 basketball season has officially begun for the BSU women. The beavers are one and oh on their young season but after a 7 and 20 campaign last year they're looking to make a big step forward this season. Beginning her second season as head coach of the beavers, Chelsea Deville says she's pleased with the progress her nine returning players have made from a year ago. Bringing in seven new kids they knew that there wasn't second chances gonna be coming around every game it was get better or you are going to potentially lose minutes or lose a spot and they took that very seriously I'm proud of how they came back. I think everybody's bought in a little more this year than we have the last couple everybody kind of knows the ropes and even the freshman are learning faster than what everybody last year it's not everybody learning it's just a select few. Deville and the beavers added seven new players this offseason but even with four seniors on the roster she still considers this a young team with some growing up to do. We are still a young team trying to mature yet and now bringing in this many new faces that can slow it down a little bit too but I have a lot of trust in you know each kids role when they do it right we just got to put it all together listen to details that she tells us to do work hard put 40 minutes together because we have a lot of talent and we just got to put it all together. However with four returners who shot at least 34% from deep and five six footers on the roster the team believes they can be a force to be reckoned with. This year we don't have a non-thread out there where they can just double down or you know take something away they're gonna have to pick and choose and it's our choice and it's our focus and decision to be disciplined and make the right read out of that. But only if they can consistently play strong on the defensive end of the court. When we do that I feel very confident in how we can potentially make some upsets or you know being more games this year but I'm not gonna give us enough credit until we start proving it day in day out defensively in practice. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.