The Atlantic Boys Basketball team had a close loss with a packed house apart of Trojan spirit day losing 77-74 to Red Oak on Tuesday afternoon.

It was a closely contested game throughout the entire afternoon for the Trojans and they found themselves up by one at the end of the first quarter and then by two points by half.  Atlantic tried to pull a way for a bit in the third with a 6-0 run and had a 7-point lead on the Tigers. Towards the end of the third, Red Oak decided to push a 5-0 run of their own to tie it at 52 a piece.  The Tigers figured out how to push through the Atlantic zone and got it done at the free throw line as well, hitting 20 of 25 to help push them to the win.

Atlantic Head Coach Dalton Franken noted that the Trojans defense needs to improve if they want to win.

Hunter Gilleland had a big game for Red Oak with 30 points.  Max Devries added 25 points for the Tigers. With the win Red Oak improves their record to 4-7 and will travel to Shenandoah on Thursday.

Atlantic was led in the loss by Senior Colton Rasmussen with 41 points.  Gavin McLaren added 14 points and Nolan Water chipped in 10.  Even with the loss, Coach Franken did note that the environment was fun for the team to play in.

The Trojans drop to 3-9 and will face off against Harlan Thursday night at home, with tip off set for 7:30 p.m.