Women’s Basketball Upsets Missouri in Dominant Fashion, Dyer Scores 1,000th Point

Thursday, November 20

Columbia, Mo.

11:30 a.m.

Troy University

4-1,0-0Sun Belt

100

Missouri

4-2,0-0SEC

Troy

100

Missouri

Women’s Basketball Upsets Missouri in Dominant Fashion, Dyer Scores 1,000th Point

11/20/2025 3:31:00 PM | Basketball (W)

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Win No. 5 in program history over an SEC team came Thursday afternoon in Mizzou Arena when the Troy women's basketball program dominated Missouri, 100-82, as Zay Dyer scored her 1,000^th career point.

For the second consecutive season, the Trojans (4-1) take down an SEC program after beating Arkansas in 2024 and now, Missouri (4-2) in 2025. Troy took down Missouri behind 100 points off 10-plus triples (13) for the 58^th (54-4) and 54^th (48-6) time, respectively, in head coach Chanda Rigby's tenure.

Emani Jenkins and Leilani Guion each scored 22 points, combining for 11 of Troy's 13 3-pointers. The other two came from Dyer and Shakirah Edwards. Dyer scored 14 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone on her sixth point of the game. She has scored 795 points at Troy for a total of 1,008. At 5-5, Ashley Baez recorded the Trojans' lone double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. The final Trojan in double figures was Fortuna Ngnawo, who reached 10-plus points for the fifth straight game to open the 2025-26 season.

Missouri shot well despite the loss, going 43.1 percent from the field, 40 percent at the line and 100 percent from the free throw line. Grace Slaughter and Shannon Dowell continued their scoring output with 21 and 25 points, respectively. The duo combined for 15-of-28 from the floor, 4-of-9 from deep and 12-of-12 at the line. Turnovers plagued Missouri with 18, while also losing the rebound battle 45-35.

Sound the Upset Alert
Jenkins opened hot, scoring 11 of Troy's first 13 points before the media timeout with 4:39 remaining. After Missouri started with an and-one from Slaughter in the first 10 seconds, Jenkins hit a 3-pointer from the wing off an Ngnawo assist to tie it at 3.

Lisa Thompson responded with a 3-pointer for the Tigers to retake the 6-3 advantage, but Jenkins hit back-to-back triples to hold a 9-6 lead with 8:28 on the clock. Her first came at the same spot as her first with a pass from Dyer. Dyer proceeded to steal the ball on the other end and found Jenkins again from the wing – her 11^th point came with 5:31 left with a jumper.

Missouri took a five-point lead, 28-23, off a 3-pointer from Shannon Dowell, with 1:34 left in the first. Ngnawo and Jenkins tied the game at 28 with a free throw and a second-chance layup from Ngnawo and a layup off a Tiger turnover for Jenkins. A pair of free throws for Missouri gave Troy four seconds and Jenkins banked in her fourth triple of the first at the buzzer to take a 31-30 lead after one.

The second quarter continued the offensive surge as Dyer took over in the opening three minutes with two jumpers and a layup to give Troy a 39-38 lead. She scored her 1,000th career point on her third basket with 7:01 remaining. Guion then scored Troy's next nine points for a 48-44 lead on two 3-pointers and a three-point trip at the line with 5:20 left.

Troy entered halftime up 61-54 and extended the lead early in the third, earning its first double-digit margin, 66-54, just 45 seconds into the quarter on an and-one from Rachel Leggett. Slaughter hit a 3-pointer for Missouri with 8:59 remaining, marking the final time the Tigers trailed by single digits at 66-57.

Over the next 5:16, Troy outscored Missouri 18-2 with buckets from Dyer (4), Ngnawo (5), Baez (2), Jenkins (3), Leggett (2) and Guion (2). Troy forced six turnovers in that span and scored 11 points off them. Troy found its largest lead of the game, 84-59 (25), with 3:43 remaining in the third on a second-chance layup by Guion.

Troy cruised from there, reaching 100 points for the 58th time in Rigby's career on a free throw from Dyer to seal the 100-82 victory.

Head Coach Chanda Rigby
"I'm standing here with wet clothes and wet hair because of the celebration that just happened. We were able to bounce back from Kansas State and I'm so proud of how this team came out and got the victory. Emani was huge for us. She came out of the gates and just couldn't miss in the first quarter. Then, it was Leilani. What a way to represent Troy. The team was incredibly locked in from start to finish. From film all the way to the buzzer. We started this several years ago and me and Jennifer Graf started scheduling Power-4 schools to figure out everything we could. Now, years later, look at what we're doing. We played a very good team today with a lot of stars. But, we've learned enough lessons to be able to win games like this."

SEC-SBC Stats
• Troy's 3-point game shone in the first half as it hit 10 triples from Jenkins (5), Guion (4) and Dyer (1). They ended with 13 total for the 54^th time with double-digit triples in Rigby's tenure – Troy is 48-6 when hitting 10-plus triples.
• Troy scored 60-plus points in a half for the first time since the first half against Oakwood on Dec. 4, 2024, finishing with 61 before halftime.
• Dyer joined the 1,000-point club with 7:01 left in the second quarter on a jumper.
• With the program's first win over Missouri, the program also earned its fifth-ever win over an SEC program. It's the fourth time in Rigby's tenure.
• Two Trojans hit five or more 3-pointers as Jenkins tied her career high (6), matching 20 other players for the second-most in Troy Division I history, and Guion added five for a career high.
• Leilani Guion scored a career-high 22 points with a career-high in triples at five.
• Troy ended the game with 100 points, marking the 58^th time in Rigby's tenure that the Trojans scored triple-figures – Rigby is 54-4 when scoring 100-plus points.
• Baez recorded her first career double-double on 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds.