App State women’s basketball senior teammates Lainey Gosnell (Demorest, Ga./Habersham Central) and Pre Stanley (Rockledge, Fla./Rockledge) were named to the Sun Belt All-Conference teams, as the league announced on Thursday.
Stanley earns a postseason all-conference award for the second time in her career, while Gosnell collects her first all-conference honor.
The tandem helped App State accomplish a second winning season in the past three years, was one of four teams in the Sun Belt to win at least 10 games, and made an appearance in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament. Stanley and Gosnell are the first Mountaineer teammates to make the all-conference team since 2016-17 while it’s the first time since 2014-15 (Maryah Syndor) a player has made the all-first team.
Three members of the Louisiana Ragin Cajun were honored for their play throughout the 2020-2021 women s college basketball season by being named to the Sun Belt s All-Conference Teams, which was announced on Thursday.
Seniors Ty Doucet and Skyler Goodwin, along with junior Brandi Williams were all named to the squad.
Doucet, a center, was named to the First Team, while Williams and Goodwin, both guards, were named to the Secon Team and Third Team, respectively.
A native of Ville Platte, Doucet became the first Ragin Cajun to earn First Team honors since Jaylyn Gordon did so following the 2016-17 season, while also being tabbed the Sun Belt s Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in program history to garner the recognition.
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NEW ORLEANS – Troy is headed back to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament for the third time in the last five years that the event has been hosted after defeating Louisiana, 73-65, Monday afternoon in the Sun Belt Conference Championship Game at the Pensacola Bay Center.
Troy (22-5) improved to 3-0 all-time in the Sun Belt Tournament Championship Game with two of those victories coming over Louisiana; the Trojans also beat the Ragin’ Cajuns to win the 2017 Sun Belt title. Troy will make its fourth overall NCAA Tournament appearance and third as the Sun Belt Conference representative (2016, 2017, 2021).
Jasmine Robinson scored in double-figures for the 10th time in her last 12 games after dropping a game-high 17 points in addition to dishing out nine dimes and pulling down five rebounds. Troy’s double-double tandem, Alexus Dye and Felmas Koranga, were at it again with a pair of dominant performances. Dye extended her NCAA-leading double-double tally to 22 gam
Alexus Dye dominating the glass in senior season
Alexus Dye dominating the glass in senior season By Hailey Sutton | February 2, 2021 at 9:00 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 10:46 PM
TROY, Ala. (WSFA) - One thing about Alexus Dye, she’s going to get a board. In fact, she’s likely to grab double digit rebounds every time she steps on the court.
“I’ve been doing that ever since I started playing basketball. That’s probably my greatest gift,” said the senior forward.
Dye was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week for the third time this season, and fourth in her career, after back-to-back double double performances against Appalachian State last weekend.