Hanna Cooper
Staff Writer
The Troy women’s basketball team entered the Sun Belt Conference tournament as the third seed. The Trojans took on the seventh seed South Alabama in a quarterfinal’s matchup.
The Trojans struggled shooting throughout the matchup going 30-for-87 from the floor.
The Jaguars opened with a double-digit lead in the first quarter, but Troy responded in the second quarter through dominating the paint, scoring 16 points and adding a free throw to take a single point lead into halftime.
South Alabama’s Shaforia Kines dominated the final quarter and a half of play with 20 points after the Trojans knocked down three shots from behind the arc.