Photo by Darian Hays
Cade Day goes up for a field goal against Sangamon Valley Feb 19. Day also pulled down five rebounds in the win.

•February 24, 2016•

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knight basketball beat Sangamon Valley’s Storm 44-42 in Friday, Feb 19 action in Arthur.

The Knights’ better shooting percentage from the field 16-34 to the Storm’s 16-44 was a boost to team performance.

ALAH hit 3-6 three pointers by three players with Sangamon Valley hitting 5-19 three pointers. Free throw percentage was 64 for ALAH hitting 9-14 with the Storm making 5-15.

Sangamon Valley pulled down 23 rebounds to the Knights 25 with ALAH turning the ball over 17 times to Sangamon Valley’s 11.

Sangamon Valley started the first quarter off with a 15-8 run over the Knights. Second quarter saw a  10 point tie with the Storm leading 25-18 at the half.

The Storm had a 13-11 third quarter with the Knights down 38-29 at the start of the fourth quarter.  ALAH kicked into high gear for a 15 -4 point fourth, resulting in the 44-42 win.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.