Rivers Leads Trojans to Victory

Saturday, February 17

Boone, N.C.

12 P.M.

Troy University

14-11 (9-5SBC)

Appalachian State

7-19 (5-10SBC)

Troy

Appalachian State

2/17/2018 3:03:00 PM | Basketball (W)

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By: Wes Johnson

BOONE, North Carolina – Amber Rivers scored a career-high 27 points as Troy women's basketball downed Appalachian State, 93-64, at the Holmes Center on Saturday.

Rivers scored 24 points in the second half and finished the game 6-for-8 from 3-point range as the Trojans dug out of an early hole to win its seventh game in its last eight outings.

Troy (14-11, 9-5 Sun Belt) trailed 21-9 after one quarter shooting just 16 percent in the opening 10 minutes. Conversely, App State (7-19, 5-10) opened red-hot knocking down six of its first seven shots, including all three 3-point attempts building a 14-point first quarter lead.

Kayla Robinson and Chelsey Gibson combined for 13 points in the second stanza as the Trojans outscored the Mountaineers 25-12 and took a 34-33 lead into the break.

Rivers scored 12 of the team's first 14 points in the second half and finished as one of four Trojans in double figures. Kayla Robinson turned in 15 points with Jasmine Sanders adding 14. Gibson was a rebound shy of a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds.

The game snowballed for Appalachian State in the fourth quarter as Troy won the frame 34-9 and led by as many as 31.

Bayley Plummer tallied her league-leading 12^th double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

UP NEXT
Troy returns home to face Louisiana on Feb. 22 and ULM for Senior Day on Feb. 24 in Trojan Arena.

NOTEWORTHY
• Troy's 93 points marked the eighth time this season the team has eclipsed the 90-point plateau.

• The Trojans outrebounded Appalachian State 55-42 in the game, including 27 on the offensive glass.

• For the third consecutive game, Troy set a season-low in turnovers with seven on Saturday. The Trojans turned the ball over just nine times at Coastal Carolina and 11 time a week ago against Little Rock.

For more information on Troy women's basketball, visit TroyTrojans.com or follow the team on Twitter at @TroyTrojansWBB.