Troy Completes Road Swing with 62-55 Win at UL Lafayette

Saturday, January 27

Lafayette, La.

4 P.M.

Troy University

10-10, 5-4SBC

UL Lafayette

10-11, 5-4SBC

Troy

UL Lafayette

Troy Completes Road Swing with 62-55 Win at UL Lafayette

1/27/2018 8:17:00 PM | Basketball (W)

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By: Wes Johnson

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana – For just the second time in program history, Troy left Louisiana with a pair of wins after knocking off UL Lafayette, 62-55, on Saturday in the Cajundome.

With the game still teetering, Kayla Robinson answered every Ragin' Cajun attack scoring seven points in the fourth quarter to keep the Trojans lead intact. Robinson finished the game with 19 points and 10 rebounds, her second double-double in three games. She has now scored in double figures in five straight games.

Troy (10-10, 5-4 Sun Belt) defeated ULM on Thursday marking the first time since 2014-15 that the program has won at both ULM and UL Lafayette in the same season. The Trojans, winners of three straight, trailed by 10 in the first half after making just three of its first 19 shots and ending the first quarter on a 3:30 scoring drought. Amber Rivers kick started the Trojan offense knocking down a jumper followed by a 3-pointer to close the gap to five, 21-16.

After a few adjustments, Troy's pressure defense started making a difference. UL Lafayette committed just two turnovers in the first quarter, but were forced into eight in the second frame. Troy held the Ragin' Cajuns to just five points in the quarter and trailed by just two, 24-22 at halftime.

The Trojans took the lead for the first time after back-to-back layups by Robinson with 5:33 left in the third. Sparked by a Harriet Winchester jumper, Troy went on a 7-2 run to end a quarter that saw seven lead changes. Despite making just three field goals in the first quarter and a half, the Trojans missed just four times in the final frame knocking down 7-of-11 shots (63.6 percent).

Rivers scored 15 points in the game on 6-of-10 shooting. Winchester added 11 points for her sixth double digit performance of the season.

UP NEXT
Troy returns to Trojan Arena to face rival South Alabama at 2 p.m. in a WHITEOUT game. The first 1,000 fans will receive a free rally towel and the first 500 students will get a free WHITEOUT t-shirt.

NOTEWORTHY
• Troy has won five times under Chanda Rigby when scoring 62 or fewer points. Rigby collected her 91^st win at Troy on Saturday.

• The Trojans outrebounded UL Lafayette, 46-33, the ninth time Troy has posted a +10 rebounding margin this season. Troy has posted a +10 rebounding margin this season.