Troy Downs Jacksonville in Final Second

Friday, December 1

Troy, Ala.

6 P.M.

Troy University

4-1

Jacksonville

4-4

Jacksonville

Troy

12/1/2017 10:26:00 PM | Basketball (W)

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By: Wes Johnson

TROY, Alabama – Amber Rivers sank a layup with 0.2 seconds on the clock as the Troy women's basketball team defeated Jacksonville in a thriller, 89-88, in Trojan Arena on Friday.

After Jacksonville's Jasmyn Brown drilled a deep three to give the Dolphins an 88-87 lead, Troy called a timeout with 1.7 seconds on the clock advancing the ball to the offensive timeline. Kayla Robinson inbounded the ball to a wide open Rivers, who calmly banked in a layup for her only points of the contest and what proved to be the deciding basket.

Janiah Sandifer gave Troy (4-1) a seven-point advantage – its largest lead of the night – with a 3-pointer two minutes into the fourth quarter. Jacksonville (4-4) clawed back to within one before Amanda Mendoza's free throw with 17 seconds left made it a two-point contest setting the stage for the epic finish.

Brown led all scorers with 29 points including all five of the team's 3-pointers. Four Trojans scored in double-digits paced by Sky'Lynn Holmes with 17.

Jacksonville built a 10-point lead late in the third quarter, but Shaterrika O'Neal's jumper spurred an 8-0 run capped by a 3-pointer by Mendoza - the Trojans' first of the game. Troy was 31-of-62 (50 percent) from the field and added 22 points via the free throw line.

QUOTABLE
"It's incredible," Troy head coach Chanda Rigby said. "There were five points scored and two lead changes in the final two seconds, it was just exciting. [Kayla] Robinson made the perfect pass over a defender and Amber finished the play."

UP NEXT
Troy travels to take on No. 12 Tennessee on Wednesday. It will be the Trojans second of three trips to the Volunteer State in a three-week span.

NOTEWORTHY
• Sky'Lynn Holmes has scored in double-figures in three consecutive games.

• Troy has now scored 89-plus points in all five games this season.

• The Trojans have forced all five opponents this season into 20-plus turnovers.

• Troy missed its first six 3-point attempts before converting its last five to finish 5-for-11 in the game.