The Atlantic Boys Basketball team struggled in a number of phases on Friday night and dropped their home opener to Glenwood 56-41.

Atlantic started the game hot with an early 9-1 lead and Glenwood racking up some fouls on key players. Atlantic led 13-7 at the end of the first but that lead evaporated in the second. Glenwood got the first six points of the quarter to tie the game and then the Rams got couple of big threes from Jayme Fritts to put them out front. It was Glenwood 25-24 at halftime and then Ryan Blum erupted in the third. Blum scored 12 of his 30 points in the third quarter and Glenwood took a 7 point lead by the end of the third and held Atlantic mostly at bay the rest of the way.

Blum led all scorers with his 30 point night. The Rams start the season with a win and will host Denison-Schleswig on Tuesday.

Atlantic only had three players get in the scorebook. Dayton Templeton had 18 and Skyler Handlos had 17. Ethan Williams was the only other scoring contributor with 6. The Trojans also had a tough night rebounding; giving Glenwood a large number of multiple shot possessions. Atlantic falls to 1-1 on the season and will travel to Clarinda on Tuesday night.