Troy University Athletics
Saturday, January 16
Troy, Ala.
2 p.m.
Troy University
10-5, 5-1
112
vs
79
Texas State
8-7, 3-2
1
2
3
4
F
Texas State
13
23
17
26
79
Troy
20
36
25
31
112
Team Stats
TXST
TROY
FG%
.394
.571
3FG%
.400
.294
FT%
.679
.679
RB
43
37
TO
22
10
STL
4
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
22
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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G
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G
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G
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Photo by: Chris Davis
Fifth Straight Never in Doubt as Troy Rolls, ABK Breaks Record
1/16/2016 4:57:00 PM | Basketball (W)
TROY, Alabama – The Troy women's basketball team won a fifth straight Sun Belt game, and did it in dominating fashion, cruising past Texas State, 112-79, at Trojan Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The nation's fifth best offense was on full display as Troy (10-5, 5-1) scored over 100 points for the fifth time this season, led by five Trojans scoring in double figures. Ashley Beverly Kelley scored 22 points to move her career total to 1,621, the most by a player in Troy's 23-year Division I history.
ArJae' Saunders with 16, Claresa Banks with 12 and Caitlyn Ramirez with 11 all scored in double figures for the Trojans. Saunders, after scoring a career-high 19 just two nights ago, followed with 10 in the first quarter on Saturday as the Trojans took control early and never looked back.
The Trojans led, 20-13, after the first quarter, but really came alive in the second quarter, when they exploded for 36 points. Troy built a 56-36 lead at halftime, thanks to 60 percent (24-of-40) shooting in the first half. The lead would only grow in the second half, getting to as many as 37 on a Rachel Reid 3-pointer that put the Trojans at the century mark with a 100-63 advantage.
Reid scored eight points with three assists in her first game in over two weeks. She was nearly in double-figures scoring off the bench, but La'Tia Fils-Aime' did score 12 off the bench to become the fifth Trojan in double figures. Ta'Kierra Gibbs scored nine points and had six assists, while Casie Johnson had a career-high nine points to lead Troy to 47 bench points.
Texas State (8-7, 3-2) actually outscored Troy with 51 bench points thanks to 24 from Kiani Lurry on 7-of-11 shooting and 10-of-13 from the free throw line.
Troy forced the Bobcats into 22 turnovers while committing a season-low 10 itself. That led to Troy outscoring the Bobcats 33-7 in points off of turnovers and 18-4 in fast break points.
The win gave Troy its third five-game winning streak in Sun Belt play in the last two seasons, something it had never done since joining the league in 2005-06. It also cemented the Trojans spot in second place in the Sun Belt standings. At 5-1 in league play, the Trojans are tied with UL Lafayette, whom they will play in one week.
That is the second game of a road trip that begins on Thursday against ULM at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The Warhawks won on Saturday at Georgia Southern to pick up their first conference victory of the season. Troy and ULM will tip off at 5:15 p.m. at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
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