WHO:
Seward
County
Community College
at. No. 12
Barton
County
Community College
WHAT: NJCAA D-I Jayhawk West Conference Men’s Basketball
WHERE: Barton
County
Gymnasium
,
Great Bend
,
KS
WHEN: 8 p.m., Monday, January 15, 2007
RECORDS: No. 12
Barton
County
comes into tonight’s game with a 2-1 in the Jayhawk West, 15-1 overall mark while
Seward
County
is 10-5 and 1-1.
THE SERIES (since 03-04):
Seward
County
leads *6-0
* (three wins due to forfeitures from 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 seasons.
THE COACHES: Craig Fletchall coaches
Barton
County
, and in his second season he is 33-13 overall.
Dave Brown
continues his 11th season as head coach at
Seward
County
(246-95).
ABOUT THE COUGARS: The No. 12 Cougars are red-hot, they have an overall record of 15-1, and picked up a home-court victory on Wednesday night over defending co-Jayhawk West Conference champion Cloud County, 62-61, in overtime. Freshman Blaine Clark played only nine minutes against
Cloud
County
, but hit the most important jump shot of the game with 13 seconds on the clock to give the Cougars the victory on Wednesday night. Sophomore guard Omar Johnson leads the Cougars and is third in the Region VI in scoring (19.2 ppg.) and assists (6.1 apg.). Johnson has scored 19 points and 24 points in consecutive conference games against
Dodge City
and
Cloud
County
respectively. Barton is tough down-low with 6-foot-9-inch Thiago Cordeiro (9.8 ppg., 8.8 rpg. and 4.1 bpg.) and 6-foot-4-inch Ivan Evans (15.9 ppg. and 8.8 rpg.).
ABOUT THE SAINTS: The Saints were idle on Wednesday, after picking up their biggest win of the season against then No. 19-ranked Hutchinson, and snapping a three game losing streak. Freshman Darko Cohadarevic led the Saints with 25 points, seven rebounds and five 3-pointers. Sophomore Michael Tyree hit 3-of-8 from downtown, with 19 points and three assists. Sophomore Theron Wilson is leading the Region VI in scoring (24.2 ppg.) and rebounding (11.8 rpg.) despite scoring 10 points with six rebounds against
Hutchinson
. Coach Dale Reed will continue to guide
Seward
County
the next two games, while head coach
Dave Brown
continues to serve his four-game suspension due to an institutional disciplinary decision.
PROBABLE STARTERS: Barton County: Omar Johnson, 5-7, so., guard; Matt Green, 6-3, so., guard; Alex Pyle, 6-5, so., guard; Ivan Evans, 6-4, so., guard; Thiago Cordeiro, 6-9, so., forward.
Seward
County
: Michael Tyree, 5-11, so., guard;
Hank Harris
, 5-11, so., guard; Theron Wilson, 6-5, so., forward; Darko Cohadarevic, 6-9, fr., forward; Bryson Hampton, 6-8, fr., forward.
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