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Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Sun Belt champion Troy Trojans played a tight first quarter with Mississippi State, but were stifled for the rest of the game in a 110-69 loss Friday, March 17. The 15th-seeded Troy women’s basketball team traveled to Starkville, Mississippi, to take on two-seed Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. After falling behind 11-2 to open the game, Troy battled back to make it 12-9. The Trojans never got closer than three points as the two teams traded shots for much of…

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Sun Belt champions Troy Trojans played a tight first quarter with Mississippi State, but were stifled for the rest of the game in an 110-69 loss. The 15th-seeded women’s basketball team traveled to Starkville, Mississippi, to take on second-seed Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. After falling behind 11-2 to open the game, Troy battled back to make it 12-9. The Trojans never got closer than three points, as the two teams traded shots for much of the rest of the…

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy Trojan women’s basketball team is the Sun Belt Champion for the second consecutive year and will be making a return trip to the big dance after taking down Louisiana 78-64. Troy will now advance to play Mississippi State in round 1 of the NCAA tournament, and will play the Bulldogs in  Starkville on Friday. Troy’s championship journey in New Orleans opened with a record-breaking 105-72 win over Arkansas State in which the Trojans grabbed a Sun Belt-record 86 rebounds. Senior All-Sun Belt first team…

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer For the second consecutive year, the Troy women’s basketball team took home the Sun Belt title and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in the process. On Monday, the tournament selection committee tabbed the Trojans with the 15 seed in the Oklahoma City region. Troy will play the host of the sub-region, two-seed Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi, on Friday at 1:30 pm. Troy enters the tournament with two goals: drive up the number of possessions in order to increase the scoring output and…

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy Trojan women’s basketball team are Sun Belt Champions for the second consecutive year and will be making a return trip to the big dance after taking down Louisiana 78-64. Troy’s championship journey in New Orleans opened with a record-breaking 105-72 win over Arkansas State in which the Trojans grabbed a Sun Belt-record 86 rebounds. Troy then got its revenge over Texas-Arlington with a dominant 88-59 victory to advance to the championship game. The title game was a defensive battle from the start. It took…

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