Staff photo by Steve Muscatello Daviney Dreckman of New Ulm High School looks to shoot the ball despite pressure from three Worthington defenders during the second half Tuesday at NUHS.

NEW ULM — For the first half of Tuesday’s Big South Conference girls’ basketball game, it looked like New Ulm was going to hang tough with Worthington.

But the Trojans (3-1, 3-1) turned it on in the second half, turning a 28-24 halftime lead into double digits and running away with a 62-45 victory over the Eagles (2-2, 1-2).

New Ulm was led by Daviney Dreckman’s 16 points and 11 rebounds. Ramsey Hopp and Morgan Hulke each finished with 8 points off the bench.

Tarren Spartz led Worthington with 23 points.

The Trojans grabbed a 10-4 lead early on as Spartz dominated inside. Spartz scored the first 13 points for the Trojans as they led 13-6 at one point, but the Eagles were scrappy and came back, cutting the deficit to 13-11.

The Eagles tied the game at 15-15 on a basket from Bryn Nesvold and Dreckman gave them their first lead at 17-15 with 4:45 left in the first half.

Later, a 3-pointer by Hopp upped New Ulm’s lead to 22-16 as the transition game worked well for New Ulm.

A 3-pointer from Laci Boomgarden put Worthington up 23-22, but Hopp’s basket made it 24-23 in favor of the Eagles later on. Worthington took a 28-24 lead into haftime, thanks to a late basket by Spartz just before halftime.

The Trojans’ experience took over as they went on a 7-2 run to start the second half to go up 35-26 and a steal and layup later put Worthington up 41-33. They took a 45-33 lead on a basket inside from Sophie Wietzema with 11:10 to go in the second half.

New Ulm hosts Waseca on Thursday in another Big South Conference game.