HOOVER, Ala. (WIAT) -- High school basketball is in full swing, and the Hoover Lady Bucs are on a mission to repeat as state champs with their senior captain leading the way. CBS 42's Athlete of the Week is Kaitlyn Gipson.
The senior point guard helped lead the Lady Bucs to two wins last week over Hazel Green and Carrolton to help the Lady Bucs improve to 12-2 on the season.
Gipson scored 39 points between two days of competition along with posting nine assists and four steals.
"It's hard to hold people accountable when you're not holding yourself accountable," said Krystle Johnson, Hoover Head Girls' Basketball Coach. "And I think that's one thing about Kaitlyn. She holds herself accountable. So, I think this year, we've kind of seen her come into her own being able to mess up but still hold people accountable and not be so hard on herself that she takes herself out of the game."
"When a team looks up to you, it's like 'I got to do this. I got to do that'. So, I think it's actually helping me as a person, too because it's like I have to be this certain person on the floor than when I'm outside the floor," Gipson said.