Troy Ends Road Trip with Win Over App State

Saturday, January 5

Boone, N.C.

1 p.m.

Troy University

11-2 (2-0SBC)

Appalachian State

7-6 (1-1SBC)

Troy

Appalachian State

Troy Ends Road Trip with Win Over App State

1/5/2019 4:45:00 PM | Basketball (W)

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

BOONE, North Carolina – Troy led from start to finish in an 83-72 win over Appalachian State in the Holmes Center on Saturday capping a 4-0 road stretch for the Trojans.

Troy (11-2, 2-0 SBC) have started Sun Belt Conference play with two wins in each of the last three seasons, while the loss snapped Appalachian State's six-game home winning streak.

Four Trojans scored in double figures led by junior Tyra Johnson, who was 4-of-9 from 3-point range. Sky'Lynn Holmes was 5-of-8 for 13 points, while Amber Rivers and Kayla Robinson had 10 each. Rivers has averaged 17 points per game over the last three meetings against the Mountaineers.

Rivers opened the game with a 3-pointer and a layup as the Trojans jumped out to an early 7-0 lead. Appalachian State (7-6, 1-1) went on a 9-0 run to pull the game level at 18-all in the first quarter.

Kate Rodgers capped a 6-0 second quarter run for Troy pushing the lead to 33-25, while the defense held the Mountaineers to just 2-of-11 shooting in the quarter and didn't allow a field goal over the final 5:43 of the half.

The Trojans got off to a hot start in the third quarter knocking down six of their first seven shots expanding the lead to as many as 14 before Appalachian State came roaring back.

Pre Stanley's jumper with 8:06 remaining in the game cut the Troy lead to four, 60-56, but Japonica James responded with a basket and from there the Trojan offense took over. Sky'Lynn Holmes scored seven straight points and Johnson added six points in the final three minutes as Troy's advantage ballooned to 15 at its peak.

Stanley had a game-high 23 points and Lainey Gosnell had 15 before fouling out. Bayley Plummer, the league's rebounding leader, ended with 13 boards.

UP NEXT
Troy returns home to take on Little Rock on Jan. 10 at 6 p.m.; the game will be the Trojans' first at home since Dec. 12.

NOTEWORTHY
• Amber Rivers had gone 71 career games without fouling out of game, but fouled out of both games this week.

• Troy has forced 20 or more turnovers in 10 of its last 11 games, including the last five straight.

• Troy has scored 80 points or more 97 times under head coach Chanda Rigby (202 games).

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