The Arizona women's basketball team inked a recruit on national signing day.

Rachael Schein, from Centennial High School in Las Vegas, Nev., sent in her letter today, much to the pleasure of head coach Joan Bonvicini.

"She is a real good player, tough as nails," Bonvicini said. "The best way I can characterize her game is intense and tough. I saw her for the first time in April in Phoenix. I was very impressed with her fundamentals. From that point on, I followed her everywhere."

Schein averaged 14 points per game and is an extraordinary student, Bonvicini said.

Though at times the full-court and half-court presses in Monday's exhibition did not work out exactly as Bonvicini had planned, it is clear she still wants her team to get up and down and pressure the ball as much as possible.

The Wildcats used a full-court as well as a half-court trap defense, which gave the visiting Czech team some problems, but was unable to force many turnovers in the first half of Monday's 90-69 victory over Strakonice.

In the second half, the Wildcats' depth wore down the visitors, thanks to the abundance of guards.

"I like our full-court press," junior guard Amy Grzyb said. "We have a lot of depth, so that is really going to help us."

After shooting 46 percent in the first half, Strakonice was held to 38 percent including 5-of-15 from three-point range.

Senior guard Julie Brase has returned to practice for the first time in a week, Bonvicini said. Brase suffered a deep muscle contusion in the Red-Blue scrimmage two weeks ago. Brase was able to see limited action, but will see more as the week rolls on.

Associate head coach Denise Dove Ianello must be in heaven. The former guard from Northern Illinois has all the guards she can handle this season.

The all-time career assist leader at NI, said she does what she can to help the guards benefit more from the program.

"I try and pass little things along," Ianello said. "Like Jerry Rice knows the tricks in football, is the same thing that I would teach. I know a lot of little tricks."

The Arizona roster currently boasts six true guards, and three to four others that can play both at the guard or forward position.

Redshirt freshman Shawntinice Polk will bring more to Arizona's lineup than scoring and rebounding. Associate head coach Denise Dove Ianello said that Polk would allow for a more open game for the Arizona guards.

Ianello said that as more teams pay attention to Polk in the paint, the perimeter will open up for the guards. The key is Arizona taking advantage of it.

"Most teams will play Polkey straight up," Ianello said. "When they start to double her or go into a zone, that's when the guards will have to step up. We know that the teams will be keying up on Polkey and that will be the guards time to shine."