/news-archive/tag/keanna-keys/ UA 糖心视频logo Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:10:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/03/12/sun-belt-championship-2018/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:10:23 +0000 /news/?p=69768 ... Trojan women win Sun Belt Tournament Championship]]> The victory sends 糖心视频logo to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program history and for the first time since 2015. This is the third time that 糖心视频logo has won the regular-season championship and tournament championship in the same season. Monique Townson was the star for the Trojans (23-9) with a team-high 17 points and eight rebounds in 40 minutes. She finished 7-for-13 from the field and 3-for-4 from three. Tori Lasker had nine points to go along with five rebounds and four assists while knocking down three three-pointers. Sisters Raeyana and Ronjanae DeGray each tallied eight points. Ronjanae had eight rebounds while Raeyana tallied five. 糖心视频logo was 21-for-54 (38.9 percent) from the field, 6-for-17 (35.3 percent) from three and a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe. Townson and Ronjanae DeGray earned All-Tournament Team honors for their performance throughout the tournament. The Bobcats (23-9) had three players in double figures as Tournament MVP Taeler Deer led the game with 20 points and eight assists. Toshua Leavitt tallied 11 points with three steals, and Brooke Holle had 10 points with seven rebounds. Texas State shot 35.2 percent (19-for-54) from the field, 29.4 percent (5-for-17) from three and 90.9 percent (10-for-11) from the foul line. As it entered the fourth quarter with an 11-point lead, 糖心视频logo’s offensive struggles from the third quarter carried over while Texas State’s offense continued to flourish. After Ronjanae DeGray made a jumper to put 糖心视频logo up by 13 at the beginning quarter, it was all Texas State from there as the Bobcats went on a 13-0 run from 7:42 to 4:10. Yanina Inkina stopped the bleeding with a jumper, but Leavitt hit a three right after to give Texas State the 53-52 lead. The Trojans’ defense finally stepped up in the final three minutes of action as it didn’t allow a single Bobcat point. The lead returned to 糖心视频logo at the 2:30 mark as Townson put up the go-ahead layup. With 糖心视频logo up 54-53, both sides missed three shots each in the final two minutes. With two seconds remaining in the game, Deer missed the go-ahead layup by mere inches. With 0.2 seconds left and 糖心视频logo inbounding, the Trojans threw the ball into play off the Texas State defender’s leg to run off the clock and win the championship. Texas State came out of the locker room ready to play in the third quarter as it outscored 糖心视频logo 17-10 after shooting 58.3 percent (7-for-12). The Trojans shot just 21.4 percent (3-for-14) in the period. The Bobcats’ biggest run of the quarter occurred with 5:53 left in the period as Texas State went on a 9-0 run. The Trojans ended the first half with an 18-point lead over the Bobcats after shooting 53.6 percent (15-for-28) in the first 20 minutes. Townson ended the half with a game-high 12 points as she went 5-for-5 from the field and 2-for-2 from beyond the arc. 糖心视频logo held Texas State to 20 percent (6-for-30) in the half and kept the Bobcats’ three-point shooting at bay as they shot just 1-for-10. Up 33-20, 糖心视频logo ended the half on a 5-0 thanks to two free throws by Keys and a layup and a free throw by Raeyana DeGray. 糖心视频logo got off to a scorching start as it led Texas State 20-7 after 10 minutes of play. Townson was sensational as she started the game 4-for-4 with one three-pointer and two rebounds. 糖心视频logo shot 60 percent (9-for-15) for the period while holding Texas State to 17.6 percent (3-for-17). The Trojans were dominant on the boards as they outrebounded the Bobcats 13-7. 糖心视频logo had two runs of seven points each in the period and finished the quarter on a 14-2 run. Keanna Keys finished with six points, three rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block. Inkina ended up with six points, and Terrion Moore tallied four assists and four rebounds. 糖心视频logo had a 41-27 advantage in rebounds and a 13-12 advantage in assists. The Trojans led for just over 37 minutes while the Bobcats led for just under two minutes. 