A hibachi dinner, escape rooms and a baby shower for assistant coach Weston James and his wife; team bonding for the Arkansas State University women's basketball team has run the gamut this offseason, but the team-fusing events feature fewer players than before.
The Red Wolves' roster is down to seven players this spring, the product of another seven -- including leading scorer Jada Stinson and top rebounder Peyton Martin -- who have left since the close of the 2020-21 season in March. With a short roster, the Red Wolves started offseason workouts this month, and Coach Matt Daniel expects to as many as nine newcomers to join the program by the end of summer.