LUANDA (Campeonato Nacional Feminino de Basquete/FIBA World Championship for Women) - Angola point guard Rosa Gala took some valuable experiences from the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, making her dream of achieving bigger and better things in her country's domestic competition.

Following her senior debut at Turkey 2014 - where she memorably hit a deep three-pointer against the champions USA that featured in the 10 best plays of the tournament - the 19-year-old believes she has learned a lot and will be a better player moving forward.

Gala was scoreless in Angola's first two games of the world championship against Serbia and China. But when the time came to go up against the best team on the planet came, she realised that chances like it don't happen very often and there was no room for fear.

"It's been a great experience. This is high-level competition and I had to make the most of it," said the 1.73m guard who plays for Angolan champions Primeiro D’Agosto.

Angola finished bottom of the 16-team competition in Turkey with a 0-3 mark, but for Gala it is all about moving on.

"I am sure the level of my game will be better now and I will be a better player also," she explained when asked to evaluate her performance and looking ahead to AfroBasket Women 2015 in Cameroon, where the Angolans will battle to defend their continental title.

The winner of that tournament will punch the only ticked on offer for African teams for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, while the teams that finish second and third will play in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women.

The Angolans, who made their Olympic debut a couple of years ago in London, will need to improve key aspects of their game in order to become the first African team to qualify to two consecutive Olympic Games since the DR Congo first represented the continent in 1996 Atlanta Games.

Gala also points to the team having to take its game to the next level.

"In Angola, we play very physical and officials let us play. (But) in the world championship, the rules are much stricter," she explained.

"Another aspect of our game that must be avoided is the over-dribbling. We struggled against those teams because their game is based on ball movement."

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