It can start by shooting just 20.6 percent from the field in the second half and a relatively icy 47.6 percent at the free throw line. On the flip side, that team can allow their opponents to shoot 58.3 percent from the field and outrebound it 30-16 in that one period.
That is exactly the prescription the Troy Trojans followed in a 73-63 defeat at the hands of the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns Thursday at Trojan Arena. Troy fell to 9-19 on the season and 4-13 in Sun Belt Conference play while the Cajuns snapped a three-game skid and improved to 15-11, 11-6.