson's 4th three-pointer of the game sparked Barton's late seven straight

Simpson's 4-of-8 behind the arc led to 12 points in closing out her time on the home floor with 8 rebounds helping the Cougars to a plus-thirteen rebound advantage.

The Cougars also received a pair of 9-point outings from Regina Donanu and Keyona Hall, each making clutch second half plays and shots sparking Barton's comeback. The duo also combined for 7 rebounds, Donanu dishing out a team high 4 assists and 2 steals with Hall going 3-of-5 from the floor having to play cautious from early foul trouble before fouling out late.

Alaina Eck rounded out the Cougar's scoring with 7 points and 3 of the squad's 10 assists on 21 made buckets.

Garden City was led by Hadiya Kennerly's 17 points before fouling out shortly after draining her 5th triple from 5-of-21 long distance shooting.

Antonicia Moultrie was next with 13 points and 20 rebounds with 4 steals, holding her own going blow-for-blow versus Onugha for most of the contest until the Cougars limited her to just 2 points and 3 rebounds in the final frame.

Ana Ramos Pires added 8 points with Jordis Reisner coming off the bench for 7 points.

Barton finished 38.9% from the floor but was 8-of-16 in the fourth period while Garden City remained relatively steady throughout the quarters finishing at 36.4%.

ONUGHA'S RECORDS

1ST—Career Rebounds (821 – 13.0 per game)

1ST—Season Offensive Rebounds (192 – 6.2 per game)

1ST—Season Rebounds (500 – 16.4 per game)

2ND—Season Defensive Rebounds (315 – 10.2) – 13 behind Jenny Nkem Womsi's 328 (2022-23)

4TH—Season Free Throw Attempts (198) xcFuture Barton Cougar NJCAA All-American Vivian Onugha hustled for 29 points, 21 rebounds to spark the Cougars past Garden City 66-58 Saturday in the Region 6 women's playoffs.

6TH—Career Free Throw Attempts (315 – 5.0 per game) – surpassed Pikala Anthony's 310 (2013-15), 3 behind Jenny Nkem Womsi's 318 (2021-23) and 20 behind Ashton Bruner's 335 (2012-14)

Garden City 14 15 13 16 — 58

Barton 11 15 14 26 — 66

GARDEN CITY (13-17) (FG 3 FT TP)—Kennerly 6-25 (5-21) 0-0 17, Pires 4-8 0-08, Da Silva 2-4 (0-2)1-1 5, Moultrie 5-13 (0-2)3-4 8, Mantz 2-8 (0-2) 0-1 4, Reisner 3-5 (1-2) 0-0 7, Lual 2-3 0-1 4, Totals 24-66 (6-29) 4-7 58

BARTON (16-15) ( FG 3 T TP)—Onugha 9-15 11-16 29, Donanu 3-15 (0-2) 3-4 9, Hall 3-5 3-4 9, Eck 2-8 91-4) 2-2 7, Simpson (4-8) 0-0 12, Greer (0-1) 0-0 0, Ennuvwedia 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 21-54 (5-15) 19-26) 66

Rebounds—GC 31 (Moultrie 13); BC 44 (Onugha 21). Assists—GC 14 (Mantz 5); BC 10 (Donanu 4). Steals—GC 7 (Moultrie 4); BC 7 (Onugha 2, Donanu 2)

JAYHAWK WOMEN

Dodge City 21-3 26-4

Hutchinson 21-3 27-3

Coffeyville 19-5 24-5

Butler 18-6 23-6

Cowley 15-9 21-9

Seward 14-10 0-11

Cloud 12-12 18-12

Barton 11-13 16-15

Garden City 10-14 13-17

Colby 10-14 16-15

Pratt 3-21 8-23

Independence 2-22 3-28

Hays Northwest 1-23 1-27

3-8—No. 5 Cowley 99, No. 12 Independence 58; No. 6 Seward vs. No. 11 Pratt; No. 10 Colby 56,  No. 7 Cloud 55; No. 8 Barton 66, No. 9 Garden City 58

3-11—No. 1 Dodge City vs. Barton; No. 4 Butler vs. Cowley; No. 2 Hutchinson vs. Colby; No. 3 Coffeyville vs. Seward