PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Troy women’s basketball squad utilized a second-half surge to down the No. 5 seed Little Rock 62-59 on Sunday at the Pensacola Bay Center to advance into the Sun Belt Tournament championship for the second straight…
The Trojans face the UT Arlington-Louisiana winner in Monday’s title game at 1 p.m. at the Pensacola Bay Center. The game will be televised by ESPNU.
Little Rock’s Sali Kourouma led all scorers with 27 points. However, the Trojans limited her to just nine points in the second half. Kourouma opened the second quarter by leading an 8-1 run for Little Rock to gain a six-point lead at 18-12 with 7:53 left the play. After a Trojan make, Kourouma gave Little Rock its largest lead of the second quarter off a jumper with 4:24 left to play.
A made free throw from Dunlap in the final seconds of the third saw Troy go up 48-42 heading into the final 10 minutes of action.
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