The Barton Community College women's basketball team knocked off top seeded Independence Community College 73-62 in Friday's afternoon Region VI semifinals at Salina's Tony's Pizza Event Center.

Having reached the semifinals for the fourth straight year, the now 20-12 Cougars avenge last year's championship loss versus the Pirates in advancing to their third straight Championship game at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday versus the victor of Hutchinson and Seward County.  Independence finishes the season at 24-7 as their five game win streak versus the Cougars comes to an end.

From Brennan Kirchhoff's opening three-pointer, the Cougars never trailed as the game was tied just once at 3-all as the Pirates canned a triple on their next possession.

Kirchhoff would bang another trey latewith 8:19 to play in the contest essentially sealing the game, finishing with 16 points to lead six Cougars in double figures. Jenny Nkem Womsi collected her 14th double-double of the season pulling down a game high 14 rebounds to go with 13 points. Morgan Meyers added eight of her 13 points in first half action. Acorionna Lard and Alissa Heskamp rounded out the double-figure scoring adding 10 points a piece.