Trojans Fall on the Road

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 shot just 1 for 11 from the field herself, and 0 for 6 from three for her game while grabbing just 5 rebounds.

If the Trojans want to succeed and achieve their goals of winning the conference and making the NCAA tournament, then they need Kayla and Amber to play better.

These two players are arguably two of the most experienced players on the team, and they need to play like it.

And I know that the competitive fire in them right now is eating at them.

Because while the team only lost by 4 and there were plenty of moments where the team could’ve won the game earlier but didn’t, I’m sure that they were told it wasn’t all on them.

But I know whenever I competed in the past in various sports and my team lost by a small margin and I played bad, it ate at me until we played again.

And it will eat at them until they play again on Saturday against Arkansas State on the road.

I will be coming out with another post later tonight talking about that upcoming matchup.

Thank you for reading and as always, Go Trojans!