Troy University Athletics
Trojans Prep for 2004-05 Season With Exhibition Game
11/11/2004 12:00:00 AM | Basketball (W)
Troy, Ala. -- The Troy University women's basketball team will have a final tune-up for the 2004-05 season when it hosts Perik Jumper, a team from the Netherlands, in an exhibition game Thursday at 7 p.m. in Trojan Arena.
The Trojans return three starters from last year's team that finished 11-17 and 10-10 in the A-Sun. Despite the returning experience, the Trojans are a young team, with seven first- and second-year players on the roster.
Included in that group are sophomores Laura Lee Holman and Audrey Muse. Last year Holman was named the A-Sun Freshman of the Year, and Muse was selected to the conference all-freshman team.
One position where the Trojans are not young is at point guard, where three-year starter Kerri Fiehrer returns for her senior season. Fiehrer was a second-team all-conference selection in 2004. She led the A-Sun in assists in both her sophomore and junior seasons, and she holds the Troy Division I record for career assists.
Also returning is junior forward Alecia Jones. The Dothan, Ala. averaged more than nine points per game and led the Trojans with 7.2 rebound per game last season.
The other returnees are senior guard Laurie Tinsley, sophomore forward Velensia Hairston, junior forward Shasta Cross, and senior center Kandice Kirk.
Freshmen Rebecca Corbett, Myra Farr and Amy Lewis are the Trojans' only newcomers. Farr, a 6-1 forward from Pontotoc, Miss., earned honorable mention all-state honors from The Clarion Ledger after averaging 12.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game during her senior season. Corbett and Lewis come to Troy from Australia, where their Eltham club team won the 2003 under-18 Victorian state championship. Corbett, a 6-1 forward/center from Beverage, Victoria, was named most valuable player of the championship game. Lewis, a 5-9 guard from Hamilton, Victoria, is a member of the under-20 Australian National Team.
