The Roland-Story Norsemen basketball teams returned to action on Tuesday night, as they host the Eagles of Saydel in Heart of Iowa Conference action at Roland-Story High School in Story City. The Roland-Story girls entered ranked #14 in Class 3A with a record of 4-1, while the Roland-Story boys entered ranked #3 in Class 2A with an unblemished 4-0 record.
The girls game opened action as the Norsemen used their full court press to force early turnovers and buckets to take a 12-2 lead after the first quarter. Saydel would respond in the 2nd, outscoring the Norsemen 13-6 in the frame to go into the halftime locker room trailing 18-15. The two sides would go blow for blow in the 2nd half, with Roland-Story up by 4 after the 3rd, and hitting clutch shots down the stretch to clinch a 52-42 victory. Claire Truesdell led the Norsemen with 16 points on the night.
Roland-Story’s boys followed, looking to continue their dominant start to the 2022-23 season against the Eagles. Darrin Berggren’s squad wasted no time in doing so, jumping out to a 24-6 lead after the first quarter, which ballooned to 51-16 at halftime. The Norsemen would keep the foot on the gas in the 2nd half, outscoring Saydel 35-24 in the half to cruise to an 86-40 victory. Isaiah Naylor would shine once again with 30 points, as Jonovan Wilkinson finished with 8 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
Roland-Story returns to action on Thursday night, when they travel to Grundy Center to take on the Spartans in non-conference action.