"Coach was with a team that came on tour to play against colleges and played against Bobby Knight's team and has been here at Assembly Hall, which is crazy to me." From transfer to veteran for Cardano-Hillary "It was great to actually get a feel for the coaches and stuff while working out individually," Gulbe said. To that end, Gulbe spent part of her summer in her home country of Latvia playing with the national team under new coach Gundars Vetra, who played at Assembly Hall in an exhibition game in the 1990s as part of an international playing career with VEF Riga, CSKA Moscow and others, as well as one year with the Minnesota Timberwolves. "I'm taking it year by year and hoping to progress even more and help the team even more." "Definitely (something I can do)," she said. Grabbing double-digit boards in three of four NCAA games is a starting point for this year. That included a career-high 15 during the NCAA Tournament against Belmont. The 6-3 senior forward is also coming off the best rebounding season of her career, averaging 6.2 per game. "My shooting percentage, working a lot in the post and finishes, also my ballhandling," she said. "All the normal stuff - conditioning, being agile so as a tall player so we can use mismatches." Her frontcourt mate Aleksa Gulbe has a laundry list. I've just been trying to work on the mentality that a miss is OK and not let it affect the next shot I take." Gulbe looking for the next level "I'm not somebody that likes to miss, so if the ball doesn't go in it's hard for me to shoot it again. "It's definitely a mental block for me shooting-wise," she said before going out and nailing a pair of 3s as part of the Hoosier Hysteria skills competition. Now Holmes knows the challenge isn't just physical. The effort to expand her offensive range began a year ago but translating it to games was a challenge. So just getting used to that and building off of my cardio and my strength, just getting stronger and quicker on defense." "Last year I was starting to get comfortable behind the arc, then this year it is shooting at game speed and being ready in a game because I know I'm a little more sped up when I play. "I've always tried to make my shot better and get comfortable and confident with that," she said.
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