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Troy women fall to Arkansas State in Sun Belt tournament semifinals, 81-66
Troy’s third meeting this season with Arkansas State ended with the same result as the previous two, as the Trojans fell 81-66 in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference women’s basketball tournament on Sunday in Pensacola, Fla.
The third-seeded Trojans (20-13) trailed by 12 at halftime, but got within six points late in the third quarter. However, Arkansas State (20-10) pulled away with a 14-2 run over the final 1:44 of the third to build a 65-47 lead and Troy never got closer than eight points down the rest of the way.
“I think that we shot probably more poorly than we have all year in the beginning of that game, and that was a terrible mixture with not rebounding,” Troy coach Chanda Rigby said. “Because (Arkansas State) is the worst team you could have done that on because that’s how they got so much in transition because we were missing shots, not rebounding, and they were going in transition.
“I thought the team was really striving hard to get back in transition, but time after time after time we would have had to been perfect in those situations to keep them from getting a shot because that’s what they do.”
Kennedi Montue led Arkansas State with 21 points and eoight rebounds in just 20 minutes off the bench, while Crislyn Rose added 14 points and Zyion Shannon 13. The Red Wolves — who swept the Trojans during the regular season, 91-77 in Jonesboro and 89-85 in Troy — won despite shooting just 36% as a team.
Briana Peguero led Troy with 17 points, while Emani Jenkins chipped in 12, Shaulan Wagner had 11 and All-Sun Belt forward Zay Dyer scored 10 with 11 rebounds. Briann Jackson scored 10 points and grabbed 15 of the Trojans’ 52 rebounds.
Troy had a poor shooting night of its own, connecting on just 29% of its attempts in the game. The Trojans — unsuccessful in their attempt to win their first Sun Belt tournament title since 2021 — fell into an early hole with a 25% shooting effort in the first half.
Troy will now return home and continuing practicing, with an eye toward earning a spot in one of the various postseason tournaments.
“Because of the good play that they’ve had so far this year and some of the big teams they’ve beaten like Arkansas, and some of the big moments we’ve had, because they are a good team, there’s a very good chance that they’re going to earn postseason play,” Rigby said. “So it’s not over. Everything is up in the air.
“We’ll go back to Troy. They’ll be in school in class tomorrow morning. They’ll have a couple days off from basketball to rest their body and hopefully we’ll know a little more as the week goes on.”
Arkansas State advances to face top-seeded James Madison (28-4) in the Sun Belt championship game at 1 p.m. Monday, with television coverage on ESPN2. The Dukes beat No. 4 Coastal Carolina 89-65 in Sunday’s other semifinal, and are unbeaten in 19 games against Sun Belt opponents this season.
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Autopsies rule Arkansas mothers death a suicide; twin children’s deaths homicides
BONANZA, Ark. (KATV) — According to our partners at 40/29 News, autopsies show that Charity Beallis died by suicide, and her six-year-old twin children died by homicide.
Beallis and the children were found on December 3, 2025, in their home in Bonanza. All three had gunshot wounds.
Records show that Beallis and her husband were in the process of divorcing when the murders happened. 40/29 reports that Beallis’ son has asked that their divorce be considered final, while her husband, Randall Beallis, has asked the court to dismiss the divorce proceedings.
The news release listed the following evidence:
— An examination of the transcripts of the deposition of Mrs. Beallis in the divorce/custody case and the final hearing on the case on 12-2-2025, reveal that she wished to be reconciled to her estranged husband, which did not happen. Mrs. Beallis, after being represented by four different attorneys, represented herself in the contested divorce/custody hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beallis was ordered to begin joint custody of her children with her estranged husband.
–Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband was a driver of a Tesla electric vehicle at that time. Tesla has compiled location data on Tesla vehicles, and according to the information provided by Tesla, Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband’s vehicle was not near the residence in Bonanza on the night in question. Also, the estranged husband’s phones did not “ping” any of the cell towers proximately related to Ms. Beallis’ location.
–Information from the home security alarm company shows the alarm was deactivated by Mrs. Beallis by her phone (she had exclusive access to the security system) at around 10 pm on the night in question. Even though deactivated, the alarm company was able to provide information showing no doors or windows to the home were opened during that time. When law enforcement arrived after 9:30 am on 12-3-2025, there were no doors or windows open, and they had to use a key to enter the home. SCSO rigorously tested the functioning of each door and window and found them to be operating properly.
The court released an order on Wednesday stating that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on those motions regarding the divorce. Beallis’ body has been released to her son, while the children are with Randall Beallis.
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Wally Hall
Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
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