A hot shooting start propelled the Atlantic girls basketball team out to an early 17-2 lead and they made their free throws in the fourth quarter to secure the win over Clarinda 61-44.

Atlantic led 22-6 at the end of the opening quarter and had a 31-13 advantage at halftime. The Cardinals switched to man to man defense in the second half and were able to close the gap to 12 at 46-34 after three. The Cardinals got as close as 8 in the fourth quarter but Atlantic hit their free throw opportunities to get the win. Baylee Newell was 8 for 8 at the stripe in the fourth quarter. The Trojans finished 21-30 from the line for the game.

Atlantic also took advantage of Clarinda turnovers scoring 19 points off of those miscues. Clarinda only had 2 points off of turnovers in the game.

Atlantic got 21 points from Baylee Newell who got the game going with a three-point make on the opening possession. McKenzie Waters finished with 18 points and 9 rebounds for the Trojans. Atlantic picked up their second win of the season to improve to 2-13. Maddie Hartley had 16 points for Clarinda as they fall to 3-12.