TROY, Ala. – Winners of 34 of its last 38 Sun Belt Conference games, the 2022 regular season champion Troy Trojans open league play Thursday evening, hosting Southern Miss in Trojan Arena at 6 p.m.
Troy (5-6) has won three straight Sun Belt titles, claiming the tournament championship in 2021 and the 2020 and 2022 regular season titles. All told, under head coach Chanda Rigby, the Trojans have won a Sun Belt championship in five of the last seven seasons.
Rigby challenged her squad with a demanding non-conference schedule this season which featured eight of the 11 games away from Trojan Arena, three against Power Five teams and six against teams with NET rankings of 105 or better.