T.F. South’s Brie Hawthorne learns to play a rugged style from her father and brothers. ‘Tough love, really.’

T.F. South’s Brie Hawthorne learns to play a rugged style from her father and brothers. ‘Tough love, really.’

When T.F. South’s Brie Hawthorne grew up playing basketball with her father and brothers, things got pretty physical. She hit the concrete on more than one occasion, suffering some scrapes and cuts along the way. Unlike organized basketball, the game doesn’t stop for blood when the Hawthornes play. “Sometimes, I got hurt and they would be like, ‘You’ll be OK,’’’ Brie said. “Eventually I would get up and start playing again. “It’s just tough love…