2020-21 Troy Trojans Men's Basketball
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2020-21 TROY TROJANS GAME TWENTY ONE 2020-21 TROY TROJANS MBB Communications Contact: ANDREW STERN MEN’S BASKETBALL [email protected] (914)-589-9666 #TAKETHESTAIRS | #ONETROY 2020-21 SCHEDULE GAME INFORMATION Overall: 10-10 | Sun Belt: 4-6 | Non-Conference: 6-4 Home: 7-1 | Road: 2-8 | Neutral:1-1 TROY at South Alabama DATE OPPONENT TIME/ RESULT Mitchell (10,041) | Mobile, Ala. NOV. 25 MIDDLE GA. ST. (E+) CANCELED ESPN + | Troy Sports Radio Network | TroyStats.com 1 NOV. 27 WESTERN CAROLINA (E+) W, 66-64 Thursday, Feb. 11 | 6 PM NOV. 28 UNCW1 (E+) L, 50-73 Overall: 10-10 Overall: 12-8 DEC. 2 WAKE FOREST CANCELED SERIES HISTORY (South Alabama) DEC. 4 #17 TEXAS TECH (ESPN2) L, 46-80 SBC: 4-6 Overall: South Alabama leads 25-11 SBC: 6-5 DEC. 6 UAB (CUSA TV) L, 55-77 Road: 2-8 Home: 4-11 | Away: 5-11 | Neutral: 2-3 Home: 8-3 DEC. 10 NORTH ALABAMA W, 62-57 DEC. 12 CENTRAL BAPTIST (E+) W, 61-44 BY THE NUMBERS DEC. 16 SAMFORD (E+) W, 79-71 DEC. 19 AUBURN (SECN) L, 41-77 Senior Nick Stampley has scored 91 points and grabbed 37 rebounds DEC. 28 CARVER (E+) W, 88-35 the last five games. Stampley has scored in double-figures in five straight and is just two points away from 400 career points. JAN. 1 APP STATE (E+) W, 69-56 91 JAN. 2 APP STATE (E+) L, 59-90 Troy sits just a game-and-a-half behind the second-place Jaguars and JAN. 15 GEORGIA SOUTHERN (E+) L, 64-67 (OT) can overtake South with a weekend sweep. The Trojans are just two- JAN. 16 GEORGIA SOUTHERN (E+) L, 56-63 games behind first place App State and own the tiebreaker over the 1.5 Mountaineers after winning the season series 3-1. JAN. 22 COASTAL CAROLINA (E+) L, 81-90 JAN. 23 COASTAL CAROLINA (E+) L, 65-70 Junior Zay Williams reached the 500-point mark in Saturday's game JAN. 29 APP STATE (E+) W, 71-62 against Georgia Southern. The forward scored 11 points and grabbed JAN. 30 APP STATE (E+) W, 65-59 500 15 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. FEB. 2 SPRING HILL COLLEGE W, 90-73 Troy will look to snap a four-game losing streak to the Jags on FEB. 5 GEorgIA SOUTHERN (E+) W, 68-56 Thursday night. Troy last defeated South Alabama in the 2018 Sun FEB. 6 GEorgIA SOUTHERN (E+) L, 64-79 Belt Conference Tournament (69-62). FEB. 11 SOUTH ALABAMA (E+) 6 PM 4 FEB. 13 SOUTH ALABAMA (E+) 4 PM Freshman Duke Miles has turned it on as of late, recording at least 17 points in three FEB. 16 GEorgIA STATE (E+) 6 PM of his last four SBC matchups. Miles scored 20 on Friday night and answered with a FEB. 19 GEORGIA STATE (E+) 5 PM career-best 21 on Saturday. The freshman is averaging 10.4 points in SBC play. EB EORGIA TATE 15 F . 