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.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 47, Kuemper Catholic 36
Harlan 47, Nodaway Valley 36
Shenandoah 62, Fremont-Mills 35
St. Albert 63, Creston 50

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 52, Audubon 50
Glidden-Ralston 55, Ar-We-Va 45
Ogden 50, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
Paton-Churdan 48, Collins-Maxwell 36

Corner Conference

Sidney 65, South Page 18
Stanton 52, Essex 32

Pride of Iowa Conference

Southwest Valley 59, Bedford 33

Other Scores

Ankeny Christian Academy 52, Orient-Macksburg 38

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 64, St. Albert 59
Denison-Schleswig 81, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 49

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 56, CAM 44

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 55, Glidden-Ralston 15
Ogden 58, Coon Rapids-Bayard 46

Corner Conference

Stanton 64, Essex 29 (Stanton Coach Kevin Blunt’s 400th career win, Vikings clinch Corner Conference Title)

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 81, Southwest Valley 41

Other Scores

Carroll 73, Perry 49
Orient-Macksburg 51, Southeast Warren 50

Creston/O-M, Harlan at Lewis Central

Harlan 45, Creston/O-M 30
Harlan 40, Lewis Central 29
Creston/O-M 41, Lewis Central 26

Denison-Schleswig at Storm Lake

Storm Lake 72, Denison-Schleswig 6

Boone, Norwalk, Carroll at CB Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson 36, Boone 28
Thomas Jefferson 35, Carroll 32
Norwalk 65, Thomas Jefferson 12

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released the Class 4A and 5A regional basketball pairings. Regional tournaments for those classes begin with first round play on Wednesday, February 13th. Semifinals are February 16th. Finals are February 19th.

In Class 4A area teams are in Region 2. Winterset opens at Dallas Center-Grimes. The winner of that game plays at Denison-Schleswig. Harlan is at Glenwood in the first round with the winner traveling to Lewis Central.

In Class 5A Thomas Jefferson will play at Abraham Lincoln in the first round with the winner traveling to Urbandale.

Full brackets below.

Class 4A Regional Pairings

Class 5A Regional Pairings

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team’s road matchup with Michigan, originally scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 1, at 11 a.m. (CT).

The game will no longer air on the Big Ten Network. Details on a live stream and radio coverage are still to be determined.

The postponement was made due to continuing inclement weather and the University of Michigan remaining closed until early Friday morning.