(Atlantic, IA) — Treynor smothered Atlantic’s inside game and rolled past the Trojans in the season opener 51-31 on Friday night.
Every time Atlantic threw the ball inside, the Cardinals defense collapsed and there was little room to move. Katrina Williams was held scoreless in the game and Brynn Lamp was held to just 2 points.
Zoey Kirchhoff hit a three pointer early to give Atlantic a 3-2 lead but Treynor went on a 13-2 run the rest of the quarter to lead 15-5 and never looked back from there. Treynor led 28-10 at the half and 41-20 at the end of the third quarter.
Atlantic struggled with their shooting throughout but Makenna Schroeder hit a three with about a minute left in the first half — Treynor answered right back as Delaney Mauer hit a three and after a quick Trojan turnover, Mauer got a lay up. After the Trojans had cut the lead to 13 the lead went to 18 at the half.
Claire Schrage led Treynor with 12 points, Nora Konz had 11, Ella Thornton and Addison Mauer each had 6. Delaney Mauer with 5, Stella Sornson 4, Cicilla Fate 3 and Channing Reed rounded out the scoring with 2.
Kaitlyn Hickman was a highlight for Atlantic scoring 8 points all coming in the 4th quarter. Madison McLaren also co-led the Trojans with 8 points. Zoey Kirchhoff had two threes for 6. Makenna Schroeder added 5. Peyton McLaren and Brynn Lamp each had 2 points. Katrina Williams averaged 10.2 ppg a year ago and was held scoreless.
Treynor (1-0) 15-13-13-10 — 51
Atlantic (0-1) 5-5-10-11 — 31
