SOUND OF THE SOUTH

The Troy Trojans women’s basketball team is primed and ready to make a run at defending its regular season Sun Belt Conference championship and add to its many postseason accomplishments as well. The 2021-22 regular season was kind to Troy as it saw the team head into the conference championship as the number one seed. Although the team did not reach the NCAA tournament, the Trojans received an invitation to the WNIT and hosted Alabama in the first round.

The Trojans are set to bring back five players from last season’s loaded roster and will feature some encouraging newcomers as well. Jada Walton and Felmas Koranga lead the pack of the returners for Troy while three-time JUCO all-American Jashanti Simmons is the marquee prospect that will play for the Trojans for the first time in November.

The team will open the season on November 7 with a matchup against regional rival Samford. Troy will not play a home game until December 7 when they welcome Tulane to Trojan Arena, but the schedule is packed with games against Power 5 opponents. The non-conference schedule is highlighted by a west-coast swing that has Troy playing against UCLA and San Francisco. After the meeting against USF, the Trojans will fly to the state of Hawaii to play Washington State and BYU before coming home to prepare for a tough road game against Arkansas before the team finally gets to play at home.