The Atlantic boys basketball team suffered through some mental lapses, turnovers, and missed close-range shots in a 77-62 loss to Kuemper Catholic on Tuesday night. The Trojans held tight early with the game tied at 16 at the end of the first, but Kuemper built a 34-23 lead by half. The Knights seem to answer any Atlantic charge the rest of the way.

The Trojans struggled taking good care of the ball at times and head coach Derek Hall said their statisticians recorded 25 turnovers and that made the difference.

Jayden Proehl led the Trojans with 17 points and Colton Rasmussen added 15. Atlantic drops to 1-4 on the season and will travel to Lewis Central on Friday, a game we’ll have on KJAN.

Kuemper Catholic was led by 18 points from Dawson Gifford and the Knights improved to 4-1. They will face Kingsley-Pierson in their next game on Friday.