Grand View Christian showed why they are the top-ranked team in Class 1A as they pulled away for a 79-39 win over Atlantic on Thursday night. The Trojans couldn’t figure out how to deal with the huge size difference inside and the Thunder got their shooting rolling in the second half. Atlantic head coach Derek Hall said they just didn’t play well enough for the full contest.

Led by 7-foot senior Daniel Tobiloba and 6’9″ sophomore Emilio Berrantes the Thunder locked down the defensive end of the floor, blocking a bevy of shot attempts throughout the night. Both teams didn’t shoot great in the first half but Grand View Christian did enough to grab a comfortable 32-17 lead at the break. Then the flood gates opened up with a 28 point third quarter from the Thunder led by four triples in the period from senior guard Frankie Chiodo. Fellow senior guard Josh Sanderson had 8 of his game high 21 points in the third as well and the Thunder rolled to victory. Coach Hall said they didn’t adjust well enough to the Thunder’s shot blocking ability.

Berrantes finished with 18, including a couple early two-hand slams, and Chiodo finished with 16, all in the second half. Noah John also added 10 for the Thunder and Tobiloba had 8. Grand View Christian improved to 14-0 on the season and will now get set to face Dallas Center-Grimes on Saturday at the Gilbert Showcase.

Atlantic was led by 9 points from Carter Pellett. The Trojans fall to 4-10 on the season and will try to regroup this weekend to host Creston on Monday.