LITTLE ROCK – The Troy women's basketball team led by 12 points at halftime, but played a poor second half in a 79-64 loss to Little Rock at the Jack Stephens Center on Thursday.
Playing in a building it had never won in, Troy (10-10, 5-6) put up 40 points on one of the Sun Belt's top defenses in the first half, but shot just 26 percent (8-of-31) in the second half of a fifth straight loss.
Ashley Beverly Kelley led Troy with 21 points on 8-of-22 shooting while ArJae' Saunders was also in double figures with 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting.