Photo courtesy Jackson Bissell

The CAM Cougars girls basketball team will get the chance to test their skills on the State Tournament stage on Wednesday night with a match-up against Montezuma in the Class 1A Quarterfinals. We’ll have coverage of first appearance at State for the Cougars since 1997 on KJAN.

CAM comes into the game playing their best basketball of the season. The 21-2 Cougars dominated from wire-to-wire in their Regional final win over Colo-Nesco 66-29. The Cougars moved the ball well, played great pressure defense, and shot the light out in that win big win. CAM Head Coach Joe Wollum talked about the spot the Cougars are in right now.

CAM is averaging 67 points per game as a team and has two players that average double figures in seniors Madison Gettler (19.5ppg) and Paige Mcafee (13.3ppg). Coach Wollum said the team isn’t just settling for making the state tournament, they want to make some noise and have been focused on the work they need to do.

The Montezuma Braves are 21-2 on the season as well and are back in the state tournament for the second straight season. The Braves are averaging 58 points per game and also have two players averaging in double figures. Future Iowa Hawkeye Shateah Wetering leads the way with 19.2 points per game and fellow senior Riley Gatton averages 11.1 points per outing. Braves Head Coach Janel Burgess said they like to play a similar style as the Cougars.

We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN with pregame at 5:45pm and tip-off set for 6:45pm. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call from Des Moines.