High intensity leads women’s basketball

Sophomore guard Lauren Prochaska drives to the basket. (Photo by Josh Leff \\ The DePaulia)When DePaul women’s basketball head coach Doug Bruno analyzes a season, he looks at progress in three different pillars.

The first is to learn how to win. The Blue Demons are off to a strong start in that regard. DePaul is 12-5, 4-0 to start the Big East and ranked No. 24 in the country.

The second, Bruno said, is to learn how to handle winning. To Bruno that means not getting ahead of themselves, not letting up leads and getting too happy when they win.

But it’s the third pillar that will test the Blue Demons for the last half of the season, and will be telling if DePaul can make history in advancing…