Michael Shipma
Sports Editor
For the second time in school history, the Troy women’s basketball team will play for a Sun Belt Conference Championship.
After defeating top-seeded Arkansas State 96-89 in the conference championship semifinals, the Trojans will advance to their first Sun Belt Championship game since 1997. The win at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans was Troy’s seventh straight.
The Trojans (19-12, 12-8 Sun Belt) had four players score in double figures, including a 17-point, 14-assist double-double from senior guard Ashley Beverly-Kelley. With the 14 assists, the first team All-Sun Belt player recorded the most ever in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament.