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Trojans March Down to South

Welcome back to Inside Troy Women’s Basketball. The Trojans are coming off of a game where they beat the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns 90 to 64. That margin of win difference marked two games in a row where the Trojans won by 22 or more points. But the biggest standout from this game to me was Sky’Lynn Holmes. She finished the game with 15 points, which is a good amount for her. But where she shined was on the glass where she had 20 rebounds! I remember hearing her name called a lot at work at WTBF, but I did not think at the time it was that much. And this was a home game, so I really wish I could’ve been there to talk to Head Coach Chanda Rigby myself about that rebounding performance. And looking forward to the South game tomorrow, I don’t think it’s going to take a game like this from Holmes for the Trojans to win. Will Holmes put up 10 points and 10 rebounds? Probably. But what doesn’t happen every night is when the entire team has a good shooting night from three

Introduction

Introduction Hello, and welcome to my blog! This blog will be about the Troy University Women's Basketball team and their trials and tribulations this season, as well as their success. You should know that I am a very avid sports fan and love all sports. But loving all sports and just being a fan doesn’t make me a reliable source as to what is going on with the team and how they are doing. I am a student journalist at Troy University and have been watching this team for the last 2 and a half years, while covering them for the last year and a half. And because of how much I have had to be around the team, I know the play style of this team and what their mindset is. And that is to win, and win big! I know this because that is what head coach Chanda Rigby has been preaching to her players since she got here. Their goal every game is to score 15 points every 5 minutes. Does it always happen? No. But, that is their goal. Another thing that you should know about