Hornets senior forward, Emily Christensen said the winter break gave the team and herself more time to focus on basketball.

“We always are trying to focus on basketball as much as we can,” Christensen said.

Christensen said leisure reading was also big with her and the team.

“We have all been reading different books on our Kindles and passing around books,” she said. “Even people at the airport were giving us books to read.”

She said one book she read is Hunger Games, along with various mystery books that she was not able to read during the semester.

She was not able to participate in any other sports activities over the break due to the ongoing season, and said practices were shifted to later in the day to condition the team to the upcoming semester.

“I’ve just been relaxing and getting some sleep,” Christensen said.

When the team is in Sacramento over the winter break, she said they spend a lot of time with each other, including trips to the movies and getting ice cream.

“Lots of basketball and lots of hanging out at each other’s apartments, since most of us live together,” said Christensen.