Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Jada Roberson looks around and wonders where all her friends have gone.
The Wright State junior guard is one of a handful of remaining veterans who stuck it out when coach Katrina Merriweather left for the next rung in the profession at Memphis.
It’s been a mass exodus. Merriweather took her entire staff and two key starters: leading rebounding and third-team All-Horizon League pick Tyler Frierson and all-freshman team selection Emani Jefferson.
Jefferson is second in scoring with a 10-point average, and Frierson is first in rebounding at six per game for the 14-11 Tigers.
First-team all-league guard Angel Baker left for Ole Miss, where she’s third in scoring with a 10.2 average. And Alexis Stover, who made 14 starts last season, transferred to Rice. She started eight games before suffering a season-ending ACL injury.
But the upheaval didn’t end there.
The Raiders started with 11 players this year and are down to eight because of defections. Student manager Jordan Stanley has been dressing for games because the program is so desperate for bodies.
