Glenwood turns up defensive heat in 73-47 win

Glenwood turned up the defense and outscored Clarinda 43-26 in the second half in a 73-47 win in Hawkeye 10 Conference boys basketball Friday night.

The Rams (3-1 overall, 2-1 in the conference) bounced back from a 56-54 loss to Denison two days earlier.

“I thought we played a fairly complete ball game and we improved a lot from the Denison game,” said Glenwood coach Curt Schulte. “Defensively, we were better and we shot the ball well and shared the ball well. We had 18 assists.”

The Rams also forced 22 turnovers and had season-low six turnovers of their own.

“That’s an area we really wanted to concentrate on,” Schulte said. “The last couple games were in double digits so it’s always good to see those turnovers low.”

With a handful of new varsity regulars adjusting to new roles this season, Schulte saw signs of a team gelling against Clarinda.

“We’re looking to improve day by day and I feel like we are,” Schulte said. “We’re pretty balanced in our scoring. Night in and night out, we have three or four guys in double-figures every night. That makes us pretty tough to stop.”

Logyn Eckheart led the Rams’ scorers with 20 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.

“He played a very good game,” Schulte said of his senior post. “He was a workhorse for us.”

Zac Kelsey and Kayden Anderson scored 14 points each. Caden Johnson had four points and dished out 10 assists.

Denison 56,

Glenwood 54

Glenwood dug itself an 18-10 first quarter hole and could never dig out in a 56-54 loss to Denison last Tuesday.

“We got off to such a slow start,” said Glenwood coach Curt Schulte. “You take out that first quarter and we out-scored them over the next three quarters. We just can’t afford to get out of the gate like that and get down double-digits going into the second quarter. We can’t do that against good teams.”

The Monarchs dominated on the glass, holding a 39-25 rebounding edge.

“We didn’t do a very good job boxing out,” he said. “We only have six offensive rebounds. You better be shooting the ball awfully well to only have six offensive rebounds. That hurt us.”
Luke Wiebers and Carson Seuntjens scored 15 points each to lead Denison.

Caden Johnson led Glenwood with 14 points and seven assists. Logyn Eckheart added nine points and 10 rebounds.