Tribune-Star staff report
The Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE —
Brittany Voils had 16 points and Shyanne Elkins had nine points and nine rebounds Thursday as West Vigo closed out its 2012-13 girls basketball regular season with a 44-35 win over visiting Covington.
The Vikings took control by outscoring the Trojans 12-3 in the first quarter and led by 10 at halftime. Covington, led by Avery Chezem’s 16 points, cut the lead to five by the end of the third quarter but West Vigo pulled away.
COVINGTON (35) — Larsen 2-16 5-10 9, Chezem 5-19 4-8 16, Cooper 2-4 1-2 5, Foster 1-4 1-1 3, Tuggle 0-0 0-3 0, Kagels 0-4 2-4 2, Lopez 0 0-0 0, Wallace 0-1 0-0 0, White 0-0 0-0 0, McConkey 0-0 0-0 0, Phillips 0-1 0-0 0, Hanson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-49 FG, 13-28 FT, 35 TP.
WEST VIGO (44) — S.Elkins 3-7 3-4 9, L.Elkins 2-4 0-1 4, Voils 5-13 4-5 16, Edington 2-4 2-4 6, Lane 0-4 0-0 0, Byrley 0-2 2-2 2, Houser 2-7 0-3 5, Pietracci 1-1 0-0 2, Fox 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-42 FG, 11-19 FT, 44 TP.
Covington 3 11 13 8 — 35
West Vigo 12 12 8 12 — 44
3-point shooting — Covington 2-10 (Chezem 2-6, Wallace 0-1, Larsen 0-3), WV 3-12 (Voils 2-6, Houser 1-2, Edington 0-2, Lane 0-2). Total fouls — Covington 17, WV 24. Fouled out — Tuggle, L.Elkins. Rebounds — Covington 26 (Larsen 7, Cooper 7, Chezem 6), WV 38 (S.Elkins 9, L.Elkins 8, Byrley 6). Assists — WV 8 (L.Elkins 3, Voils 2, Lane 2, Edington.
Next — West Vigo (5-15) plays Greencastle at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Class 3A Brown County Sectional. Covington (10-10) plays Attica at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Class A North Vermillion Sectional.
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In other girls basketball:
n Northview 40, Bloomfield 39 — At Bloomfield, McKenzi Kumpf of the Knights got the game-winning basket with a second to play in a nonconference season finale.
Northview, now 8-13, begins Class 4A sectional play against the host team at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Terre Haute South. Bloomfield, 7-13, meets North Knox at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Class 2A Sullivan Sectional.
n Barr-Reeve 56, Linton 31 — At Linton, the host Miners managed just seven first-half points in a nonconference loss.
Joie Gadberry had 15 points for Linton, while Jenna Knepp led all scorers with 18 for the Vikings.
BARR-REEVE (56) — Knepp 8 0-1 18, Miller 3 0-0 7, Lengacher 2 0-0 5, Graber 3 1-2 7, Chestnut 1 0-0 2, Bullock 2 0-0 5, Pruett 0 1-2 1, Rhorer 1 1-2 3, Jones 1 0-0 2, Cummings 1 0-0 3, Swartzentruber 0 1-2 1, Taylor 1 0-0 2, Coudret 0 0-0 0, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Duval 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 FG, 4-9 FT, 56 TP.
LINTON (31) — Johnson 2 0-0 4, Parker 3 0-0 8, Booe 0 0-0 0, Gadberry 6 2-3 15, Nash 2 0-3 4, Swiger 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0, Cole 0 0-0 0, Bowman 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 FG, 2-6 FT, 31 TP.
Barr-Reeve 12 13 23 8 — 56
Linton 4 3 8 16 — 31
3-point goals — Knepp 2, Miller, Lengacher, Bullock, Cummings, Parker 2, Gadberry. Total fouls — BR 9, Linton 7. Fouled out — none.
Next — Linton (4-17) plays South Knox at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Class 2A Sullivan Sectional. Barr-Reeve (16-4) hosts its own Class A sectional and plays North Daviess on Tuesday.
