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Vivian Onugha sparks Cougars' 71-37 victory
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Regina Donanu - photo by Lori Farmer

Barton Cougar Vivian Onugha scored 20 points with a team high 19 rebounds, four assists and four steals to spark a 71-47 Jayhawk Conference basketball victory over the Pratt Beavers.

Regina Donanu matched her career high of 17 points and added 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals as Alaina Eck connected on 7-of-11 from the floor for a 14-point outing.

Brittany Simpson delivered 7 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. Birthday girl Keyona Hall and Getrude Mapiye each contributed 4 points off the bench for the Cougars' 34-point advantage in the paint.'

A 10-0 run ending the first quarter gave the Cougars a twelve point margin after the opening frame, growing the advantage each frame before another big 14-0 fourth quarter stretch ballooned the lead to its largest of thirty-eight points in cruising to the victory.

Pratt's La'Kyra Johnson finished with 16 points and 6 rebounds. Sofia Bermejo 5 points.

Barton (5-7, 1-5 Jayhawk) drops Pratt to 5-6, 0-5 Jayhawk.

The Cougars head to Seward Wednesday and Dodge City Saturday.

Pratt 5 12 10 10 -- 37

Barton 17 14 15 25 -- 71

PRATT (5-6, 0-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Imankulova 1-9 (0-7) 0-0 2; Johnson 6-16 (2-8) 2-2 16; Brock 0-9 (0-3) 1-2 1; Bermejo 2-7 (1-4) 0-0 5; Humphries 0-2 (0-1) 0-0 0; McClelland 1-3 (0-1) 2-2 4; Jackson 2-6 (0-1) 1-2 5; Dwyer 0-1 0-2 0; Totals 14-57 (3-25) 6-10 37

BARTON (5-7, 1-5) (FG 3 FT TP)—Onugha 8-10 4-7 20; Donanu 6-14 (1-2) 4-5 17; Eck 7-11 (0-2) 0-0 14; Delisle 2-7 (1-3) 0-0 5; Simpson 3-5 (0-2) 1-1 7; Hall 2-5 (0-2) 0-0 4; Greer 0-5 (0-3) 0-0 0; Borissova 0-1 (0-1) 0-0 0; Mapiye 2-3 0-1 4; Totals 30-63 (2-15) 9-14 71

Rebounds—P 28 (Johnson 6); BC 47 (Onugha 19). Assists—P 6 (Imankulova 2); BC 16 (Simpson 4, Onugha 4). Steals—P 10; BC 11 (Onugha 4)

JAYHAWK WOMEN

Dodge City 6-0 11-1

Hutchinson 5-0 11-0

Coffeyville 4-1 9-1

Cloud 4-2 9-2

Garden City 4-2 7-4

Butler 3-2 8-2

Seward 3-2 8-3

Cowley 3-3 8-3

Colby 3-3 8-4

Barton 1-5 5-7

Pratt 0-5 5-6

Independence 0-5 1-10

Hays Northwest 0-6 0-10

12-6—Butler 86, Hays Northwest 49

12-7—Barton 71, Pratt 37; Dodge City 66, Seward 48; Colby 61, Cowley 49; Coffeyville 56, Garden City 48; Cloud 75, Independence 61

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