TROY – Troy’s women’s basketball team opens its season Tuesday at home against Fort Valley State (6 p.m.) with high expectations, a lot of experience returning and a goal to return to the NCAA Tournament.
There is plenty of motivation fueling head coach Chanda Rigby’s team. Rigby has taken Troy to the NCAAs in 2016 and 2017, but the Lady Trojans have fallen short the past two seasons.
“Our returning players have stepped up. We have seven seniors who are extremely talented,” said Rigby, who tips off her eighth season as Troy’s head coach. “What’s great is they have a chip on their shoulder because we didn’t meet our goal of what we wanted to do last year, which is get to the NCAA Tournament.