The game’s outcome was in hand, but Troup High girls’ soccer coach Jase Crenshaw wanted to make sure his players weren’t going to stop fighting.

After the first half of Tuesday’s Region 5-AAAA game against Alexander at Callaway Stadium, the Lady Tigers found themselves trailing 7-0.

In the second half, Troup fought Alexander to a scoreless draw, and head coach Jase Crenshaw was encouraged with what he saw after a tough first half.

The second half was limited to 20 minutes because of the one-sided score.

“The second half was only 20 minutes but we did hold them scoreless,” Crenshaw said. “I really challenged them at the half and they stepped it up a few notches. We were in a bad spot but they responded so well to our halftime conversation and it showed in their second-half play.”

Crenshaw was, however, disappointed in how his team started the game.

“We didn’t show up ready to play,” he said. “We can’t have that facing a top-10 team.”

In the boys’ game, Alexander scored three goals in the first half and three more in the second half to take a 6-0 victory.

Troup’s teams will step out of the region the rest of the week.

Troup hosts Central-Carroll on Thursday, with the girls’ game starting at 5:30 p.m. and the boys’ game to follow at 7:30 p.m.

On Friday, Troup will visit rival Callaway, with the girls’ game kicking things off at 5:30 p.m.