(Anita) Thursday night brings a big non-conference clash for the CAM girls basketball team. The Cougars will host #14 Stanton.
The Viqueens eliminated the Cougars in the regional semifinals last year by a score of 56-47. Coach Joe Wollum believes this challenging non-conference matchup comes at a good time for his team. “We are still trying to find ourselves and what our identity is for this year. We’ve been trying a lot of different things and mixing it up, but we need to settle in on a few things. It’s a quality opponent and one that’s had our number the last few years. We get them at home and we are excited. We are trying to play our best basketball as we head towards the postseason.”
CAM is 11-5 and Stanton is 15-2. “They have some quality players. You have to limit the (Jenna) Stephens girls and what she can do. She can post you up. She can step out and hit the three. We have to make sure we contest her. Marleigh Johnson, the point guard, is always giving us fits. We have to do a good job on her. She also does a good job on the defensive end. She’s long and can get a lot of deflections for take care of the ball on our end and knock down some shots. On defense we have to limit them to one shot per possession.”
Coach Joe Wollum’s squad has won 4/5 including a 66-21 decision over West Harrison on Tuesday.
CAM has just five regular season games remaining. Regional tournament play will start on Thursday, February 9th.
CAM coach Joe Wollum:
