Ashley Baez’s free throws with 0.2 seconds remaining gave Troy an 88-86 victory over North Texas in the Women’s NIT Sweet 16 on Thursday night at Trojan Arena.

Troy (22-13) next faces North Dakota State in the Great 8 round on Monday in Fargo, N.D. A victory would send coach Chanda Rigby’s Trojans to the WNIT Fab 4 for the second straight season.

On Thursday, Troy got Zay Dyer’s 17th double-double of the year with 23 points and 13 rebounds. The Trojans won despite turning the ball over a season-worst 30 time, its most in eight years.

“The will to win can’t be beat,” Rigby said. “We did not play perfect basketball. We shot poorly from the free throw line; we had some key turnovers and lost focus, but at the end of the game, our crowd really helped us pull through and the players fought with all their emotion and belief.

“We subbed Ashley in for defense, but when we got the stop, she took off with it, got fouled and made her free throws. That’s what everyone is going to remember.”

Indeed, Troy trailed 86-80 with 2:06 remaining in overtime after North Texas’ Kayla Deck hit a 3-pointer. But the Trojans scored the game’s final eight points, the first six on Briana Peguero’s 3-pointer with 1:52 to play and a 3-point play with 23 seconds left.

With the score tied, North Texas (25-9) missed a shot and Baez grabbed the rebound. Deck fouled her with 0.2 left on the clock.

Baez, a 5-foot-6 senior who played just eight minutes on Thursday, hit both free throws for the win. They were her only points in the game.

Shaulana Wagner also had a double-double for Troy with 17 points and 10 assists, while Peguero (14 points), Brianna Jackson (14) and Emani Jenkins (10) also scored in double figures for the Trojans. The 6-foot-3 Jackson also blocked eight shots, one shy of the Trojans’ single-game record.

North Texas’ Tommisha Jackson scored a game-high 26 points, while Desiree Wooten added 21. Deck finished with 16 for the Mean Green.

Tip-off for Troy at North Texas on Monday is set for 7 p.m. The winner of that game will face the winner of Monday’s Illinois-Louisiana Tech game in the WNIT Fab 4.