Macy Ticknor hit what would be the game winner with about 6 seconds left as CAM rallied to beat Audubon 52-50 in girls hoops on Thursday. The Class 1A 9th ranked Cougars found themselves down by 12 points heading into the fourth quarter on the road. The Cougars then turned up the defensive pressure to slow the Audubon offense and force some Wheeler turnovers to climb back in the game. Audubon scored 11 points in the fourth quarter but they all came from the free throw line. CAM eventually tied the game up at 48 and the teams traded single points to make it 50-all with a little over a minute left. The Cougars benefited from the possession arrow on a jump ball to get the ball back with just under a minute to play. The Wheelers allowed the Cougars to dribble the clock down to 13 seconds left and Coach Joe Wollum called a timeout to set up the final play. Zoey Baylor got the inbound pass in the corner then dribbled around to the top and down the right side of the lane. She drew defenders away from Macy Ticknor who she then lobbed the ball to for the winning bucket. Ticknor caught the pass, spun to the basket and finished. Aleah Hermensen had a chance at a long three for Audubon at the buzzer that was off the mark and CAM got the win.

Coach Wollum gave a lot of credit to Audubon for their strong effort but was proud of the way his team executed at the end of the game.

CAM lead after the first quarter 8-6 and the Wheeler led by just a point at 21-20 at halftime. The Wheelers then led 39-27 heading into the final quarter.

The Cougars were led by 17 points from Paige McAfee, 12 from Macy Ticknor, and 10 from Zoey Baylor. Star forward Madison Gettler sat much of the game with foul trouble and eventually fouled out late. The Cougars improved to 15-2 with the win and will host Glidden-Ralston on Friday night before traveling to Woodbine for a makeup game on Saturday.

The Wheelers were led by 16 points from Aleah Hermensen and 15 from Leah Subbert. Audubon is now 7-11 and will travel to Underwood for a makeup game on Saturday.