SPRINGVILLE - The Cedar Valley Christian girls basketball team, seeking its first victory of the season, trailed Calamus Wheatland by only one point with four minutes left in their ballgame Tuesday night in Springville.

Unfortunately for Cedar Valley, Shelby Hembera fouled out at that point and the Huskies dropped a 43-35 affair.

Hembera finished with 31 points and 20 rebounds for Cedar Valley (0-16, 0-8). The Huskies led at halftime for the first time all season, 22-21.

Rebecca VanderHeiden scored 25 points for Calamus-Wheatland 4-12, 2-6).

CAL-WHEATLAND (43): Diercks 0 1-2 1, Kauffman 1 0-0 2, Slattery 3 0-0 6, VanderHeiden 9 7-10 25, Koester 0 0-2 0, Luepker 0 3-4 3, Petersen 0 0-0 0, Banowetz 2 0-2 4, Cray 1 0-4 2. Totals 16 11-20 43.

CEDAR VALLEY (35): Hembera 9 13-17 31, Masterson 1 0-0 2, Lee 0 0-0 0, Fernandes 0 0-0 0, Chadima 1 0-0 2, Ceballos 0 0-0 0, Slagle 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 13-17 35.

Halftime - Cedar Valley 22, Cal-Wheatland 21. Cal-Wheatland none, Cedar Valley none.