Troy Welcomes Chattanooga to Trojan Arena for Round Two of WNIT

TROY, Ala. – The Troy women's basketball season is back in full effect as it opens a second straight WNIT postseason run on Monday, March 24 at 6 p.m. in Trojan Arena against Chattanooga.

The Trojans (20-13, 13-5 SBC) look to carry their historic run from 2023-24 that included three WNIT victories en route to the Fab 4, including the first postseason victory in program history against FIU.

Game Information
Location: Troy, Ala. – Trojan Arena
The Matchup: Troy (20-13, 13-5 SBC) vs. Chattanooga (17-14, 9-5 SOCON)
When: Monday, March 24 – 6 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: TroyStats.com

Second Straight WNIT Run
Troy enters the tournament after going 1-1 in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, beating No. 11 Marshall 85-54 before falling to the eventual champions, No. 2 Arkansas State, 81-66. The Trojans shot 40 percent from the field in the quarterfinal round before suffering their season-low of 29.2 percent shooting in the semifinals.

Zay Dyer, Shaulana Wagner and Leilani Guion all return from last season's historic WNIT run that saw the Trojans earn their first postseason victory in program history over FIU in the second round. In the run to the Fab 4, Guion averaged six points, going 4-of-10 from deep throughout the tournament. Wagner stayed the stat-sheet stuffer with 3.8 points, six assists and 4.5 rebounds.

Entering the postseason, the Trojans are the nation's leader in rebounds with 49.5, topping the national charts in defensive rebounds with 33.2 while sitting fifth in offensive boards (16.2). Troy also led the SBC in assists (15.3), rebound margin (plus-11.4) and scoring offense (78.5). They also had the league leader in rebounds and double-doubles via Dyer at 10.3 and 15, respectively.

Monday night marks the second time the Mocs (17-14, 9-5 SOCON) and Trojans will meet in 2024-25, first crossing paths in McKenzie Arena on Nov. 14. Troy rocketed to a 24-10 advantage through the first 10 minutes and coasted to a 76-66 victory – its first of 2024-25. Dyer erupted in the matchup with 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting while seizing 12 rebounds and two blocks.

Survived A&M
Chattanooga's run to the NCAA Tournament ended with a sprint into the SoCon Tournament Championship game, where it fell short in overtime, 64-57 to UNC Greensboro. Gianna Corbitt led the Mocs in the title fight with 18 points and eight rebounds. In round one of the WNIT, Chattanooga survived Alabama A&M, 53-49, off 27 points from Corbitt.

The Mocs led the SoCon conference in perimeter defense as they ranked 17^th in the country, allowing 27 percent from behind the arc. Overall, Chattanooga is pests defensively, sitting in the top five of its league in scoring defense (second – 55.7), turnover forced (fifth – 15.7) and field goal percentage defense (third – 37.2).

