The Atlantic girls basketball team was able to hit free throws in a foul-riddled game to pick up their second win of the season over Clarinda 63-52 on Thursday night. The Trojans got their first official Hawkeye Ten Conference win with the help of 22-31 shooting from the free throw line, including 14-19 in the second half. The game didn’t have much of a flow with 58 total fouls called and 65 free throws shot between the two teams. After the game Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason said he was proud of the way the girls handled the game.

Coach Vargason also liked the team’s response to a close loss on Tuesday to Kuemper Catholic.

Atlantic had three players finish in double-figures led by 16 points from Alyssa Ginther. Baylee Newell finished with 15 and McKenzie Waters had 12. Ginther helped build the Atlantic lead early, coming off the bench to hit three first-quarter three pointers. Atlantic improves to 2-13 with the win and are now 1-7 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play.

Clarinda got 23 points from senior Taylor Wedemeyer; she had 14 of those points from the foul line. Darah Gray finished with 13 for the Cardinals. Clarinda falls to 1-14 overall and 0-8 in Hawkeye Ten play.