The Exira-EHK Spartans found themselves in an unfamiliar spot on their home floor on Friday night, they trailed heading into the fourth quarter. The CAM Cougars lead 46-44 heading into that final period. The Spartans rose to the challenge and outscored the Cougars 19-7 in the fourth quarter to pull out a 63-53 win. The lead changed 4 times in the second half as the two teams traded blows. The key stretch that made the difference for the Spartans was with a little over 4 minutes left in the game. The Spartans got a three from Ellie Schultes to take a 51-48 lead followed by two missed free throws from the Cougars with 4:39 left. The Spartans then connected on another three from freshman Tatum Grubbs with 4:10 left in the game to push the lead to 6 at 54-48. The Cougars would only get as close as 4 after that to close the game.

It was a back and forth battle throughout. The Spartans lead 20-17 at the end of the first and maintained a three point lead at 33-30 at half.

Exira-EHK got a big night from their interior players. Kealey Nelson finished with 23 points to lead all scorers and Sophia Peppers dropped in 18 points to go along with 6 rebounds for the Spartans. The Spartans won their 62nd straight conference game and improve to 5-0 on the season. They next travel to Paton-Churdan on Tuesday.

The Cougars strong effort was led by a double-double from Madison Gettler with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Macy Ticknor added 13 points for CAM as they fall to 5-2 on the year. The Cougars will host East Mills on Monday.