Troy Women Open Busy Week Looking to Rebound

TROY, Alabama – The Troy women's basketball team begins a stretch of three games in six days on Tuesday when it makes the short trip to Montgomery to take on Alabama State at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Links to live stats and the live audio broadcast can be found at TroyTrojans.com. There will not be a video stream of the game, but fans in Troy can hear the game on WTBF 94.7 FM as well as TroyTrojans.com. For live, in-game updates on Twitter, follow @TroyTrojansWBB.

Troy (3-3) is still looking for its first road win of the season after starting 0-3 away from home. Most recently, Troy started slowly and fell at Vanderbilt, 97-43, last Thursday night. The Trojans committed 10 turnovers and shot just 3-of-14 in the first quarter and never recoverd.

Despite the low scoring effort at Vanderbilt, Troy is still third in the NCAA in scoring at 88.3 points per game, ranking behind only Maryland and UConn. In addition to leading the Sun Belt in scoring, Troy also leads the league in field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, free throw percentage, assists, steals and assist-turnover ratio.

Amanda Mendoza led the Trojans in scoring at Vanderbilt with 10 points. The sophomore has scored in double figures in four straight games and is 10-of-13 from 3-point range in her last three games. She ranks third on the team in scoring at 9.8 points per game.

On the season, Mendoza is shooting 59.1 percent (13-of-22) from deep, the best mark in the NCAA. She is also first in the Sun Belt in assists at 5.8 per game and assist-turnover ratio with 35 assists and just 10 turnovers in Troy's first six games.

Ashley Beverly Kelley leads the Trojans and ranks second in the Sun Belt in scoring at 17.8 points per game. The senior Mid-Major All-American also ranks second in the league in steals (2.7) and assist-turnover ratio (2.2) while ranking fourth in assists (4.0).

Alabama State (1-5) hasn't played in 10 days since a Dec. 5 home loss to Savannah State. The defending SWAC Champions are led by the SWAC's Preseason Player of the Year and Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Britney Wright, last season's SWAC Tournament MVP, is averaging 12.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.

Jasmine Peeples, last year's SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, is again the favorite for that award and is averaging 7.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game.

Troy is 11-15 all-time against Alabama State, including wins in the last four meetings of the series. Alabama State won the first eight meetings in the series, all in the 1970s. Since then, Troy is 11-7 against ASU, including a 9-5 mark since moving up to Division I in 1993-94.

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Ashley Beverly Kelley

Amanda Mendoza