KENT, Ohio — Last spring, Monmouth University was searching for a playmaking guard.
Ginny Boggess and Geoff Lanier scoured the transfer portal and took a liking to a 5-foot-7 guard named Kendall Carruthers. But the duo received word that Carruthers wanted to play close to home, so they moved on.
Soon, Boggess was hired by the University of Toledo. She brought Lanier along as her top assistant, and as they assessed UT’s roster, it became apparent that acquiring a playmaking guard was at the top of the to-do list.
“So we went back through the database that we created for the portal,” Boggess said, “and [Lanier] said, ‘You know, that little guard from St.