Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State women’s basketball coach Kari Hoffman took a vacation last week to Fort Walton Beach, Fla., with husband Jimmy and their three young kids. And other than getting sunburned on the first day, it was as refreshing as she hoped it’d be after such a trying first season.
She inherited 12 players from previous coach Katrina Merriweather — not counting the four stars who transferred as soon as Merriweather left. And not only did the team stumble to a 4-23 record, but there was non-stop strife internally.
Three players graduated and are using their free year of eligibility from the pandemic at other schools — two of them joining Merriweather at Memphis, giving her four former Raiders on the roster.
Four others are transferring. And another three quit or were dismissed during the season.
The only returning players are sophomore guards Channing Chappell (6.7 points per game) and Makira Webster (2.5).
“It was very challenging,” Hoffman said. “Obviously, we had our struggles on the floor, but I would say it was more (difficult) on the practice floor and off the court.”
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