
ARCANUM – The Covington Lady Buccs defended their home court, winning the Covington Holiday Basketball Tournament with a 43-37 win over the Arcanum Lady Trojans.
“There’s going to be ups and downs with the youth we have, but no more excuses on that because we’re halfway through the season,” Arcanum coach Abbey Moore said. “It’s to the point now where they’re not freshmen anymore, so I’m not giving them that excuse anymore.”

“They must grow up and learn from their mistakes,” Moore continued. “I want to see them grow throughout the year. I don’t want to see them get discouraged because there will be times of adversity. We have to get stronger; we have to grow and move forward. I’m proud of the girl’s fight.”
The game highlighted Covington senior Maggie Anderson and Arcanum senior Alexis Gibbons, both signees with IU East to play basketball for the Lady Red Wolves basketball program next year.
Covington took the opening period 17-10, and Arcanum bounced back, taking period No. 2 by a 16-8 score, sending the teams to the break with the Lady Trojans holding a slim one-point 16-15 advantage.

The Lady Buccs outscored Arcanum 11-7, including back-to-back Maggie Anderson 3-pointers in the third to lead 36-33 with one quarter to play.
Arcanum struggled from the field in the fourth period, only going 4-6 at the free throw line and dropping the non-conference holiday tournament game to Covington.

“We did a good job defensively at times, but we struggled to score in the second half,” Coach Moore noted. “We have to figure that out. We have to figure out how to put more points up.”
Gibbons led Arcanum and all scorers with a game-high 16 points.
BOXSCORE:
COVINGTON 43, ARCANUM 37
COVINGTON – E. Johnson 13, M. Anderson 11, A. Koffer 9, D. Murphy 9 – TOTALS 10 5-12 6 43
ARCANUM – A. Gibbons 16, C. Long 8, M. Noe 5, G. Wooten 4, A. Leeper 2, F. Wooten 2 – TOTALS 8 6-8 5 37
3-POINTERS
Covington 6 (M. Anderson 2, E. Johnson 2, A. Koffer 1, D. Murphy 1)
Arcanum 5 (A. Gibbons 4, M. Noe 1)
SCORE by QUARTERS
17-08-11-07 43 Covington
10-16-07-04 37 Arcanum