Troy University Athletics
Trojans Look to End Streak Against ULL
1/25/2008 6:00:00 AM | Basketball (W)
TROY, Ala. - The Troy University women's basketball team will look to end a pair of streaks when they play Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday afternoon.
Troy (9-10, 2-6 SBC) is in the midst of a three-game losing streak, their longest of the season, and have lost all three meetings in their history to Lousiana-Lafayette (5-13, 1-6 SBC). The Ragin' Cajuns are in the midst of a four-game losing streak, falling to South Alabama Wednesday night.
Game time is set for 3 p.m. at Trojan Arena, and can be heard locally on WTBF-94.7 FM.
GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Site: Troy, Ala.
Coliseum: Trojan Arena
Capacity: 4,000
National Rankings (AP/ESPN-USA Today): Troy (NR/NR); ULL (NR/NR)
Television: Visit www.troytrojans.com to watch today's game.
Radio: Today's game can heard on WTBF-94.7 FM and www.troytrojans.com.
Commentators: Play-by-play: Buddy Johnson; Color: Taylor Barbaree.
Internet: Visit www.troytrojans.com for live statistics.
Tickets: Visit www.troytrojans.com for more information.
Forecast: Partly Cloudy
Temps: High 60, Low 33
TROJAN STORYLINES
Troy will look to end a three-game losing streak and try for their first-ever victory against Louisiana-Lafayette today ... the last the Trojans lost three consecutive games, their were able to win back-to-back games (Fordham and North Texas) and register victories in three-of-their-next-four games (included is Florida Atlantic) ... the last the Trojans lost four consecutive games was last season when they dropped six consecutive games to close out the year ... the only common opponent in this losing streak and last season's is Arkansas-Little Rock ... today's game marks the first of three consecutive games against teams from the state of Louisiana for the Trojans; hosting Louisiana-Monroe on Thursday night and hitting the road to face New Orleans a week from Saturday ... today's game will mark the first time this season that the women have played after the men in a doubleheader.
ON THIS DATE IN TROY HISTORY
Troy is 6-4 all-time on this date in their history of playing women's basketball ... the first the Trojans played on this date was against Spring Hill College in 1980, the Trojans won that game 95-52 in Mobile ... the Trojans defeated the University of Montevallo 84-51 in 1981 at home ... the first loss on this date came against Valdosta State in 1982, falling 76-63 at home ... the Trojans fell again at home to West Alabama, 64-61, in 1986 ... Troy defeated Tuskegee at home, 87-74 in 1988 ... the Trojans defeated West Georgia 70-59 in 1993 at home ... the Trojans lost their first-ever game as a member of Division I to Youngstown State on this date in 1996, falling 87-69 ... the Trojans fell to Georgia State, 72-58, in 2000 ... they also fell to Jacksonville in 2001, 63-46 ... the Trojans have played twice on this date under current head coach Michael Murphy; defeating Belmont at home in 2005, 72-70, and Lousiana-Monroe 52-39 on the road last season.
