BOONE, N.C. - App State women's basketball is in earch of its fifth win in the past six games when it hosts a high-powered Troy team on Saturday at 2 p.m in the Holmes Center.
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Last Time Out
The Apps dealt South Alabama a 71-59 setback for their third straight win at home against South Alabama. Six players scored at least eight points with four players scoring in double figures.
Pre Stanley scored 14 of her game-high 19 points in the first half, while
Lainey Gosnell posted 15 points and tied a career best with 11 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.
Bayley Plummer registered her second double-double in a row with 10 points and a game-best 15 boards.
Ashley Polacek stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points, tied a season-best with seven assists and pulled five off the glass. App State assisted
on 69 percent (18-26) of its field goals while limiting South Alabama to under 60 points for just the third time this season.
Best Down the Stretch
After a 1-6 start to league action, the Apps are 4-1 over their last five games. Defensively, the Apps are allowing 56.2 points during the stretch (66.5 overall), while limiting opponents to 29.6 percent shooting from beyond the arc (34.5 percent overall). Appalachian is attempting 21.5 free throws over the five games with its foes averaging just nine foul shots.
What to Watch for
- Over the last five games (4-1), the Mountaineers have allowed just 56.2 points per game and nine free throw attempts per contest. See if the defense can limit Troy at the free-throw line as the Trojans are the top free-throw shooting team in makes and attempts in the nation.
- Also, the Mountaineers are assisting on 53 percent of their assists during the stretch, including 18 on 26 field goals on Thursday. See if the Apps can continue to share the ball.
- Troy is averaging 23.2 offensive rebounds per game, which is first in the nation. See if the Mountaineers can contain Saturday's visitors on the glass.
- In four wins this season, opponents are averaging 32.8 free throw attempts while attempting 18.2 in their losses. See if the Apps can get to the line on Saturday.
- Troy is 1-4 this season when allowing its foes to shoot more than 40 percent from the field. See if the Mountaineers can make their shot attempts count on Saturday.
Scouting Troy
- Troy is coming off a high-scoring 124-103 setback to Coastal Carolina in a matchup featuring two of the top teams in the league.
- Japonica James scored a team-high 21 points off the bench, while Alexus Dye scored 13 and grabbed 15 rebounds for a double-double.
- The Trojans received two votes in the top 25 coaches poll and are 17th in the collegeinsider.com mid-major top 25 poll.
- Troy is one of the top-scoring teams in the country averaging 80.2 points per game, which also tops the league.
- Also, the Trojans are first in the country in free throw attempts and free throws made.
- The Trojans feature a deep roster that has 10 players averaging at least 14 minutes of playing time with no player averaging more than 25 minutes of playing time.
- Troy is averaging 26.4 free throw attempts per game.
Series History
The Mountaineers are 1-9 against Troy with their lone win coming on the Trojans' home floor during the 2015-16 season. A third-quarter surge led to Troy's 84-55 win in the first meeting in Troy.
What's Next
App State will travel to the Georgia schools, where it will face Georgia State on Thursday at 6 p.m. in Atlanta.
