Troy Runs Away With Win at Tennessee State
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The Troy women's basketball team forced a program record 48 turnovers and registered 25 steals – second-most in school history – en route to a 95-66 win over Tennessee State in the Gentry Center on Monday.
Harriet Winchester led the Trojans (3-1) with 17 points while Sky'Lynn Holmes posted her second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds to go along with a game-high five assists.
The Trojans led the entire game and dominated in the paint outscoring the Tigers 54-30. Troy entered the game eighth in the nation averaging 91.7 points and has eclipsed 88 points in each game this season.
Kayla Robinson scored 12 points, her third double-digit performance this season. Amanda Mendoza chipped in with 11 points.
Troy got off nearly double to number of shots as Tennessee State (0-4) firing 92 attempts while holding its opponent to just 55 tries. The Trojans shot a 42 percent clip including eight 3-pointers.
UP NEXT
Troy returns home for the first time in two weeks on Friday as the team hosts Jacksonville at 6 p.m. The Dolphins came away with a 77-70 win last season.
NOTEWORTHY
• Troy's 48 turnovers forced were the most in program history since opponent turnover stat records became available in 1999-2000. Last season, the Trojans forced Thomas into 45 turnovers.
• The Trojans scored 56 points off off turnovers. Tennessee State scored just 13.
• 11 Trojans played 10-plus minutes.
GS Women's Basketball Runs Past Thomas, 79-51, On Monday
STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern women's basketball used a 14-0 run midway through the second quarter to pick up a 79-51 victory over visiting Thomas University on Monday evening at Hanner Fieldhouse.
The Eagles picked up a second straight win and moved to .500 on the season at 3-3, while Thomas, an NAIA school out of Thomasville, Ga., suffered the loss in the contest that was considered an exhibition for the Night Hawks. Georgia Southern returns to action on Wednesday, hosting in-state rival Savannah State in a 6:30 p.m. tilt at Hanner Fieldhouse.
Georgia Southern opened up the contest on an 8-1 run, getting all eight of its points off of Thomas University turnovers, but the Night Hawks hit a pair of three-pointers en route to taking a 15-14 lead at the end of the first quarter. Thomas had a one-point lead midway through the second quarter when a Hailey Dias-Allen basket at the five minute mark sparked the 14-0 run over a three and a half minute stretch to give the Eagles a 34-21 advantage. Georgia Southern would carry that double-digit lead into the break as the Eagles led 38-28 at halftime.
"We ended up starting to trap," Head Coach Kip Drown said of the run. "We created 10 turnovers in the second quarter, and that allowed us to get out and run a bit. But we weren't efficient finishing. We were more efficient in the second half, I thought."
The Eagles clamped down defensively in the third quarter, holding Thomas without a field goal over the final 4:10 of the period in stretching its lead to 59-44, then continued to play solid defense in giving up just seven points in the fourth quarter to the Night Hawks. Georgia Southern forced 28 turnovers on the night and held Thomas to just 33.9 percent shooting from the floor (19-of-56), including 21.3 percent from three-point range (3-of-13). Georgia Southern won the rebounding battle, 39-34, but Thomas had more offensive rebounds (15-14) and led in second-chance points (12-10).
"Two areas that we were focusing on getting better were turnovers and offensive rebounds," Coach Drown said. "We've still got room to go. We turned it over 20 times tonight and we've got to work on that. We also gave them 15 offensive rebounds, and coming into the game that was their number one strength. We didn't keep them off the glass like we needed to. It's still a work in progress."
Five Georgia Southern players reached double figures, led by freshman Sarah Moore's 12 points - her first collegiate points as an Eagle - off the bench. Jakayvea Akins added 11 points, while Alexis Foulks, Nakol Franks and Amira Atwater each scored 10 points. The Eagles shot 50.8 percent from the floor as a team (31-of-61), and hit 4-of-15 three-pointers (26.7 percent).
Utes Start Hot To Hand UTA First Loss
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Utah raced out of the gates and UT Arlington could not recover as the Lady Mavericks suffered their first loss of the season, a 71-41 setback at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Monday night.
The Lady Mavericks trailed 17-4 after the first quarter and were shooting just 29.2 percent at the half as Utah's offense was hitting on all cylinders. The loss ended UTA's bid of posting its best start to the season since 1977 as it went to 5-1 for the season. The Lady Mavs return back to College Park Center for their next contest as they take on Houston at 7 p.m. on Friday.
UTA, without a win against a Power 5 opponent since 2004, was unable to get things going in its first of four against the top level this season.
Utah's 6-foot-6 center Emily Potter was a tough matchup as the senior led all scorers with 16 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double, the first against UTA this season. Potter led the Utes' efficient attack by knocking down 6-of-9 shots, while Utah shot a season-high 51.8 percent in the game.
Daiane Machado produced her second double-digit scoring performance of the season, knocking down 10 points to be UTA's lone scorer in double figures.