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TROY, Ala. – The Troy Trojans women’s basketball team suffered their second consecutive loss, falling to the University of Denver 60-58 in the waning seconds of Sun Belt Conference play Saturday night at Trojan Arena. “This was a tough loss,” Troy head coach Michael Murphy said. “They are all tough losses when you play in conference play.” Troy (7-4, 1-2 Sun Belt) led most of the contest until the final 2:29 when Denver’s Britteni Rice connected on a 3-pointer to give the Pioneers a 54-51 lead. After Sophie Kleeman pulled the Trojans to within a point, 54-53, with 2:08 to play in the contest, Denver pushed the lead to 56-53 behind a Rice lay-up. She hit the subsequent free throw to push the lead to 57-53. Donette McNair hit a lay-up with 1:27 to play to trim the deficit to 57-55, before Kaetlyn Murdoch drained a pair of free throws for Denver (9-5, 4-0 Sun Belt) for a 59-55 Pioneer lead. The lead was pushed to 60-58 when the Trojans, for the second consecutive game had a chance to tie
TROY, Ala. – The Troy Trojans women’s basketball team suffered their second consecutive loss, falling to the University of Denver 60-58 in the waning seconds of Sun Belt Conference play Saturday night at Trojan Arena. “This was a tough loss,” Troy head coach Michael Murphy said. “They are all tough losses when you play in conference play.” Troy (7-4, 1-2 Sun Belt) led most of the contest until the final 2:29 when Denver’s Britteni Rice connected on a 3-pointer to give the Pioneers a 54-51 lead. After Sophie Kleeman pulled the Trojans to within a point, 54-53, with 2:08 to play in the contest, Denver pushed the lead to 56-53 behind a Rice lay-up. She hit the subsequent free throw to push the lead to 57-53. Donette McNair hit a lay-up with 1:27 to play to trim the deficit to 57-55, before Kaetlyn Murdoch drained a pair of free throws for Denver (9-5, 4-0 Sun Belt) for a 59-55 Pioneer lead. The lead was pushed to 60-58 when the Trojans, for the second consecutive game had a chance to tie
