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Troy, Bowling Green Set for Game Two of MAC-SBC Challenge
2/9/2024 1:22:00 PM | Basketball (W)
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – On Nov. 11, 2023, the Troy women's basketball program opened its 2023-24 campaign by hosting Ball State. Now, 89 days later, Troy travels to the Stroh Center to battle Bowling Green at 11 a.m. for game two of the MAC-SBC Challenge.
After back-to-back losses, the Trojans (12-10, 9-3 SBC) take a brief break from SBC play in a two-way tie for second, while the Falcons (12-9, 6-5 MAC) sit in fifth for the MAC after a 7-2 record at home.
Game Information
Location: Bowling Green, Ohio – Stroh Center
The Matchup: Troy (12-10, 9-3 SBC) vs. Bowling Green (12-9, 6-5 SBC)
When: Saturday, February 8 – 11 a.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Get Back on Track
After winning the fourth most consecutive conference games at nine, the Trojans find themselves on the opposite end with back-to-back losses. However, in non-conference play, the Trojans ride a two-game winning streak after being crowned the Austin Peay Christmas Classic Tournament Champions with wins over SFA and New Mexico State in December.
On Wednesday, a slow start against Old Dominion saw the Trojans down 13-2 with 7:24 remaining in the first. However, Troy outscored the Monarchs 26-19 in the final 17:24 to be down four at the half. The second half saw Troy capture the lead and bring the advantage to three, 42-39, with 3:12 left in the third. After seven lead changes and five tied scores, Old Dominion, via Jordan McLaughlin, made the final lead change with 2:01 left and polished off a 63-59 win.
Rewind 89 days, and Troy opened its season with an 86-71 loss to Ball State to open the MAC-SBC Challenge in Trojan Arena. Despite the loss, Ja'Mia Hollings posted a team-high 18 points with nine rebounds. Zay Dyer also debuted for Troy with an 11-point, 9-rebound performance. Overall, Hollings, Dyer, Tai'Sheka Porchia and Shaulana Wagner accounted for 76 percent of Troy's points (54-of-71).
In Troy's 10 non-conference games to start the season, Makayia Hallmon sat as the team's leading scorer with 16.1 points, followed by Nia Daniel (12), Porchia (11.7) and Hollings (11.6). The team also started 3-7 and 0-4 on the road. Despite the record, Troy won the turnover battle with a plus-3.9 and an assist/turnover ratio of 1.1, which led the conference.
Game Two
Over the last five games, Bowling Green is back-and-forth at 2-3 against MAC opponents. They enter the Stroh Center on Saturday after a 17-point victory, 69-52, over Ohio. The victory saw the Falcons shoot 54.2 percent from the field – included a 12-of-21 second half.
Erika Porter led the Falcons with 19 points and 11 rebounds while shooting 6-of-8 from the field. Through 21 games, Porter sits fifth in scoring for Bowling Green at 10.9, while Lexi Fleming stands above the charts with 15 and a team-high 2.4 steals. However, the Falcons have been without Fleming since Dec. 22 at Indiana, so they'll rely on Morgan Sharp's 13.8.
In Bowling Green's first MAC-SBC game, it matched up with Texas State and was handed a 26-point loss. Only one Falcon, Amy Velasco, ended with double digits at 14, but 35.4 percent shooting and 27 turnovers as a team resulted in the loss.
MAC-SBC Challenge
• With 140 wins in the SBC, Rigby has the third most wins in conference history– sits 53 wins from second (Brian Boyer – 193).
• Last week, Porchia claimed Sun Belt Player of the Week and NCAA Starting Five on new career-highs in points (35), free throws made (9), free throws attempted (12), field goals made (15), field goals attempted (27) and rebounds (17). She also averaged 30 points on 54.8 percent shooting and 12 rebounds.
• Porchia's 35-point performance against Arkansas State tied Samantha Tomlinson for the 10th most points scored in Troy D-I for a single game. She also becomes one of two active Trojans (Makayia Hallmon – 2) to score 30-plus points.
• Porchia converted 15 made field goals against the Red Wolves for the seventh most in Troy D-I history for a single game and became the first 15-plus game since Alex Dye (Texas State – March 6, 2021).
• With 11 offensive rebounds against ULM, Porchia became just the fourth player in the last 10 years with 11 or more in a single game and had the most by anyone in a Sun Belt game since 2018.
• Saturday's matchup against Bowling Green marks the eighth meeting with a MAC opponent as the Trojans look to make their all-time matchup history hit .500 – currently 3-4.
• Troy looks to hit .500 in 2023-24 against first-time opponents – sits at 2-3. The Trojans lost their first three against Ball State, Memphis and Georgia before rattling off wins over SFA and New Mexico State.
• In Troy's 10 non-conference games to start the season, Makayia Hallmon sat as the team's leading scorer with 16.1 points, followed by Nia Daniel (12), Tai'Sheka Porchia (11.7) and Ja'Mia Hollings (11.6). The team also started 3-7 and 0-4 on the road. Despite the record, Troy won the turnover battle with a plus-3.9 and an assist/turnover ratio of 1.1.
• Porchia hit her first career triple with 13 seconds on the clock against ODU – previously 0-of-3.
• For two straight games, Troy shot above 80 percent from the charity stripe – only shot above 80 percent in three games before the span (84.6 – Tennessee, 90 – Georgia, 81.8 – SFA).
• Dyer's 10-point performance against the Monarchs marked her sixth double-digit performance and first since she scored 15 at Texas State (Jan. 18).
