The Atlantic girls basketball team used stifling defense to set the tone and push them to a 63-33 win over the Kuemper Catholic Knights on Friday in Carroll. The Trojans used some tight ball pressure to force 21 Knight turnovers and converted many of those into run out layups on the other end.

Atlantic led by six at the end of the first quarter but really pulled away in the second, taking a 36-19 lead into half. The Trojans built the lead up to 25 by the end of the third and rolled to the win.

Jada Jensen led the way with 20 points and Haley Rasmussen added 19. The Trojans improved to 4-6 and will host Clarinda on Tuesday.

Kuemper Catholic didn’t get any scorers into double figures. Catherine Mayhall was their leading scorer with 9. The Knights fall to 1-9 on the season and they will face East Sac County on Saturday.

Watch the game replay HERE.