Troy University Athletics
Monday, January 19
Troy, Ala.
5:15 p.m.
Troy University
11-5, 6-1
91
vs
87
Appalachian State
8-8, 3-4
1
2
F
Appalachian State
37
50
87
Troy
43
48
91
Team Stats
APP
TROY
FG%
.492
.438
3FG%
.333
.214
FT%
.704
.727
RB
45
38
TO
28
17
STL
5
12
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
34
FGM
11
3FGM
1
FTM
11
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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Beverly-Kelley Leads Troy, Scores 1,000th in Sixth Straight Win
1/19/2015 8:32:00 PM | Basketball (W)
TROY, Alabama – Ashley Beverly-Kelley scored a career-high 34 points, including the 1,000th of her career, as the Troy women's basketball team raced to its sixth straight win, a 91-87 victory over Appalachian State at Trojan Arena on Monday night.
Troy (11-5, 6-1) is now off to its best conference start since the 1996-97 season when Troy's lone NCAA Tournament team started Mid-Continent play 8-1. Troy's six-game winning streak ties the program's Division I era (1993-present) record, which was last accomplished in 2004-05.
Beverly-Kelley took over early and never let up as she drove to the basket at will against Appalachian State (8-8, 3-4). The junior was 10-of-18 from the floor and 11-of-16 from the free throw line as she lived in the paint, including during a crucial late stretch.
The Trojans were up one, 78-77, with 2:11 to go when Beverly-Kelley connected on the first of what would be three layups on three possessions. App State turned it over on both of its possessions between, and with 1:31 to go Troy had completed a 6-0 run and led 84-77.
Troy then hit seven free throws over the final 1:31 to seal the win, leading by as many as nine points at one time. Down by seven, App State-s' Maryah Sydnor hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make the final score much closer. Sydnor fell just short of matching Beverly-Kelley as she led App State with 31 points on 10-of-14 shooting. The senior also had a game-high 11 rebounds.
However, the Preseason All-Sun Belt selection committed nine of the Mountaineers' 28 turnovers as Troy scored 29 points off of them. Rachel Reid swiped a game-high four steals and joined Beverly-Kelley in double figures with 16 points.
Lacey Buchanon scored in double digits for the fourth straight game for Troy as she dropped in 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Ronita Garrett was the fourth of four Trojans in double figures as she scored 11 points, but fell short of a fourth straight double-double with just six rebounds.
Beverly-Kelley, as usual, stuffed the stat sheet for Troy as she tied for team-highs with seven rebounds and three assists. She also posted two blocks and three steals.
In just her 77th career game, Beverly-Kelley surpassed the 1,000-point mark, doing so with a first-half layup. She became the 21st player in Troy's program history to score 1,000 career points.
App State outshot the Trojans overall as it fell just short of 50 percent (32-of-65) while Troy hit 44 percent (32-of-73). In a game that featured 60 combined free throws, Troy took a season-high 33 and hit 73 percent (24-of-33). The Mountaineers went 19-of-27 (70 percent) at the line.
The win for Troy sets up a showdown on Thursday against Sun Belt leader UALR. Tipoff is set for 5:15 p.m. at the Jack Stephens Center between Troy, the Sun Belt's best offensive team, and UALR, the league's best defensive team. UALR has won eight straight games and is the only team yet to loss a Sun Belt game.
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