3
times the fun
Bresnahan
records triple-double in Butler win over NH
By John Enrietto
Eagle Sports Editor
BUTLER TWP— For the second time in three days, the
But the Olivia Bresnahan Show was just beginning.
The freshman point guard secured a triple-double Monday night — scoring 15
points and grabbing 12 steals and 11 rebounds — in the Golden Tornado's 46-25
triumph over North Hills.
Bresnahan was called upon to fill a bigger role on the court Monday when senior
guard Maria Baroffio missed the game with a sprained ankle.
"I talked to Olivia before the game about having to step up her game —
then she did it,"
"She reminds me a lot about Amy (Achesinski) when she was a freshman. She
just wants to learn all she can about the game and she already knows basketball
so well."
Achesinski paced the Tornado with 19 points and added seven rebounds of her own
Monday. The senior center now has 1,433 career points with five regular season
games remaining.
The Tornado (15-3, 5-2) won their third straight game with a quick opening
quarter. North Hills (4-15, 0-8) turned the ball over 10 times in the first
eight minutes as
Bresnahan was in the middle of that spurt, sinking an 8-footer off a turnover
and two layups off transition plays. The latter bucket came off a Bresnahan
steal near mid-court. She laid the ball in just before the buzzer.
The Tornado had a 28-16 edge in rebounds. North Hills had 22 turnovers to
North Hills dropped its fifth straight game and also has gone five consecutive
contests without a player reaching double-digits in scoring.
"If you don't have an all-section player and somebody pretty good to
accompany her in this section, it's brutal,"Indians coach Tom Sandherr
said.
Formerly the junior varsity coach, Sandherr replaced George Vlassich as North
Hills' head coach five games into the regular season. Vlassich resigned for
family reasons.
The Indians are 2-12 under Sandherr.
After scoring 28 points in the first half,
""I wanted us to get off to a quick start tonight, and we did,"
Epps said. "Teams like North Hills can be dangerous because they're coming
in here with nothing to lose."
NORTHHILLS 25
Tara Veverka 2-4 2-2 6, Katie Wilson 2-3 0-1 4, Gabrielle Marshall 2-7 1-2 5,
Alison Wahl 0-2 0-0 0, Chrissy Harding 0-0 0-0 0, Juli O'Connell 0-3 0-0 0,
Courtney Waters 1-3 0-0 2, Bethany Alabek 3-5 0-0 6, Jamie Harkness 1-7 0-0 2.
Totals: 11-34 3-5 25
BUTLER 46
Rachel Barry 0-6 3-4 3, Karissa King 0-4 0-0 0, Olivia Bresnahan 4-8 7-14 15,
Becky Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Liz Schultz 0-3 0-0 0, Katherine Sylvia 1-1 0-0 2, Amy
Achesinski 7-11 5-6 19, Erica Miller 1-4 1-2 3, Rachel Doutt 1-2 0-0 2, Jenna
Manuel 0-1 0-0 0, Ashley Onufrak 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 15-42 16-28 46
North Hills 2 7 6 10—25
Butler 14 14 9 9—46
3-point goals: None
JV: Butler, 44-23 (B-Jenna Manuel 12, Becky Smith 9; NH-Tara Veverka 6)