The Altamont Lady Indians bounced back from their first loss of the season earlier in the week with a 63-40 win over Central A&M at Lake Land College on Saturday. Altamont was able to get out to a 21-13 lead in the first quarter of the game and pushed that lead out to 33-20 at halftime. The Lady Indians would open up the game in the third quarter, outscoring A&M 18-10 to really take control with a 51-30 lead. After a 12-10 fourth quarter run, the Indians closed out the 23-point win. Altamont is now 8-1 on the season and will return to action on Monday when they host North Clay in National Trail Conference action. It will be a Varsity only contest starting at 7:00pm.
During the game, another milestone was reached by Altamont junior guard Grace Nelson. Entering Saturday’s matchup, Nelson needed just 25 points to break Ryan Armstrong’s all-time scoring record for Altamont High School of 1,690 points. After scoring 21 points in the first half, Nelson would break the record on her second basket of the third quarter and go on to finish the game with 33 points to set the new record at 1,699 and counting.
Altamont Scoring:
Grace Nelson – 33 points
Peyton Osteen – 10 points
Claire Boehm – 8 points
Remi Miller – 4 points
Libby Reardon – 3 points
Kaylee Lurkins – 2 points
Kylie Osteen – 2 points
Skylie Klein – 1 point