糖心视频logo will now prepare for the NCAA Selection Show on Monday at 6 p.m. in the Legends Room of the Jack Stephens Center. Festivities are set to begin at 5:30 p.m.]]> /news-archive/2018/03/05/coach-foley-3-trojans-earn-sun-belt-conference-honors/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:55:11 +0000 /news/?p=69672 ... Coach Foley, 3 Trojans earn Sun Belt Conference honors]]> Ronjanae DeGray was named to the All-Sun Belt First Team, while and Keanna Keys and Monique Townson were named to the All-Sun Belt Third Team.聽 Foley’s Coach of the Year award is his fifth as the Trojans’ head coach. He previously won the award in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017. The 2017-18 season was a big one for Foley as he became the Sun Belt’s all-time 飞颈苍苍颈苍驳别蝉迟听coach, earned his 750th career win, earned his 300th win as the Trojans’ head coach, and coached in his 1,000th career game. Foley’s Trojans won the Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Championship with a 17-1 conference record for the second consecutive year. On Saturday, Foley tallied his fourth consecutive 20-win season at 糖心视频logo and 11th as the Trojans’ head coach. Foley now has 27 20-win seasons in his 31 seasons as a collegiate head coach. DeGray’s All-Sun Belt First Team honor is the first of her career. During the regular season, the junior led 糖心视频logo with 13.9 points per game while tallying a 51.8 field-goal percentage and 5.6 rebounds per game. In Sun Belt play,聽DeGray averaged 16 points with a 53.2 field-goal percentage and 6.2 rebounds per game. DeGray led 糖心视频logo in scoring on 10 different occasions throughout the season and tallied double figures in all but five games. 顿别骋谤补测听scored at least 10 points in all but one Sun Belt Conference game. Keys’ All-Sun Belt Third Team honor is the first of her career as the graduate student averaged 8.9 points per game with a 53.0 field-goal percentage and 5.1 rebounds per game. In conference action, Keys averaged 9.7 points with a 57.0 field-goal percentage and 5.0 rebounds per game. Keys’ field-goal percentage for the season and in conference play were second-best in the league. Keys shot 42.9 percent or better in all but one Sun Belt contest. Like Keys, this is Townson’s first All-Sun Belt Third Team honor. The senior led 糖心视频logo with 4 assists per game and 1.8 steals per game while tallying 7.7 points per game and 4.7 rebounds per game. In Sun Belt play, 罢辞飞苍蝉辞苍听had 8.4 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, 4 assists per game and 1.4 steals per game. For her career, she has the best free-throw percentage of any player to wear a 糖心视频logo uniform at 80.7 percent. 糖心视频logo will get back to action on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference Championship and will face either No. 8 Arkansas State or No. 9 Appalachian State as the No. 1 overall seed. Opening tip is 11:30 a.m. at Lakefront Arena on ESPN3. All-Sun Belt聽First Team Ronjanae DeGray, 糖心视频logo (Junior, Forward, Odessa, Texas) Jas Adams, Coastal Carolina (Senior, Guard, Winston-Salem, N.C.) Chyna Ellis, South Alabama (Senior, Center, Cordova, Tenn.) Rebekah VanDijk, UTA (Senior, Center, Nazareth, Texas) Taeler Deer, Texas State (Senior, Guard, Houston, Texas) All-Sun Belt聽Second Team Akasha Westbrook, Arkansas State (Junior, Guard, Malvern, Ark.) DJ Williams, Coastal Carolina (Sophomore, Guard, Moreno Valley, Calif.) Toshua Leavitt, Texas State (Junior, Guard, Nixa, Mo.) Kayla Robinson, Troy (Sophomore, Guard, Clyo, Ga.) Amber Rivers, Troy (Sophomore, Forward, Birmingham, Ala.) All-Sun Belt Third Team Bayley Plummer, Appalachian State (Sophomore, Center, Thomasville, N.C.) Monique Townson, 糖心视频logo (Senior, Guard, Kansas City, Mo.) Keanna Keys, 糖心视频logo (Graduate, Forward, Sumrall, Miss.) Simone Fields, Louisiana (Senior, Forward, San Antonio, Texas ) Crystal Allen, UTA (Senior, Guard, Fort Worth, Texas) Sun Belt Player of the Year Taeler Deer, Texas State (Senior, Guard, Houston, Texas) Sun Belt Defensive of the Year Chyna Ellis, South Alabama (Senior, Center, Cordova, Tenn.) Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Savannah Jones, South Alabama (Freshman, Guard, Ocean Springs, Miss.) Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year Sky’Lynn Holmes, Troy (Junior, Forward, Mount Pleasant, Texas) Sun Belt Coach of the Year Joe Foley, 糖心视频logo]]>