Atlantic girls roll past Greene County, earn date with Cherokee, Washington

February 13th, 2021 by admin

The Atlantic girls basketball team rolled to a 65-29 win over Greene County in the Class 3A Region 1 Quarterfinals on Saturday night at the Atlantic High School. The Trojans didn’t shoot the ball particularly well in the first quarter but got warmed up after that and used pressure defense to force the Rams into 21 turnovers. Atlantic led 37-24 at half and forced the running clock situation towards the end of the third. After the game Atlantic senior Lauren Nicholas said the team enjoys using that pressure defense

Haley Rasmussen had another big night with 28 points, 20 of those in the first half. Jada Jensen also finished in double figures with 13 points and Lauren Nicholas chipped in 8. The Trojans improved their season record to 9-13 and earned a trip to face top-ranked Cherokee, Washington on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. The Braves advanced on with a 77-40 dismantling of Kuemper Catholic on Saturday afternoon. We’ll have coverage of that Regional Semifinal on KJAN Wednesday. Nicholas said the team is excited about the opportunity.

Greene County was led in the loss by 14 points from Brianna Habben. The Rams finished the season with a record of 6-13.

In addition to the big scoring night Haley Rasmussen was honored after the game for another couple of scoring milestones. Rasmussen has become the Trojans All-Time 5-on-5 leading scorer passing Jamie Hoegh for the honor. Hoegh’s record was 1,212pts and Rasmussen is now at 1,242pts. Rasmussen also broke Hoegh’s single season record of 414pts and now has 467pts on the season. Listen to the honor ceremony after the game below.

You can also listen to the full game replay HERE.