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Sinclair Portis Staff Writer The Trojans dropped their fourth straight women’s basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 28, losing at home to Appalachian State 96-81. After climbing the conference rankings earlier in the season, the Trojans (10-9, 5-5 Sun Belt) hit a four-game skid that dropped them into fifth place in the latest standings. The Trojans took an early lead, ending the first period on top 19-15. Troy lost its momentum in the second quarter, though, as the Mountaineers (6-13, 3-7 Sun Belt) shot 52 percent. The Mountaineers outscored the Trojans…

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Sinclair Portis Staff Writer The Trojan women’s basketball team went up against UL-Monroe, UL-Lafayette and its rival South Alabama in the past week, looking to continue its five-game winning streak. Troy’s (10-8, 5-4) winning streak was broken against the ULM Warhawks (8-8, 2-5), Thursday Jan. 21. The Warhawks won 77-73. The Trojans led through both the first half and the third quarter, but the Warhawks took their first lead of the second half with 2:25 to go. Although Troy answered every score, ULM put the game away on a single…

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Sinclair Portis Staff Writer The Troy women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to six games over the weekend, with an 88-71 win over UT-Arlington and a 112-79 thrashing of Texas State. With the pair of victories, the Trojans (10-5, 5-1 Sun Belt) are tied with UL-Lafayette for second place in the Sun Belt Conference standings. On Thursday, Jan. 14, the Mavericks played the Trojans to a close first half, despite shooting only 22 percent in the second quarter. The home-team Trojans, who shot over 50 percent in both quarters,…

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Sinclair Portis Staff Writer The Troy women’s basketball team cruised to its seventh and eight victories this season against conference opponents Georgia State 97-90 on Thursday, Jan. 7, and Georgia Southern 81-66 on Saturday, Jan. 9. With the pair of wins, the Trojans (8-5, 3-1 Sun Belt) extended their current winning streak to three games, as well as rising to third in the latest Sun Belt Conference rankings. Senior guard Ashley Beverly-Kelley led Troy in both games, scoring 26 against the Panthers (6-6, 1-2) and 23 against Georgia Southern. Also…

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