An entire practice devoted to shooting might sound like an easy day at the gym.

The University of Hawaii found out otherwise early this week as the Rainbow Wahine basketball team began preparing for Saturday’s game against Brigham Young-Hawaii.

The Rainbow Wahine shot 34.6 percent from the field over a three-game losing streak, so coach Laura Beeman began the week by having the team focus on putting the ball in the net under various pressures.

Miss a layup, fall short of a certain percentage or don’t make enough shots under a time limit? Start running.

"It wasn’t a light practice at all," UH senior Shawna-Lei Kuehu said. "It was definitely you have to get better, work on your technique, get your conditioning, do it at game pace. We missed a lot of shots at game pace and that comes with practicing at game pace."

Said Beeman: "There was some pressure on it. There were some expectations on it and there were definitely consequences."

A week after suffering a home loss to Pacific, the Rainbow Wahine (4-4) will look for a sharper shooting performance on Saturday when they play host to the Division II Seasiders (3-2) at the Stan Sheriff Center to close UH’s seven-game homestand.

Kuehu leads the Wahine with 13.5 points per game while shooting 41.5 percent and is closing in on a personal milestone. A 19-point performance in the loss to UOP left her 15 away from reaching 1,000 points for her career.

"It’s kinda cool coming up on it, but honestly I haven’t thought about it much," said Kuehu, who also passed the 500-rebound mark earlier this season. "It’s definitely a milestone and I’m humbled I’m able to reach something other great players have reached before. But I have to attribute that to the teams I’ve been a part of the last six years."

As far as trying to join the program’s 1,000-point club this week, Kuehu said, "If that happens, it happens."

The more prominent priority is helping the team get back on track after dropping three straight, matching the longest skid in Beeman’s three-year tenure.

While the Wahine are putting last week’s loss to UOP behind them, tracing its causes is the first step in correcting the issues.

"Coach Beeman said she just wants to take an eraser and remove Saturday’s game but not completely forget about it," senior point guard Morgan Mason said. "We know what we need to do and we just want to learn from it and try not to let it happen."

The Wahine also worked on refining their on-court chemistry after a disjointed performance against UOP.

"Everybody was thinking they had to take it upon themselves to make the big play," Kuehu said. "That’s what it comes down to. Although good intentioned, it takes us collectively as a pack to drive forward."

Along with shooting a higher percentage, Beeman said the Wahine need to improve on defending against 3-point shooters. UH’s last three opponents shot a collective 53.8 percent (28-for-52) from behind the arc.

The Wahine will face a BYUH team that makes an average of just under seven 3-pointers per game under second-year coach Craig Stanger. Farrington graduate Brydgette Tatupu-Leopoldo leads the Seasiders with 14 3-pointers in 31 attempts and averages a team-high 14 points per game. Point guard Celeste Claw follows with 12.8 points per game and is 10-for-25 from 3-point range.