Bowling Green State University Athletics
Breske Named MAC POW Days After Setting Career Point Tally
February 11, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 11, 2008
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Two days after scoring a career high 23 points, sophomore post player Tara Breske has garnered the title of MAC East Player of the Week. The award is the first for the Temperance, Mich. native as announced by the Mid-American Conference today, Monday, Feb. 11.
In the Falcons' 85-65 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday, Breske nearly double-doubled after finishing the game with nine rebounds and her double figure scoring effort. On the boards she pulled down two defensive and seven offensive rebounds while also contributing a steal and an assist in the conference start.
From the floor, she was 9-of-15 (.600) and was 5-of-7 (.714) from the free throw line. In the first half alone Breske connected on 7-of-10 shots and went on to contribute 16 of the Falcons 40 points in the paint versus the Huskies.
Since cracking the starting line-up six games into the season in the Falcons OT heartbreaker to Notre Dame, Breske leads the team with her 54.5 field goal percentage going 79-145 from the field. She averages 11.6 points since that Dec. 5 game and is good for an average of 5.6 rpg in 26.5 minutes.
Through those 17 starts, she has posted one true double-double (Dec. 21, Delaware) and three near double-double's in MAC play - a 17 point /eight rebound effort at Buffalo, a 12 point/ nine rebound game versus Ohio and most recently her 23 pts./ 9 reb. outing on Saturday. She has also scored in double figures in 10 games which she has started as a Falcon.
Wednesday (Feb. 13) Breske and the Falcons will travel to Central Michigan to not only close the western road portion of their schedule, but will also face MAC West POW Angel Chan. On Saturday Chan scored 15 points in overtime, including the first 11 by either team, against Kent State in CMU's first MAC win of the season. Chan hit three straight treys to start the extra frame and helped CMU pull away for an 87-70 OT win. The junior finished 8-for-16 from the floor, including 5-of-11 from long range, for a career-high 25 points.
The mid-week match will begin at 7:00 p.m. inside Central Michigan's Rose Arena.
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