WNIT Numbers
• In last season's WNIT run, Guion averaged six points with four makes from deep while Wagner averaged 3.8 points, six assists and 4.5 rebounds.
• The Trojans saw their first postseason victory in round two of the 2024 WNIT on a 92-62 victory over FIU.
• Troy is 3-3 all-time in the WNIT with three wins last season. In Trojan Arena, Troy sits at 2-3.
• The last time Troy and Chattanooga faced off, Dyer erupted for 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting with 12 rebounds and two blocks.
• Peguero continues to shoot the best free throw percentage in program history at 90.0 (72-of-80).
• With the victory over Texas State, head coach Chanda Rigby scored her 250th career victory at Troy – the second coach in program history with 250-plus wins.
• Dyer leads the SBC in double-doubles with 15 – she also ranks 23^rd in the nation. No. 5 also holds the top spot in rebounds at 10.3 and ranks 17^th nationally.
• Dyer earned All-Sun Belt First Team with a league-leading 10.5 rebounds and 14 double-doubles – she became the ninth player in head coach Chanda Rigby's tenure to earn first team. The junior forward also ranked in the top 10 for the SBC in blocks (0.94), field goal percentage (44.5) and total points (417).
• Single-Season Records to Watch: Emani Jenkins – total triples (tied for seventh in D-I, tied for ninth – 59) | Briana Peguero – free throw percentage (first in D-I and overall – 90.0) | Zay Dyer – total rebounds (seventh overall, fifth in D-I – 340), average rebounds (sixth in D-I – 10.3) | Shaulana Wagner – total assists (sixth in D-I, eighth overall – 163), average assists (tied for third in D-I, tied for fifth overall – 6.5) | Brianna Jackson – total blocks (tied for sixth overall and D-I – 53)
• Career Records to Watch: Leilani Guion – 3-point percentage (eighth in D-I, ninth overall - .356) | Zay Dyer – average rebounds (seventh in D-I– 8.1) | Shaulana Wagner – average assists (first in D-I, tied-second overall – 5.6), total assists (tied for eighth in D-I – 313)
• Wagner has led the Trojans in either scoring or assists in all 25 games played.
• Jackson rejected six shots against Arkansas State to tie her career-high set at Buffalo to open the regular season, ending the regular season with the seventh-most in a Troy single season.
• Head coach Chanda Rigby (158-72) secured her 150th career Sun Belt Conference victory over Georgia State. The feat has only been done twice before in league history via Brian Boyer (Arkansas State – 193) and Joe Foley (Little Rock – 231).
• Jenkins has hit multiple 3-pointers in 16 of her last 21 games (46 total), including seven games with three-plus triples.
• Ashley Baez has finished with double-digits in 20-of-31 starts and swiped multiple steals in 16-of-31.
• In 20 of her last 25 games, Wagner's finished with 5-plus assists. She's collected 5-plus assists 35 times in her Troy career.
• Dyer scored 10-plus points in 25 of her 32 starts.
• Peguero is 36-of-93 from deep in the last 20 games, averaging 1.8 makes per game on 38.7 percent shooting.
• Guion has made at least one triple in 18 of her last 26 games (27 total).
• Jackson has rejected a shot in 19 of the last 25 games (43 total) to rank second in the SBC with 1.61 blocks per game – Jackson ranks second in the league in total blocks at 53.
• In seven of her eight games where Jackson had double-digit rebounds, she claimed a double-double.
• With the victory over Old Dominion, Rigby has now defeated every current Sun Belt opponent.
• Through 33 games, Troy remains the premiere team in the country for rebounding, leading the pack with 49.5 per game.
• Troy leads the league in assists (15.3) rebound margin (plus-11.4), defensive rebounds (33.2), total rebounds (49.5) and scoring offense (78.5) – it ranks 19^th in the country for scoring.
• Morris ended with a team-high and career-high in steals with five over USA. She became the third active Trojan and first to have 5-plus steals since Peguero had five against Oakwood on Dec. 4, 2024.
• Morris erupted in 27 minutes off the bench with 16 points on 5-of-5 from the field against ULM to become the first player since La'Tia Fils-Aime' (7-of-7 – Thomas) on Nov. 21, 2016, to shoot 100 percent (min. five shots).
• Dyer earned Sun Belt Player of the Week (Jan. 7), averaging 18 points, 16.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in wins against Coastal Carolina and Marshall - she followed it with back-to-back awards (Jan. 14) on 20 points, 16.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks over App State and Georgia State.
• No. 5 became the first Trojan to go back-to-back with SBC POTW awards since Kayla Robinson (Feb. 5, Feb. 12) in 2017-18.
• Wagner became the first D-I player in Troy women's basketball history to record a triple-double on 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.
• The 2024-25 roster contains zero underclassmen, with six as seniors and six as juniors.

Troy Welcomes Chattanooga to Trojan Arena for Round Two of WNIT

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Players Mentioned

Ashley Baez

Zay Dyer

Leilani Guion

Brianna Jackson

Emani Jenkins

Briana Peguero

Shaulana Wagner

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