The Atlantic Trojans Girl’s basketball team had no problems controlling the game against Creston on Monday night winning 64-42.

Paytn Harter led the team with a strong night scoring 28 points, Zoey Kirchoff added 9, Lila Wiederstein and Maddie Richter had 8 each.

The fast tempo for the Trojans was set when they come out of the gate starting the game on a 14-0 run, continually feeding the ball to Paytn Harter in the paint. Atlantic led 21-6 at the end of the first quarter and 32-14 at the half.

Creston tried to claw their way back in the second half going on multiple 5-0 runs, but each was answered immediately by Atlantic.  The Trojans continued to pull away in the second half with six players contributed to outscoring the Panthers 19-12 in the third quarter. The closest Creston got to cutting the Atlantic lead was when they were only down by 14 in the fourth. That was thanks in large part to the efforts of Ella Turner with 15 points and Kadley Bailey with 12.

Overall Head Coach Dan Vargason was pleased with the intensity Atlantic started the game with.

A win like this continues to show the potential Atlantic has at being a competitive team with the entire Hawkeye Ten conference.

Atlantic improves to 6-10 with the victory and head back home to face Harlan on Thursday. Creston sits at 4-10 and host Glenwood on Tuesday evening.