Inside Troy Women's Basketball

Thursday night the Trojans returned to Trojan Arena and returned to their old ways of being inconsistent and lost to Georgia State 85 to 70. They rebounded well and played defense well, but could not make a shot consistently. At one point the team was 7 for 27 from three and could barely make a shot from the field. Meanwhile, the Panthers of Georgia State where 7 for 13 from three. We took 14 more shots from three point than they did, and they had made the same amount! To me, that is crazy because just the prior game they had shot over 50% from three and then they shoot like that. Ultimately, the Trojans finished the game shooting 26% from three while hitting 33% from the field. And not only did the team struggled from the three-point line and the field in general, but they struggled from the free throw line as well. They shot 23 free throws for the entire game and only made 13. And again, Georgia State took less free throws than the Trojans and still hit more. They to...

In my last post I mentioned the Trojans needing to be efficient, especially after shooting 19 percent from three the previous game. I guess they listened because the game against Arkansas State on Saturday was a really good and efficient win to get the Trojans back on track as they took down the Red Wolves 100 to 89. The Trojans shot just over 50 percent from three for the game shooting 14 for 27 from three and right at 43 percent from the field. And this is the type of efficiency that the Trojans have been searching for most of this season. Countless times I’ve talked to the coaching staff after games and they have talked about putting together a full game and being consistent. And this was one of the few games where they have been able to do that. Not only were they consistent on the offensive end, but they were consistent on defense as well. They had a total of 14 steals for the game to go along with two blocks. They played team defense and communicated well on defe...

In my last post, I highlighted the biggest reason why I thought the Trojans lost last night. But, despite the loss, the Trojans can bounce back. In order to bounce back though, the Trojans need to play smarter. Yes, they play defense   and they rebound. But that is only two of the three main components of basketball. They need to be better offensively. What I mean by this is that they need to be more efficient. Currently they are one of the top scoring teams in the country because they run the floor and get offensive rebounds. Which is good, but they need to be more efficient. Often times I’ll see them play at home or hear them on the radio and they are taking shots early into the shot clock or are taking the first good look that they find. And that is just a product of the system that head coach Chanda Rigby runs. And that system has worked for a couple of years now. But this system has been at its best when efficient. And this can be seen earlier this seas...

Welcome back to Inside Troy Women’s Basketball. Troy just got done taking on Little Rock earlier tonight. And after being up by 4 points at halftime the Trojans fell on the road by 4, 76-72. And the cause of this loss? Shooting. Just like last week’s game against rival South Alabama, the Trojans shot under 40% from the field for the game. But unlike last weekend, the Trojans also shot below 30 percent from three. For the game the Trojans shot 19% from three, which is the tied for the second worst shooting percentage all season. The only worse shooting performance on the season was the very first game on the season where the Trojans shot just 15% from three. Another contribute to the Trojans loss was the play of two of the Trojans main players, Kayla Robinson and Amber Rivers. First with Kayla, she didn’t have a very good game as she shot just 3 for 13 from the field and 0 for 5 from three. She also had 4 assists to 3 turnovers for the game. Now with Amber, she s...