JONESBORO — A year ago, Brian Boyer’s Arkansas State women’s basketball practices got going pretty quickly.
Boyer and his team would hit the floor, and within minutes they’d run through a few drills and often go right into five-on-five live scrimmages. Having five seniors made such a workout possible.
Now, ASU is a few weeks into a season in which it no longer has its top five scorers, many of whom were instrumental in it winning 73 games over the past three seasons. Now, the Red Wolves have eight freshmen and only three players who averaged more than five minutes per game a year ago.