Troy Women Travel to Belmont

TROY, Alabama – After seven days between games, the Troy women's basketball team returns to the court on Sunday for a tough road test against Belmont at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tenn. Tipoff between the Trojans and Bruins is set for 4 p.m.

The game can be seen for free on the OVC Digital Network. Links to that broadcast, live stats and free live audio can be found at TroyTrojans.com. Fans in Troy can also hear the game on WTBF 94.7 FM. For live in-game updates on Twitter, follow @TroyTrojansWBB.

Thus far this season, Troy (2-1) has sandwiched a very close road loss at Samford between two big home wins over non-Division I members. The Trojans most recently won huge over Fort Valley State, 118-72, at Trojan Arena last Sunday.

In that game, Troy had seven score in double figures, including a team-high 15 points from both of its true freshman, Amahni Upshaw and La'Tia Fils-Aime'. Upshaw recorded the Trojans' first double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds. It was the first double-double by a Troy freshman since Ashley Beverly Kelley had one at Middle Tennessee in 2012-13.

Beverly Kelley, now a senior and Mid-Major All-American, enters as the Sun Belt's leading scorer at 23.3 points per game, ranking 10^th in the NCAA. She had a season-low 13 points against Fort Valley State, but flirted with a triple-double with nine assists (zero turnovers) and seven rebounds. Beverly Kelley also ranks second in the Sun Belt in steals (3.7/g) and assists (5.0/g).

As a team, Troy leads the Sun Belt in scoring (96.7/g), FG percentage (50.5), 3-pointers (8.3/g), 3-point percentage (35.7), assists (21.7/g), assist-turnover ratio (1.2), steals (15.7/g) and turnover margin (+9.7). Under Chanda Rigby, Troy has led the Sun Belt in scoring in each of the last three seasons.

Belmont (4-1) is a perfect 3-0 at the Curb Event Center this season. The Bruins lone loss of the season came on the road at nationally-ranked Ohio State.

The Bruins most recently traveled to Huntsville, Ala., on Tuesday and blew out Alabama A&M, 78-28. After leading 19-14 after the first quarter, Belmont held the Bulldogs to just 14 points in the remaining three quarters.

Belmont dominated on the glass, outrebounding Alabama A&M, 41-15. On the season the Bruins are outrebounding their opponents by nearly 17.0 boards per game. Belmont has outrebounded all but one opponent this season, and that was UAB.

The Bruins are picked to finish third in the OVC this season after finishing fourth last year. Third-year head coach Cameron Newbauer, a former assistant at Louisville and Georgia, led Belmont to the OVC Championship game and the WNIT in his first season.

Belmont is 10-4 all-time against Troy with most of the meetings coming when both were Atlantic Sun members. The last meeting came in 2004-05, Troy's final season in the A-Sun.

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Players Mentioned

Ashley Beverly Kelley

La'Tia Fils-Aime'

Amahni Upshaw

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