PENSACOLA, Fla. – Undisputed. Champions.
After winning a Sun Belt-best 19 regular season games and 15 league games, Troy finished the deal Monday afternoon, downing top-seeded Louisiana, 73-65, in wire-to-wire fashion, to clinch the 2021 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The bid is Troy's third in the last five seasons that a tournament has been completed.
The Trojans (22-5) led by as many as 15 points and led by no fewer than seven over the final 25 minutes and 13 seconds of game action. The Trojans led by at least 10 points for nearly 12 minutes of the 40-minute contest.