The Exira-EHK Spartans girls basketball team had to rally a few times before securing a win over the ACGC Chargers on Saturday afternoon 54-48.

The Spartans jumped out to a 9-0 lead at the outset but the Chargers would pull within 2 by the end of the first quarter 14-12. The Chargers would then proceed to take a lead in the second and got up by 5 before the Spartans roared back and got a bucket from Mollie Rasmussen right before the break to lead 26-25. It was much the same story in the third with the Chargers grabbing a lead and then the Spartans roaring back to lead 38-35 heading to the 4th. The Spartans built the lead to as large as 15 but the Chargers didn’t give up. ACGC strung together a number of stops and clawed within 2 at 50-48. The Spartans then got some big free throws from Quinn Grubbs to seal the win.

Exira-EHK was led by 17 points from Macy Emgarten who did a great job rebounding and getting to the foul line. Emgarten was 9-10 from the free throw line and hit a couple big threes as well. Quinn Grubbs added 13 and Mollie Rasmussen had 11. The Spartans remain unbeaten at 11-0.

ACGC got 16 points from Alaina Bunde and 8 from Kylie Young. The Chargers fall to 6-4 on the season.