Turnaround
in motion
By Mike
Kilroy
Eagle Staff Writer
BUTLER TWP — Alyssa Eyth emerged from
The junior guard/forward for the
Eyth and her Golden Tornado teammates got beat
up a lot last season.
So far this year, Eyth and
“Yeah, you could say a big difference from last
year,” Eyth said, a beaming smile on her face. “We're
just starting to click, playing hard and playing well together.”
The Golden Tornado hit 13 3-pointers and shot a
scorching 65 percent from behind the arc.
They made more 3-pointers than Latrobe, which
came in averaging 68 points per game, had field goals (12).
“We're starting to get it,” Eyth said.
Eyth missed a large chunk of last season
recovering from a knee injury. Now 100 percent, she has been one of the
difference makers for
Eyth was 4-for-4 from the field — including two
3-pointers — and 2-for-2 at the line for 12 points against Latrobe.
Eyth serves a special role for the Golden
Tornado as a hybrid guard/forward.
“One of the toughest things to be is be the hybrid that can play inside and outside,” Lewandowski
said. “We talked to her and told her she's our point forward — she can get that
ball and zip it out. When it hits her hands, she can score, but what she does
so well is she can find people.”
Eyth and her teammates found Kylee Lewandowski a
lot.
The 6-foot freshman scored a game-high 20 points
and hit six of the 3-pointers.
She hit three of them in the first two minutes
of the second half.
Seven players scored for
“You never want to look back, but you have to to
keep evaluating,” Coach Lewandowski said. “Every game I feel like we're getting
a little better. We keep chipping away. The older girls are doing a great job
with the younger girls who are just getting their first experience.”
“We're having fun,” said Rader. “It definitely
feels good, but our halftime score isn't the final score and we had to come out
and do it again in the second half.”
The Golden Tornado also limited Latrobe's
leading scorer, Laura Graytok — who scored 40 against
“What is giving us opportunities is we continue
to guard,” Coach Lewandowski said. “When you continue to guard, what happens is
you can weather storms when you're not shooting well.
“All the credit goes to the girls,” the coach
added. “They want it.”
LATROBE 38
Emily Stein 1-12 3-4 5, Alex White 2-4 2-3 6,
Laura Graytok 2-7 2-2 7, Mackenzie Marckle 2-4 1-2 6, Bethanny Havrillo 1-3 1-1
3, Regan McCracken 2-6 2-2 7, Sydney Mizikar 0-0 0-0 0, Carly Augustine 1-1 1-2
3, Kayla White 0-0 0-0 0, Lex Pynos 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 12-39 12-16 38.
BUTLER 68
Audrey Hilliard 3-6 0-0 7, Mia Rader 3-4 0-0 9,
Alyssa Eyth 4-4 2-2 12, Kylee Lewandowski 6-11 2-3 20, Jenna Kunst 2-6 4-4 8,
Nicole Peppmeyer 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Kaufman 0-1 0-0 0, Julia Gibson 4-4 1-2 9,
Morgan Gage 0-1 0-0 0, Sydney hanratty 1-1 0-0 3, Heidi Gross 0-0 0-0 0, Emilee
Altman 0-1 0-0 0, Emma Monteleone 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 23-40 9-11 68.
Latrobe 5 13 8 12 — 38
Butler22 23 16 7 — 68
3-point goals: Latrobe 2 (Grayock, McCracken);