PERU — With four starters from last year graduated and only three players returning that played big minutes, St. Bede girls’ basketball head coach Tom McGunnigal isn’t looking for the same squad as the year before.

What he is looking for is this year’s squad to carry on the Lady Bruins tradition that each of McGunnigal’s teams have been able to do in each of his first 14 years at the helm.

“I’m looking for the girls to get better day by day and to go hard all the time without taking plays off,” McGunnigal said. “Good things can happen with hard work. I think we’re going to be a tough team to beat and we’re going to surprise some people.”