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Trojan Girls Drop to the Tigers

By Cooper Zablocki

Last night the Atlantic Trojan girls basketball team lost to the Red Oak Tigers with a final score of 65 to 53, Red Oak.  The Tigers kept the lead all through the game, but both teams proved to be tough offensively, in this high scoring shoot-out.  Head Coach Casey Pelzer thought his team “Played good offensively,” but it’s tough to beat teams that put up 63 points.

At the start of the game, it seemed like both teams lacked any defense.  But neither team lacked offensive power.  Kathryn Walker for Red Oak had two, 3-pointers just in the first quarter.  Sophomore Erin Olsen for Atlantic also found her rhythm, beyond the three point line.  Atlantic reached a slump towards the end of the first that carried on halfway through the second quarter.  Missing, countless lay-ups and field goals the Trojan girls started to fall behind the offensively talented Tigers.

During the second quarter, Atlantic was still struggling to get the ball in the hoop.  Fortunately for the Trojans Olsen hit a 3-pointer with 3:00 minutes in the second quarter, Atlantic’s first points since the first quarter.  The next possession for Atlantic ended with another trey by Olsen, closing the gap to 9 points, and also ending the drought for the Trojans.  Going into halftime Red Oak was leading by 11 points, 34 to 23.

Pelzer said they were playing a different team, whose game plan was to give the ball to Walker.  He was right.  She had 18 points in the first half alone, and ended with 28, Atlantic couldn’t stop her.  For Atlantic, the key player was Olsen, a beast from the 3 point line.  She had a couple of 3’s in the third as well.  Atlantic shot the ball great in the third, and so did Red Oak.  Players like Catherine Leonard and Tiffany Williams for Atlantic, came up big.  They were able to get the ball down low and convert.

The entire second Atlantic was in foul trouble.  A total of ten fouls for the girls, and only 11 fouls the whole game for Red Oak.  Clearly, fouls were an issue for the Trojans.  In fact, Williams fouled out in the fourth with an intentional called against her.  Towards the end of the game, Atlantic could never shorten that 10, 11, 12 point lead the Tigers created in the second quarter.

The Trojans played a different team this go around and played a different game too, a much better game.  Losing to Red Oak by 17 their first go-around.  In their first showdown Red Oak was up by 12 at halftime, and didn’t let up the rest of the game.  Quite similar to this game as well, the Tigers went into halftime with a lead of 11 points and finished the game with a lead of 11.  Last game, Olsen ended with 17 points and Leonard with 8.  Pelzer said his team had a good week of practice and they have to stay focused for the rest of this “two week season.”

The girls will travel up to Clarinda on Monday and face Harlan Tuesday in Atlantic.

Red Oak (11-6) – 1st – 21 2nd – 13 3rd – 14 4th – 17 Final – 65

Atlantic (2-15) – 1st – 13 2nd – 10 3rd – 14 4th – 16 Final – 53

Red Oak – Walker 28 Blomstedt 15 Mahoney 6

Atlantic – Olsen 19 Williams 13 Leonard 11

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