Pratt's Ajiet Akot scored the game-winning rebound basket as the Beavers shocked No. 6 ranked Barton Community College 85-83 in Saturday's Jayhawk Conference basketball showdown. The Cougars rallied from a 19-point deficit for an 83-83 tie on a Brent Moss' rebound basket.
Barton's Brent Moss contributed career highs of 27 points and 16 rebounds. Keandre Kindell scored 13 points with six assists. Aris Rodriguez contributed 13 points and four steals.
James Parlow, Jr. added a career high 10 points with 3 rebounds and 2 assists as Modibo Sanogo's 10 points and 9 rebounds. The Cougars were plus seven on the glass leading to a 10-point edge in second chance points.
Barton (8-3, 3-3 Jayhawk) lost its third straight while Pratt improves to 6-5, 2-3 Jayhawk. Barton travels to Seward Wednesday and Dodge City Saturday.
Dropping seven behind the arc for a six-point edge at the halftime break, Pratt connected six more times in second half play for a 40.6% shooting night from long distance in outscoring Barton by 27 points.
Despite getting outscored by the long range shooting, the Cougars fought back from a 19-point second half deficit to lead by three with just under two minutes to play. The lead would flip twice more including on the Beavers' 13th arc buster with 37 seconds left but Moss' offensive rebound and tough putback tied it back up with 16.1 ticks remaining.
Needing one more defensive stop, the Cougars were on the verge of delivering it but Ajiet Akota secured his lone offensive rebound putting the game winner through the hoop with 1.5 seconds left.
Held to just two second half points, Jarrett Dingle led the Beavers with a 22-point outing on 4-of-7 three-point shooting with Khasen Robinson draining 3-of-5 for 21 points. Hunter Vaughn added four more treys towards the Beavers' total for 17 points and a team leading 7 assists as Joseph Opareke recorded a double-double 11-point, 12-rebound performance.
Barton shot 39.7% on the night including a season second worst 18.2% (4-of-22) from behind the arc with Pratt finishing at 42.6% overall with 13-of-32 coming from long distance. Both teams shot well from the stripe, Barton 21-of-25 (84.0%) with Pratt 20 of 24.
Pratt 40 45 — 85
Barton 34 49 — 83
PRATT (6-2, 2-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Dingle 4-13 (4-7) 10-10 22; Vaughn 6-17 (4-13) 1-2 17; Robinson 7-12 (3-5) 4-5 20; Opareke 4-5 3-3 11; Luketa 2-8 (2-7) 1-2 7; Whisenhunt 0-1 0-0 0; Akot 3-5 1-2 7; Totals 26-61 (13-32) 20-24 85
BARTON (8-3, 3-3) (FG 3 FT TP)—Moss 9-23 (0-6) 9-9 27; Kindell 4-12 (1-2) 4-4 13; Rodriguez 5-13 (1-6) 2-2 13; Parlow 3-5 (1-2) 3-4 10; Sanogo 4-7 2-4 10; Smith 2-6 (0-1) 1-2 5; Brooks 1-3 (1-2) 0-0 3; Muchitsch 1-3 (0-2) 0-0 2; Coombs 0-1 (0-1) 0-0 0; Totals 29-73 (4-22) 21-25 83
Rebounds—P 38 (Opareke 12); BC 45 (Moss 16). Assists—P 15 (Vaughn 7); BC 10 (Kindell 6). Steals—P 7 (Dingle 3); BC 12 (Rodriguez 5)
JAYHAWK MEN
Cowley 6-0 11-1
Butler 5-0 10-1
Coffeyville 5-0 9-2
Cloud 3-3 9-3
Barton 3-3 8-3
Colby 3-3 8-4
Hutchinson 2-3 6-5
Independence 2-3 6-6
Garden City 2-4 6-5
Dodge City 2-4 5-7
Pratt 2-3 6-5
Seward 1-4 2-8
Hays Northwest 0-6 1-8
12-6—Butler 83, Hays Northwest 54
12-7—Pratt 85, Barton 83; Seward 93, Dodge City 86; Cowley 83, Colby 76; Coffeyville 81, Garden City 78; Independence 79, Cloud 66
12-11—Barton at Seward; Independence at Cowley; Cloud at Coffeyville; Garden City at Hutchinson' Hays Northwest at Pratt
12-14—Barton at Dodge City; Hutchinson at Cloud; Cowley at Coffeyville; Butler at Independence; Colby at Pratt; Hays Northwest at Seward
