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DeKalb -- The women’s basketball team is hard at work, looking to improve on an injury-riddled 15-15 season.

“They are working hard from a strength and conditioning standpoint, and we do a lot in the weight room,” said Head Coach Lisa Carlsen. “From a basketball standpoint, we focus a lot on individual player development. We get four hours of them with a basketball in their hands per week in the summer, so we have them working with individual positional coaches, working on the basics of our offense and defense and acclimate the new kids a bit.”

Carlsen said a marked improvement will come from the Huskies having a healthy squad at the start of the season.