Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State coach Katrina Merriweather would certainly make room on her roster if another Kim Demmings, Tay’ler Mingo or Chelsea Welch came along. Those former Raiders combined for four Horizon League player of the year awards from 2014-18.
But all of them were high-volume shooters who were forced to carry too much of the scoring load. If they had an off night, the team didn’t have a back-up plan.
That’s why she likes the makeup of her current roster. Opponents can’t really figure out who the top scorers might be because even the Raiders don’t know until the game unfolds.
“We’ve had players in the past that were really, really good, but I think that made it very easy for teams to make a decision (defensively). You either let them score all the points and stop everybody else, or you try to shut down that one player and make the other ones step up,” she said.
“Neither one of those is an option against us. You’ve kind of got to guard everybody, and that’s something we’ve been able to take advantage of.”
The Raiders (25-6), who won their first outright league title this season, have plenty of polished players but don’t have anyone averaging more than 11.8 points, which is indicative of how willing they are to share the ball.
Eight different players have led the team in scoring at least once this season. Taylor Mackenzie has done it 10 times, including twice as the co-leader, while Michal Miller has had seven games as the top point producer, Emily Vogelpohl five, Angel Baker five, Symone Simmons two, Tyler Frierson two, Imani Partlow one and Anisja Harris one.
