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Arcanum
junior Morgan Buck grabs a rebound over National Trail’s
Tiffany Jordan Thursday.
The Trojans went to 1-2 on the season and 0-1
in the Cross County Conference losing 64-19 to
the Lady Blazers. CNO
Photo by George Starks.
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Turnovers haunt Lady
Trojans
O’Donnell out with early foul trouble
Other Girls basketball... Tri-Village and Missinawa Valley post wins
By George Starks
ARCANUM - Coming off a second game win in the Burkett Tournament, the
Arcanum Lady Trojans were looking to make it two wins in a row.
National Trail had other ideas.
With sophomore Abbey O’Donnell on the bench in foul trouble most of the
night, Arcanum just couldn’t seem to get it together. Couple that with
11 first quarter turnovers (29 on the night) the Trojans found
themselves in a hole right from the beginning.
In the end, the Lady Blazers handed Arcanum a 64-19 Cross County
Conference loss.
“I’m proud of my girls,” said Trojans coach Rachael Fearon. “They went
out there and the hustled and worked hard. We have a lot of work to do
but we continue to work hard in practice. That’s all we can do.”
The woes started for the Trojans early when O’Donnell was forced to sit
the at the 3:27 mark of the opening frame with two personal fouls.
Trailing 13-0, Fearon put her sophomore back in and O’Donnell get the
first bucket for the Trojans with 32 seconds showing on the clock.
With eight minutes in the books, the Trojans trailed 15-2.
The second quarter would get no better with O’Donnell getting her third
foul at the 5:44 mark and would be forced to sit the rest of the half.
By the break, the Blazers were well in command, holding a 31-6 lead.
“We need Abbey in there to crash the boards for us,” said Fearon. “She
is a big part of our offense and with her in foul trouble, we get
nothing on the offensive end. Abbey is a presence in the middle for us.”
With O’Donnell out of commission, Rebecca Deniston stepped up, trying
to fill the gap left by O’Donnell.
“She worked hard in there tonight and she busted her backside,” Fearon
said. “She gave us all she had. She got in there, powered through. She
knew what she had to do and she did it.”
During half-time, Fearon made adjustments but it just wasn’t to be. As
the third quarter unfolded, O’Donnell picked up her fourth immediately,
putting her back on the bench.
“We knew we had to start getting into our half court, offensive set if
we were going to make a serious run at the game,” said Fearon. “So the
quicker we can get the ball down the floor before the defense can get
set, the better off we are. Again, with Abbey gone, that hurts because
it takes us out of our flow.”
Now 1-2, the Trojans will travel to Troy today to face Troy Christian.
The Trojan junior varsity built a 26-10 lead at the half and was forced
to hold on to get a 36-30 victory.
Around the county, Ft. Recovery popped Greenville 57-40, Versailles
lost to New Knoxville 52-34, Ansonia went to 0-3 with a 57-29 loss to
Newton. Tri-Village remained undefeated, topping Lehman Catholic 69-49
while Mississinawa Valley pounded Bethel for the Lady Hawks’ first win
of the season, 63-20.
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