NEW ORLEANS -- ArJae' Saunders scored 13 points, Claresa Banks added 12 before each fouled out and Troy won back-to-back Sun Belt Conference Tournament championships after a 78-64 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday night.
La'Tia Fils-Aime' added 12 points for third-seeded Troy (22-10), which will make its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
"Again, ring to rings is very hard to get the second one behind the first one," Troy coach Chanda Rigby said about the repeat. "The `s' on the end means we had to do everything plural or more and they did that this year.