EL DORADO — An all-around defensive effort by the Barton Cougar women fell short as the Butler Grizzlies pulled away for a 63-46 Jayhawk Conference basketball victory Wednesday.
Barton's Vivian Onugha and Regina Donanu each scored 14 points. Onugha posted her seventh double-double of the season behind 14 points and 13 rebounds including six coming on the offensive end.
Donanu added her 14 points on 6-of-15 shooting knocking down two of the Cougars' four three-pointers while distributing a game high four assists. Charolette Delisle scored nine points on 4-of-5 shooting with five rebounds.
Ashley Singhateh scored 15 points and Destiny Smith's 13 points as Butler (7-2, 2-2 Jayhawk) outscored the Cougars 39-14 in bench production.
Mya Mayberry concluded the double figure scoring for the Grizzlies adding 11 points on 3-of-7 shooting from behind the arc with four assists.
The Cougars held the nation's No. 22-ranked offense 17 points below their average. A 9-0 Grizzlies run opened the third quarter for an 18-point lead. Charolette Delisle's bucket and Regina Donanu's five points ignited a 15-6 run pulling Barton within 45-36.
Delisle's opening bucket to start the final quarter brought the Cougars within seven but one of seven Butler three-pointers rung in on the night and eight costly fourth quarter turnovers all but sealed the game with a late 6-0 run gifting the Grizzlies their largest lead of 19.
Suffering its fifth straight loss and third straight in the series, Barton drops to 0-5 in league play and 4-7 overall while Butler snaps its two game skid improving to 2-2 in conference play and 7-2 on the season.
Barton (4-7, 0-5 Jayhawk) plays Pratt (5-5, 0-4 Jayhawk) Saturday.
Barton shot 39.2 percent but faced a 17-point differential stemming from 27 turnovers and Butler's 7-of-19 (36.8%) three point shooting.
Barton 13 8 15 10 — 46
Butler 18 12 15 18 — 63
BARTON (4-7, 0-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Onugha 7-10 0-0 14; Donanu 6-15 (2-6) 0-0 14; Delisle 4-5 (1-1) 0-2 9; Simpson 1-8 (0-6) 2-2 4; Eck 0-8 (0-2) 00 0; Greer 2-5 (1-4) 0-0 5; Totals 20-51 (4-19) 2-4 46
BUTLER (5-5, 2-2) (FG 3 FT TP)—Singhateh 6-11 (1-1) 2-4 15; Destiny Smith 6-11 (1-4 0-1 13; Mayberry 3-7 (37) 2-2 11; Butler 0-1 (0-1) 0-2 0; Lara 3-7 0-0 6; Yarick 3-8 (1-3) 0-0 7; madison Smith 2-2 (1-1) 1-2 6; Cunill 0-2 (0-2) 0-0 0; Manuel 0-1 0-0 0; Galliart 1-7 3-4 5; Totals 24-57 (7-19) 8-15 63
Rebounds—Barton 34 (Onugha 13); Butler 33 (Lara 6). Assists—Barton 15 (Donanu 4); Butler 17 (Mayberry 4). Steals—Barton 3 (3 with 1)l Butler 11 (Lara 3)
JAYHAWK WOMEN
Hutchinson 5-0 11-0
Dodge City 5-0 10-1
Garden City 4-1 7-3
Coffeyville 3-1 8-1
Seward 3-1 8-2
Cloud 3-2 8-2
Cowley 3-2 8-2
Butler 2-2 7-2
Colby 2-3 7-4
Pratt 0-4 5-5
Independence 0-4 1-9
Barton 0-5 4-7
Hays Northwest 0-5 0-9
12-3—Seward 66, Otero, Colo. 45
12-4—Butler 63, Barton 46; Garden City 71, Independence 40; Cowley 113, Hays NW 44; Hutchinson 80, Coffeyville 60; Colby 77, Cloud 58; Dodge City 106, Pratt 40
12-6—Hays Northwest at Butler
12-7—Pratt at Barton; Seward at Dodge City; Cowley at Colby; Coffeyville at Garden City; Independence at Cloud