• After back-to-back losses, Troy likely will look for its seventh different starting five of 2023-24 in hopes of sparking another win streak. If that happens, the starting five of Daniel, Hallmon, Wagner, Hollings and Porchia are responsible for all 12 of Troy's victories, finishing at 12-3 as a group.
After back-to-back losses, the Trojans (12-10, 9-3 SBC) take a brief break from SBC play in a two-way tie for second, while the Falcons (12-9, 6-5 MAC) sit in fifth for the MAC after a 7-2 record at home.
Game Information
Location: Bowling Green, Ohio – Stroh Center
The Matchup: Troy (12-10, 9-3 SBC) vs. Bowling Green (12-9, 6-5 SBC)
When: Saturday, February 8 – 11 a.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Get Back on Track
After winning the fourth most consecutive conference games at nine, the Trojans find themselves on the opposite end with back-to-back losses. However, in non-conference play, the Trojans ride a two-game winning streak after being crowned the Austin Peay Christmas Classic Tournament Champions with wins over SFA and New Mexico State in December.
On Wednesday, a slow start against Old Dominion saw the Trojans down 13-2 with 7:24 remaining in the first. However, Troy outscored the Monarchs 26-19 in the final 17:24 to be down four at the half. The second half saw Troy capture the lead and bring the advantage to three, 42-39, with 3:12 left in the third. After seven lead changes and five tied scores, Old Dominion, via Jordan McLaughlin, made the final lead change with 2:01 left and polished off a 63-59 win.
Rewind 89 days, and Troy opened its season with an 86-71 loss to Ball State to open the MAC-SBC Challenge in Trojan Arena. Despite the loss, Ja'Mia Hollings posted a team-high 18 points with nine rebounds. Zay Dyer also debuted for Troy with an 11-point, 9-rebound performance. Overall, Hollings, Dyer, Tai'Sheka Porchia and Shaulana Wagner accounted for 76 percent of Troy's points (54-of-71).
In Troy's 10 non-conference games to start the season, Makayia Hallmon sat as the team's leading scorer with 16.1 points, followed by Nia Daniel (12), Porchia (11.7) and Hollings (11.6). The team also started 3-7 and 0-4 on the road. Despite the record, Troy won the turnover battle with a plus-3.9 and an assist/turnover ratio of 1.1, which led the conference.
Game Two
Over the last five games, Bowling Green is back-and-forth at 2-3 against MAC opponents. They enter the Stroh Center on Saturday after a 17-point victory, 69-52, over Ohio. The victory saw the Falcons shoot 54.2 percent from the field – included a 12-of-21 second half.
Erika Porter led the Falcons with 19 points and 11 rebounds while shooting 6-of-8 from the field. Through 21 games, Porter sits fifth in scoring for Bowling Green at 10.9, while Lexi Fleming stands above the charts with 15 and a team-high 2.4 steals. However, the Falcons have been without Fleming since Dec. 22 at Indiana, so they'll rely on Morgan Sharp's 13.8.
In Bowling Green's first MAC-SBC game, it matched up with Texas State and was handed a 26-point loss. Only one Falcon, Amy Velasco, ended with double digits at 14, but 35.4 percent shooting and 27 turnovers as a team resulted in the loss.
MAC-SBC Challenge
• With 140 wins in the SBC, Rigby has the third most wins in conference history– sits 53 wins from second (Brian Boyer – 193).
• Last week, Porchia claimed Sun Belt Player of the Week and NCAA Starting Five on new career-highs in points (35), free throws made (9), free throws attempted (12), field goals made (15), field goals attempted (27) and rebounds (17). She also averaged 30 points on 54.8 percent shooting and 12 rebounds.
• Porchia's 35-point performance against Arkansas State tied Samantha Tomlinson for the 10th most points scored in Troy D-I for a single game. She also becomes one of two active Trojans (Makayia Hallmon – 2) to score 30-plus points.
• Porchia converted 15 made field goals against the Red Wolves for the seventh most in Troy D-I history for a single game and became the first 15-plus game since Alex Dye (Texas State – March 6, 2021).
• With 11 offensive rebounds against ULM, Porchia became just the fourth player in the last 10 years with 11 or more in a single game and had the most by anyone in a Sun Belt game since 2018.
• Saturday's matchup against Bowling Green marks the eighth meeting with a MAC opponent as the Trojans look to make their all-time matchup history hit .500 – currently 3-4.
• Troy looks to hit .500 in 2023-24 against first-time opponents – sits at 2-3. The Trojans lost their first three against Ball State, Memphis and Georgia before rattling off wins over SFA and New Mexico State.
• In Troy's 10 non-conference games to start the season, Makayia Hallmon sat as the team's leading scorer with 16.1 points, followed by Nia Daniel (12), Tai'Sheka Porchia (11.7) and Ja'Mia Hollings (11.6). The team also started 3-7 and 0-4 on the road. Despite the record, Troy won the turnover battle with a plus-3.9 and an assist/turnover ratio of 1.1.
• Porchia hit her first career triple with 13 seconds on the clock against ODU – previously 0-of-3.
• For two straight games, Troy shot above 80 percent from the charity stripe – only shot above 80 percent in three games before the span (84.6 – Tennessee, 90 – Georgia, 81.8 – SFA).
• Dyer's 10-point performance against the Monarchs marked her sixth double-digit performance and first since she scored 15 at Texas State (Jan. 18).
• After back-to-back losses, Troy likely will look for its seventh different starting five of 2023-24 in hopes of sparking another win streak. If that happens, the starting five of Daniel, Hallmon, Wagner, Hollings and Porchia are responsible for all 12 of Troy's victories, finishing at 12-3 as a group.
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