After the Bulls 2018 run to the sweet 16 they lost four starters and a key bench player. Dillard was the teams only returning starter, the school could have easily taken a step back and nobody would have put any fault on the players or coaches, the glut of graduation and slight rebuild is a part of college sports.
Especially when news hit that her teammate, Summer Hemphill, was going to be out for nearly the entire non conference slate.
But Dillard, who put a lot of effort into getting more athletic during the 2018 season, put the team on her back and carried them through the early stages of the season.