MINERAL AREA, Mo. (Interstat) — The Mineral Area Cardinals mounted a massive second-half comeback to defeat the Barton Cougars 70-66 in a men’s junior college basketball game Wednesday. Barton led 33-26 at halftime but was outscored 44-33 after the break. The loss drops Barton to 2-1 on the season, while Mineral Area improves to 1-2.