Dominant Second-Quarter Pushes Troy Past Chattanooga

Wednesday, December 9

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Dominant Second-Quarter Pushes Troy Past Chattanooga

12/9/2020 4:17:00 PM | Basketball (W)

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. – Alexus Dye recorded her third double-double in the last four games to guide the Trojans to a convincing, 95-74 victory over Chattanooga on Wednesday. The win is Troy's second of the week and third of the season.

For the second-straight contest Tiyah Johnson led the Trojans in scoring with 19 points on 5-11 shooting while adding four rebounds and two assists to her totals. Dye, who has been a double-double machine since the end of the last season, recorded her 12th career double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds, a new season-high. Samira Moore added 12 points and nine boards to the stat sheet while Tyasia Moore had an impressive all-around afternoon with 11 points, six boards, four steals and an assist. Janiah Sandifer scored nine while Jasmine Robinson added eight.

Chattanooga was led by Amaria Pugh who scored a team-high 16-points with nine rebounds, while Eboni Williams and Runona Uwusiaba each scored 10.

Slow starts and dominating second-quarters are becoming a thing for Troy as the Trojans, who led by just three after the first (23-20), used an impressive 20-0 run to start the second-quarter to blow the game open before outscoring UTC 24-8 in the quarter. The dominating run was highlighted by Dye's six points and triples from Janiah Sandifer and Dominique Camp.

Out of the break Troy looked to be headed for another lengthy scoring run, scoring five of the first six points, until Chattanooga started to match Troy's scoring. The two clubs traded mini 4-0 runs for five straight possession, lasting nearly five minutes. After Chattanooga scored seven quick points the Trojans rallied off 10 straight in less than 1 minute and a half to close out the third.

The final frame went Chattanooga's way as they outscored Troy 30-27 but Troy still outscored Chattanooga 48-46 in the second-half.

Troy shot 44 percent from the field (37-84) and 72 percent from the free throw line (16-22). The Trojans also won the rebounding battle, 57-42, for the fourth straight game while also earing 20 assists.

Chattanooga shot 35 percent from the field (22-62) and 26 percent from behind the arc on 7-of-27 shooting.

Records
Troy: 3-1
Chattanooga: 0-2

Quoting Coach Rigby
"We are just really pleased and thankful for this win today. Two wins in a row in this uncertainty started season it's a blessing. The thing I am really excited about is that I am seeing improvement in every player and everything we've been working on in practice. We can see and almost measure the improvement. Everybody contributed so that's always a good thing. It's not just that everybody played, it's that everybody came in and contributed and we can really see the vast improvement."

Trojan Notables
• This is the second consecutive season that Troy used a 24-2 run against Chattanooga to blow the game open
• Troy extended its home winning streak to eight games, one shy of tying the Trojan Arena record
• Sharonica Hartsfield had 10 assists. She is the first player with at least 10 assists since Kayla Robinson had 10 against App State on Jan. 22, 2018
• Samira Moore was one rebound shy of earning her first career double-double
• The Trojans have now won 11 straight games in the month of December dating back to the 2018 season
• Chanda Rigby earned her 149th win at Troy
• Jasmine Robinson continues her quest for 1000 career points. After scoring eight against Chattanooga she now has 824 in her career

Up Next
Troy is on the road all of next week as it travels to No. 6 Mississippi State on Monday followed by a trip to Murfreesboro to take on Middle Tennessee on Thursday.

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