Sydney Terveen develops into leader for O'Gorman girls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The O'Gorman girls claimed a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Brandon Valley 47-46 in the state championship. The Knights were fueled by junior Sydney Terveen, helping her to be named a Player of the Year Finalist.
Terveen does it all for O'Gorman. The junior averages 15 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals each game.
'Her ability to full court pressure, she'd so good in transition,' O'Gorman head coach Kent Kulsrud said. 'Great defensive player, so active with her hands, just has the ability to score in mutiple different ways. So, fabulous career to this point and is so excited to have her back for her senior year.'
Terveen logged 52 total points in their three state tournament games, including a game high 21 of O'Gorman's 47 total points in the title game.
'She just stepped up and made huge plays for us all season and certainly in the state championship this year, as well as last year,' O'Gorman head coach Kent Kulsrud said. 'She was huge, stepping up and making big plays, making big shots, just doing the things that, really, really good basketball players needed to be successful to win championships.'
Throughout the season it's been coach Kulsrud pouring into Terveen's winning mentality.
'Kulsrud would tell us, 'oh go 1-0 tonight', so I feel like that pushes us to do our best,' O'Gorman junior guard Sydney Terveen said. The championship game at half time we were down and then Kolsrud gave us a little motivational speech and just do it for the seniors. I feel like that really gave us the motivation to push through and finish strong.'
Terveen continues to find ways to improve, helping her to be named a Player of the Year finalist.
'I try to be more vocal and I'm still trying to do that, and I'll go home and shoot and just trying to make myself better to bring it back to practice and make the team better too,' the junior guard said.
She was the top scorer for the Knights squad logging 371 points this season. And we'll continue to unveil our Player of the Year finalists one day at a time. The winners will be unveiled in our Player of the Year Show on Saturday, April 26.
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