BRAINTREE — Bishop Feehan can already boast to having one star participant in Stonehill-bound guard Mollie Mullen.
However Tuesday’s Catholic Central League ladies basketball matchup in opposition to Archbishop Williams proved the Shamrocks have one other star within the making in junior guard Addie Frenette.
Frenette delivered a sensational efficiency on the street as she netted a career-high 22 factors to go together with 5 assists to offer Feehan a needed offensive raise in a hard-fought 61-50 win over the Bishops at Volpe Gymnasium.
“I feel we simply need to know that we will’t depend on Mollie to be the star daily,” Frenette mentioned. “We’ve to have the ability to assist her out and search for different choices.”
Frenette stepped up on the offensive finish instantly with Archbishop Williams (0-1) holding Mullen, who was coming off a 30-point efficiency in Feehan’s season opener, to simply three factors within the first half.
Frenette scored in a wide range of methods, particularly with laborious drives to the basket, and he or she drilled a 3-pointer within the closing seconds of the second quarter to place Feehan (2-0) forward, 29-28, at halftime.
“I feel a lot of what she’s proven is an actual private progress and confidence,” Feehan head coach Amy Dolores mentioned. “Numerous what she did right here she’s had bits of it in her. So to sort of put all of it collectively, the arrogance to know when to assault and when it’s her flip as an alternative of deferring to the older children is admittedly cool to see.”
Feehan couldn’t create a lot separation from Archbishop Williams by means of three quarters — the Shamrocks’ largest lead over that span was 5 factors — as Merrimack commit Jenna Mishou (18 factors, 11 rebounds) and Addie Woodgate (13 factors) stored the Bishops inside hanging distance.
That was till the fourth quarter, when Frenette scored six straight factors to create somewhat wiggle room earlier than the highlight discovered Mullen.
Mullen scored seven of her 14 factors within the closing 2:20 of the sport to place the Bishops away as she sank a dagger 3-pointer earlier than changing a layup off a steal from Frenette and hitting a jumper as a part of a 10-0 run.
Mullen, who additionally registered 9 steals, spearheaded Feehan’s vaunted defensive effort, too, because the Shamrocks pressured 35 turnovers.
“We’ve a brand new id from the groups we had prior to now and hopefully we’ve discovered our power,” Dolores mentioned. “They did a great job actually shopping for in to the protection goes to offer us our offense.”
