Troy University Athletics
Troy Wins At The Buzzer
3/5/2008 6:00:00 AM | Basketball (W)
Morrissy led the Trojans with 21 points, while Amy Lewis added 19 and Zena Lawrence 12.
The final 1:07 provided all the excitement either side would need.
Louisiana-Monroe had a chance to take the lead, but the ball went off of Shannon Lloyd's hands and out of bounds with 57.2 seconds to play. The Trojans then came down the floor and avoided a disaster on a pass that Lottie Moore and Audrey Muse battled for before
With 22.8 seconds remaining on the clock and 14 on the short clock,
The Trojans ran a play with Amy Lewis driving to the basket, unfortunately the Lady Warhawks countered with two defenders. The shot was short, and
After
LaJeanna Howard drained a long 3-pointer from the right wing with 2:20 to play to put Louisiana-Monroe up 63-62. However, the Trojans came right back down the floor and used a basket by Lewis to take a 64-63 lead with 2:02 to play in the contest.
Danielle Realph hit a 3-pointer for the Trojans, putting
After turnovers by Louisiana-Monroe and
However, the eight-point lead was trimmed to two when Regena Jackson drained a 3-pointer to trim the deficit to 60-58. After a missed 3-pointer by Lewis, Brittnie Davis and Realph battled for a loose ball and it led to a
On the
After leading for much of the first half, the Trojans watched as Louisiana-Monroe pounded the ball inside to Shannon Lloyd for three quick points and a tie game, at 34-all.
The two teams traded baskets inside on their next two possessions, until
The Trojans gave up the lead for the first time in 23:40 (since
The Trojans kept clawing at the lead, sticking to their game plan and feeding the ball inside. Unfortunately, so did Louisiana-Monroe to maintain their three-point advantage. Lewis connected on her first 3-pointer of the game with 10:36 to play in the contest to give
After a Troy basket gave the Trojans a four-point lead, Moore rebounded her own miss and put the ball in from close range to pull ULM to within 52-50; but Zena Lawrence answered on the other end with 8:31 to play.
From there, the two teams traded baskets ? yet again ? until Brittnie Davis converted on one-of-two free throws for a 55-52 lead.The first points of the game were scored via a technical foul call on the Trojans, when a uniform discrepancy was spotted by the official scorer on Laura Lee Holman's uniform number. Louisiana-Monroe was able to knock down the subsequent free throws and took a 2-0 lead. The Trojans were able to recover and took the lead on four consecutive points by Muse with 16:33 to play in the first half.
After Louisiana-Monroe jumped ahead on a Carrier 3-pointer, the Trojans went on a subsequent 10-0 to pull ahead of ULM, 16-7 with just over 10 minutes to play in the half. The Lady Warhawks turned to Moore, who scored five consecutive points to pull within four with just under 10 minutes to play in the opening half, 18-14. The two teams traded baskets on their next two possessions, until two Lewis free throws put the Trojans ahead by five with 7:44 to play in the opening half and LaJeanna Howard drained a 3-pointer with 6:41 to play to pull the Lady Warhawks back to within two at 22-20.
The lead stayed at two until Lloyd tied the game at 24-24 with 4:15 to play in the opening half on a turnaround jumper in the lane. The Trojans were able to take the lead back with 3:33 to play in the opening half when Lewis chased down a loose ball rebound and fed it to Morrissy for the easy basket, two of her 13 first half points. She stole a pass the next trip down the floor and converted on the lay-up with 3:11 to play in the opening, but left the floor injured on the play.
The Lady Warhawks trimmed the lead to as little as one point in the first half, when Lloyd connected on a lay-up with just 27 seconds remaining, trimming the lead to 32-31.
Lloyd led
