2008 Woodie Awards
Breske's dominance gives Falcons all they need against big posts
By: Bill Bordewick
Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: Sports
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The sophomore forward paced the Falcons in the first half with 14 points and eight rebounds in helping build a 24-point halftime margin.
In the first seven minutes of the game alone, Breske accounted for seven points, two steals, one block and one rebound.
"Offensively, Tara [Breske] got us off to a great start," said BG coach Curt Miller. "I think our first half was the difference."
The BG difference-maker was definitely the performance of Breske and Kent State seemed powerless to stop her.
Breske credited her play to being able to find weaknesses in Kent State's defensive attack on the night.
"We just had to find the gaps in the zone, we had to keep finding the gaps and cutting into the holes," she said.
Breske finished the game with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the 85-57 Falcon victory last night.
But she did not just stop with the offensive end; she was also a force on the defensive end.
She wreaked havoc on Golden Flash players all night long with three steals and four blocks.
Some of Breske's rejections were "Dikembe Mutumbo-esque" in their emphasis - all she was missing was the finger wave.
Kent State players will probably be seeing Breske in their nightmares tonight. She was everywhere.
"This team has a lot of youth and a lot of inexperience, and sometimes that's a good thing at times," said BG guard Kate Achter of the young Falcons not feeling the pressure of the big stage.
Breske is one of those young players that Achter alluded to and she stepped when her team needed her.
The performance by Breske becomes even better knowing that it came against the Flashes big frontline.
Anna Kowalska, Chenel Harris and Ellie Shields form a very formidable frontline but Brekse was determined to not be denied on the night.
"I need to get tougher, I know I do," Shields said of playing against Breske the whole night. "It was sort of a battle between Tara Breske and me."
Breske did not even have to do any heavy lifting in the second half.
Given her tremendous performance in guiding the Falcons to such a cushy halftime margin she could sit back and enjoy the show.
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