The Treynor Cardinals and Atlantic Trojans went blow by blow in a great basketball game on Friday night and the Cardinals prevailed 66-62. The game featured 8 ties and 13 lead changes.

Both teams delivered some great offense throughout the game and a couple of individual performances for the Cardinals helped them get the win. Luke Clausen dropped in 7 threes on the night, including a huge one in the fourth quarter to give Treynor a four point lead they would hold on to. Atlantic clawed within 1 after a Chase Mullenix three at 61-60 but Clausen answered with the final of his downtown makes to make it 64-60. Atlantic got back within two and had possession but Scott Leonard lost the ball out of bounds trying to make a baseline spin on the block. Clausen then iced it with two free throws to provide the final points.

Clausen finished with 31 points to lead all scorers. Dillon Faubel also had a stellar game for Treynor with 24 points and he went over 1,000 career points in the process. The Cardinals stay undefeated at 21-0. They now prepare for the playoffs and a semifinal match-up in Subtate 8 District 16 against either Clarinda and Shenandoah. That game will be played on Thursday, February 15th at 8:00pm in Treynor as the second half of a doubleheader. We’ll have coverage of the Shenandoah vs Clarinda Game along with AHSTW vs Red Oak in Avoca on Monday night.

The Trojans got 20 points from Austin Alexander, 15 of those came in the first half. Three other Trojans finished in double figures; Chase Mullenix 15, Scott Leonard 11, and Grant Podhajsky 10. Podhajsky also had 10 rebounds and Leonard had 7 boards and 3 blocks. Atlantic falls to 11-8 on the season and will next travel to Creston on Monday.

Listen to Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins’ thoughts after the game on our Saturday morning coaches show at 8:30am on KJAN.