The Atlantic Girls and Boys basketball teams get a rare chance to play home games on the same night tonight at the Atlantic High School gymnasium.  Fans don’t often get a chance to see both Varsity teams play on the same floor on the same night due to larger class scheduling habits but Glenwood and Atlantic worked out a home and home doubleheader series this year.  Fans coming out to the games to support the Trojans are asked to wear white to create a “white out” environment.

Glenwood won the first Girls match-up on December 15th 49-43 in a game that counted toward the Hawkey Ten Conference standings.  This time the teams meet in a non-conference match-up but a lot will still be on the line as both teams are just over .500 on the season.  Glenwood comes in with a 6-4 overall record and 4-3 in the Hawkeye Ten.  The Trojans are 6-5 overall and 3-3 in the Hawkeye Ten.  The Trojans will try to slow Glenwood Senior Molly Dean who had 19 points in the first meeting and is averaging 13 points per game.

In the Boys game Glenwood will be the team trying to even the season series as Atlantic won on December 15th 57-48 in a very physical game.  Trojan Senior Ryan Hawkins had 22 points in that first game while Junior Garrett Franken had a great game with 19 points.  The Trojans did a good job of slowing down Glenwood’s strong guard play back in December and will work to repeat that effort tonight.  Ram Sophomore Andre Blum had 18 points last meeting.  The Rams come in at 8-2 overall and 4-1 in Hawkeye Ten action.  The Trojans are 9-1 overall and also 4-1 in the conference. The meeting tonight does count toward the conference standings.

We will have coverage of both games tonight on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1. Pregame for the girls game will start at 5:50pm with tipoff at 6:00pm.  The boys game will follow with tipoff scheduled for 7:30pm.  You can listen on-air, online, or on the KJAN mobile app. You can also catch the live video stream on our TV page at kjan.com