Inside Troy Women's Basketball

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...

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 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 ...