20 G S (E+) 3 PM FEB. 26 COASTAL CAroLINA (E+) 6 PM Troy won its 10th game of the season last Friday night against Georgia FEB. 27 COASTAL CAroLINA (E+) 4 PM Southern and has already eclipsed its 2019-20 win total. With a victory on Thursday the Trojans can equal their SBC win total from last year. MARCH 5-8 SUN BELT TOURNAMENT 10 HOME GAMES ARE IN BOLD TriP Around the Sun Belt ALL GAMES ARE CENTRAL TIME *- SUN BELT CONFERENCE GAME East Conf. Conf. Pct Overall Overall PCT Streak 1- MAKO MEDICAL CLASSIC (ASHEVILLE N.C.) App State 6-4 .600 12-7 .632 L2 Coastal Carolina 6-5 .545 12-6 .667 L3 2- SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT (PENSACOLA, FLA.) South Alabama 6-5 .545 12-8 .600 W4 (E+)- ESPN PLUS Georgia Southern 6-6 .500 12-9 .571 W1 (SECN)- SEC NETWORK Troy 4-6 .400 10-10 .500 L1 Georgia State 2-4 .333 8-5 .615 L3 West Conf. Conf. Pct Overall Overall PCT Streak Texas State 7-3 .700 13-6 .684 W2 Louisiana 7-5 .583 13-6 .684 L2 UT Arlington 7-5 .583 11-9 .550 W3 Little Rock 6-6 .500 10-9 .526 L2 Arkansas State 5-5 .500 8-9 .471 W2 ULM 2-10 .167 4-15 .211 L10 GAME TWENTY ONE |SOUTH ALABAMA | @TRoyTROJansMBB 2020-21 TROY TROJANS GAME TWENTY ONE 2020-21 ROSTER 0 Kieffer Punter G 6-5 175 Jr. Bronx, N.Y./Tyler JC 1 Marquel Bryant G 6-2 195 Fr. Sarasota, Fla./Riverside HS 2 Antwan Burnett F 6-5 210 Fr. Montgomery Ala./Sidney Lanier HS 3 Kam Woods G 6-1 170 Fr. Bessemer, Ala./Pinson Valley HS 4 Quinnus Fletcher G 5-10 130 Fr. Opelika, Ala./Auburn HS 5 Rory Pantophlet F 6-10 230 Jr. Philpsburg, Sint Maarten/Tyler JC 10 Zay Williams F 6-9 190 Jr. Birmingham, Ala./Parker HS 11 Desmond Williams G 6-1 165 So. Montgomery, Ala./Brewbaker Tech 13 Khalyl Waters F 6-5 190 Sr. Douglasville, Ga./Georgia Highlands 14 Jakevan Leftridge F 6-7 180 So. Dallas, Texas/Wilmer-Hutchins HS 15 Duke Miles G 6-2 175 Fr. Montgomery, Ala./Robert E Lee HS 21 Miles Mendes F 6-5 225 Fr. Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS 22 Nick O’Brien G 6-0 180 Fr. Troy, Ala./Pike Liberal Art School 24 Nick Stampley F 6-6 210 Sr. Broward County, Fla./Eastern Florida State 30 Christian Turner F 6-7 220 Fr. Grand Prairie, Texas/ South Grand Prairie HS 32 Lydell Geffrard F 6-8 245 R-Jr. New York, N.Y./Three Rivers College STAFF INFORMATION PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Scott Cross | Second Year | UT Arlington ‘98 Lydell Geffrard: Lie-Dell Gef-Rawr-ed Assistant Coach: Kenneth Mangrum | Second Year | North Texas ‘02 Rory Pantophlet: Pan-toe-fuh-let Assistant Coach: Bryon Jones | First Year | Central Oklahoma ‘93 Jakevan Leftridge: Juh-Key-Vun Assistant Coach: Mike Worley | Seventh Year | Denver ‘95 Khalyl Waters: Kuh-Leel (Rhymes with Teal) Director of Basketball Ops: Trent Patterson | Third Year | Troy ‘18 Marquel Bryant: Mar-kel Director of Player Personnel: Brandon Gilbert | First Year | North Texas ‘00 Head Trainer: Will Houck | Third Year | Central Washington ‘15 Head Strength Coach: Chris Johnson | Fifth Year | Salisbury ‘12 MBB Communications Contact: