The Atlantic Trojans had to fight hard to the end to get a big home win over the Glenwood Rams on Tuesday night 72-67.  Atlantic jumped out to an early lead in the game and had a 36-26 lead at half but the Rams would make multiple runs in the second half.  Glenwood cut the lead to 3 by the end of the third quarter and then scored the first 7 points of the fourth quarter to lead by 4. Atlantic fought back lead by their Senior star Garrett Franken who had 13 points in the fourth quarter and all of Atlantic’s field goal makes in the quarter.  Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins said Franken wanted the ball in that situation.

The rest was done at the free throw line as the Trojans stepped up and knocked down 10 straight in the fourth quarter before two late misses by Franken. The Trojans finished 22-26 from the charity stripe and Coach Jenkins loved how they hit them down the stretch.

Atlantic improves to 5-0 on the season and still have a busy week ahead as they host Shenandoah on Friday night and then take on Nebraska Class C-2 top rated Elmwood-Murdock on Saturday at the Mid America Center.

Atlantic was led in the win by Franken with 27 points. Austin Alexander poured in 19 for the Trojans. Nate Mohr was the leading scorer for Glenwood with 21 points. The Rams fall to 3-2 with the loss and will next play at Denison-Schleswig on Friday.

We’ll have coverage of the Atlantic vs. Elmwood-Murdock game from the MAC on Saturday at 1:00pm.