Knights Squeak By Eagles

The New Glarus Knights boys basketball team hosted the Barneveld Eagles on Thursday, December 28th. Down by 13 points at the half, it seemed as if the Eagles were going to hand the Knights their first loss of the season. However, in the second half the Knights stepped it up on offense and defense and overcame a 19-point deficit with nine minutes left in regulation. With 35 seconds left in the game, junior guard Jaden Kreklow sunk a 3-point shot to put the Knights up by 2. The Knights won the game, 84-79. New Glarus outscored Barneveld in the second half, 57-39.
Jaden Kreklow scored 18 points during the game, including four 3-pointers, and was 0-2 from the free throw line. Cullen Brooks, who was 5-6 from the free throw line, put 17 points on the board, and Zach Feller, 6-7 from the free throw line, scored 16 points. Rounding out the double digit scoring on the night were Connor Siegenthaler, with 14 points – with 12 of those points coming from 3-point shots, and Trevor Gassman, who scored 11 points.
New Glarus hosted Platteville on January 2nd, and will host Waterloo on January 5th at 7:30 p.m.