Andrew Stern | Second Year | Pitt ‘16 Head Student Managers: Tim Shaw, Jonah Thomas Student Managers: Jayln Brown, Tanner Patterson, Josh Pettie GAME TWENTY ONE |SOUTH ALABAMA | @TRoyTROJansMBB GAME TWENTY ONE |SOUTH ALABAMA | @TRoyTROJansMBB 2020-21 TROY TROJANS GAME TWENTY ONE HISTORY (Last 15 matchuPS) LAST MEETING South Alabama Year (Date) Location Result Score Feb. 29, 2020 Mobile, Ala. Loss 63-78 Feb. 7, 2019 Troy, Ala. Loss 66-70 Feb. 23, 2019 Troy, Ala. Loss 52-68 Feb. 2, 2019 Mobile, Ala. Loss 75-81 Mar. 7, 2018 New Orleans Win 69-62 Feb. 3, 2018 Troy, Ala. Win 80-63 Jan. 13, 2018 Mobile, Ala. Win 79-64 Feb. 4, 2017 Troy, Ala. Loss 71-76 Jan. 2, 2017 Mobile, Ala. Loss 75-76 Feb. 16, 2016 Mobile, Ala. Win 61-54 Jan. 26, 2016 Troy, Ala. Loss 58-66 Mar. 7, 2015 Mobile, Ala. Loss 93-96 Feb. 12, 2015 Troy, Ala. Loss 67-71 Feb. 22, 2014 Mobile, Ala. Loss 62-65 Feb. 6, 2014 Troy, Ala. Win 79-74 STATISTICAL COMPARISON MOBILE, Ala. -- Despite outscoring South Alabama 30-13 over a 12-minute stretch in the second half, the Troy Trojans fell 78-63 Saturday night at the CATEGORY Mitchell Center Overall Record 10-10 11-8 In the loss, Charles Norman scored a career-best 17 points (5-of-7 3-point) in Conf. Record 4-6 5-5 24 minutes, while Khalyl Waters tied his best output, scoring 15 points and 9 rebounds. Streak L1 W3 Freshman Jakevan Leftridge also made his return to the lineup, appearing Scoring 65.0 76.4 in game action for the first time since Jan. 16 against Georgia Southern (10 games). Leftridge scored six points in nearly 19 minutes of action. Scoring Defense 67.2 71.7 Scoring Margin -2.2 4.6 The Jaguars and Trojans got off to a fast start, as both teams hit three triples by the first media timeout. Field Goal Pct .400 .457 Troy's last 3-pointer of the stretch cut the South Alabama lead 11-9 at the first Field Goal Pct Defense .423 .414 media timeout. 3-Pt FG per Game 5.5 9.4 Over the next 1:48 of game action, the Jaguars used a 7-0 run to take an 18-9 3-Pt Field Goal Pct .270 .346 lead with 13:15 to play in the first period. 3-Pt Field Goal Pct Defense .364 .386 Behind a pair of layups from Waters, and a 3-pointer from Desmond Williams, the Trojans cut the South Alabama lead to just 18-16 with 11:04 to play in the Free Throw Pct .715 .718 half. Rebounds per game 37.7 35.5 After South Alabama traded baskets that changed the score to 22-20 with 9:35 Opp. Rebounds per game 34.7 36.3 to play, the Jaguars used the 24-10 run to open a 46-30 halftime lead. Rebounding Margin +3.0 +3.8 After the halftime break, South Alabama opened the half on a 15-3 run forcing a Troy timeout. Assists 214 197 Following the timeout, the Trojans held South Alabama without a field goal for Assists per game 10.7 10.4 nearly seven minutes, using a 15-3 outburst to cut the South Alabama lead to Turnovers 299 237 64-48 with 7:55 to play.