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One Troy Today 12/16: Historic Showing
Today, a pair of Trojan basketball wins and 24 student-athletes participated in the Fall Ceremony
Good morning! Look back at a historic performance that took place inside Trojan Arena on Saturday.
What else do we have brewing for you in today’s edition of One Troy Today?
🏀 A pair of Trojan basketball wins
🎓️ 24 student-athletes participated in the Fall Ceremony
⚔️ And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 One For The History Books. Behind a historic effort from Shaulana Wagner, Trojan women’s basketball easily defeated Memphis, 85-67, on Saturday afternoon in front of the home crowd. Wagner became the first Troy women's basketball player to secure a triple-double in D-I history with 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds after grabbing a board with just over a minute to play. Outside of Wagner's historic game, Zay Dyer, Brianna Jackson and Ashley Baez tied for the most points at 16.
🔼 Start To Finish. Troy men's basketball returned to the win column on Saturday night, as it dominated Middle Georgia State 87-53 in Trojan Arena. The defense held Middle Georgia State to 31.3 percent shooting from the field and 7.1 percent from 3-point range. As for the offense, Myles Rigsby returned to his scoring ways with 11 points and eight rebounds while Jerrell Bellamy finished in the double-digits on 4-7 shooting.
🔼 The Highest Achievement. Troy student-athletes represented 24 of the nearly 800 students who participated in Troy's fall commencement ceremonies on Friday in Trojan Arena. Troy's football program led the way with eight current or former players earning degrees this semester, followed by six from track & field, three each from baseball and soccer, while women's basketball and softball had two graduates.
Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is Troy women’s basketball’s Shaulana Wagner. The senior guard secured the program’s first-ever triple-double in D-I history with her 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the win over Memphis.
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🤔 TROY TRIVIA
Century Mark. Today’s trivia question…how many Trojan basketball players have scored 100+ points so far this season?
Think you know your stuff? Scroll to the bottom to see the correct answer!
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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: Three!
Men’s basketball’s Myles Rigsby (126 points) and women’s basketball’s Zay Dyer (128 points) and Ashley Baez (119 points) have all accumulated 100 or more points this season.
⚔️ Have a great Monday!