Turnovers Cost Trojans in Loss

Saturday, January 13

Mobile, Ala.

1 P.M.

Troy University

7-9 (2-3SBC)

South Alabama

11-5 (4-1SBC)

Troy

South Alabama

1/13/2018 3:37:00 PM | Basketball (W)

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By: Wes Johnson

MOBILE, Alabama – Troy got a career-high 25 points from Amber Rivers but it was not enough as the Trojans fell, 79-68, to South Alabama at the Mitchell Center on Saturday.

Troy (7-9, 2-3 Sun Belt) turned the ball over 21 times, including seven in the final quarter, and was just 2-of-17 from 3-point range, while South Alabama (11-5, 4-1) made 10 shots from distance in the contest.

Rivers got the Trojans off to a great start making the team's first six points of the game and handing Troy what would be its only lead on the day. Early on, it was South Alabama that was plagued by the turnover bug. The Jags handed the ball over 14 times in the first half but just eight times the remainder of the game.

The Trojans pulled to within one, 50-49, on a jumper by Kayla Robinson with 3:37 left in the third quarter, but South Alabama used a 3-pointer at the buzzer to jump start a 15-9 run that extended the margin to 12, 76-64.

South Alabama shot 44.4 percent (28-63) from the field while Troy hit at a 38.2 percent (29-76) clip, while the Trojans won the rebounding battle 45-39, the fifth time this season Troy has outrebounded its opponent in a loss.

Robinson scored 14 points in the game, her seventh time in double-digits this season. Rivers finished 11-of-20 from the field and also collected eight rebounds and three steals.

UP NEXT
After playing 11 of its first 16 games on the road, Troy finally returns home to face Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina in Sun Belt Conference action. The Trojans host Appalachian State on Thursday at 12 p.m. for Education Day.

NOTEWORTHY
• The loss snapped Troy's three-game winning streak in the series with South Alabama.

• The Trojans dropped to 2-9 away from Trojan Arena this season.

• Sky'Lynn Holmes finished with a team-high nine rebounds for the Trojans.