Troy University Athletics
Troy Hits the Road to MTSU
12/19/2008 6:00:00 AM | Basketball (W)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The Troy University women's basketball team will open play in the Sun Belt Conference Saturday night on the road against the preseason favorite to win the conference's Eastern Division. Game time is set for 7 pm at the Murphy Center on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University.
Troy is coming off a slim 63-61 loss at George Washington Tuesday. Kylie Morrissy, the Trojans' leading scorer at 15.8 ppg, led all players with 20 points against the Colonials. Donette McNair gives head coach Michael Murphy's squad a pair of players in double figures with 12.4 ppg.
"They nearly pulled off a big win at George Washington," Middle Tennessee coach Rick Insell said. "Mike Murphy does a good job - I've always said he's one of the better coaches in our conference. The young ladies that play for him know how to play the game. The fundamentals are important to them and they do a good job carrying out those fundamentals."
Middle Tennessee has won its last two games, including Tuesday's 62-53 victory over Austin Peay. The Blue Raiders, who carry an overall record of 7-4 into the contest, are 6-1 at home this season and their 34-1 home conference mark the last four seasons ranks second nationally.
MT has won all eight meetings in the series with Troy. Coach Insell has a 6-0 record against the Trojans since taking the reigns of the program prior to 2005-06.
"It's going to be another tough game for us. We are going to have to bring our A game and play just as hard against Troy as we did against Indiana, Oklahoma and Tennessee and others to get the first win in the conference."
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