Troy University Athletics
Troy Men Head to Little Rock
2/24/2010 11:00:00 PM | Basketball (M)
Standing in first place in the Sun Belt Conference, the Troy men's basketball team is thinking championship. But first is a Thursday date with the always tough program at UALR. Troy closes out the regular season on Saturday at Arkansas State.
THE COACHES
UALR
Steve
Shields (Baylor, 1988)
Record at UALR: 112-93 (6th year)
Overall Record: 112-93 (6th year)
Record vs. Troy: 3-2
Troy
Don Maestri (Southern Miss, 1969)
Record at Troy:
473-334 (28th year)
Overall Record: Same
Record vs. UALR: 2-318-6
LAST GAME
Troy finished
off its home schedule with a victory over Florida Atlantic. UALR fell at North Texas.
NEXT GAME
Troy closes out the regular season at Arkansas State on Saturday. UALR hosts New Orleans in its
regular season finale.
ON THE AIR
Radio: Troy ISP Sports Network; 94.7 FM WTBF in Troy,
560 AM WOOF in Dothan;
Barry McKnight (pxp), Taylor Bryan (color)
On the web: www.troytrojans.com (audio); Trojan Gamepass (video)
RANKINGS (through 2/20)
Troy: #144 RPI,
#177 Sagarin
UALR: #294 RPI, #282 Sagarin
THE SERIES
Series tied 3-3
Current streak: Troy won 1
Troy's last win in series: 63-58 (1/24/09)
Last meeting: Troy 63, UALR 58 (1/24/09)
Last five games: UALR leads 3-2
Troy's last win at Trojan Arena: 82-70 (12/31/06)
UALR's last win at Trojan Arena: 62-60 (1/24/08)
Troy's record at Trojan Arena: 2-2
Troy's home streak: Lost 1
Troy's longest winning / losing streak in series: 1 / 2
Notes: Troy took its
only two match-up with UALR a season ago, defeating the Sun Belt's other
Trojans 63-58 on January 24, 2009 in Little Rock ... Michael Vogler and Richard Delk
each scored 18 points in that game to pick up a big road win ... The all-time
series between Troy and UALR is tied at three games, the Trojans are 1-1
all-time in Little Rock ... Last season's win was the fourth victory in a streak
that ran all the way to 10 games for the Trojans - the longest in the Sun Belt
a season ago ... Troy senior guards Delk, Vogler and Brandon Hazzard are all
averaging double-figures for their careers against UALR
QUICK HITTERS
Troy closed out its home schedule on Saturday with a celebratory "Senior Night" win over east division opponent Florida Atlantic. Thursday it takes the show on the road for the first of two in Arkansas.
- Troy head coach Don Maestri is 60-55 all-time against current members of the Sun Belt Conference. The win over MTSU on February 4 was Maestri's 370th of his coaching career.
- Troy is averaging a league-best 77.0 ppg and is second in FG% (48.6%) and third in 3-point FG% (38.3). The Trojans' field goal percentage ranks 12th nationally. UALR is near the bottom in scoring (66.5 ppg) and allows the fourth-most points of any team in the Sun Belt (72.5). The other Trojans rank 10th in field goal percentage (41.9%), but do rank just two spots behind Troy for team 3-point FG% (36.7%) and have made 170 3-pointers as a team this year.
- Troy currently stands in a tie with MTSU for first place in the east division and in a three-way tie with MTSU and North Texas for the overall league lead. Troy owns the tie breaker with the Blue Raiders after a sweep of the season series.
- Troy senior all-conference players Brandon Hazzard (12.0 ppg), Richard Delk (18.0 ppg) and Michael Vogler (10.0 ppg) are each averaging double-figures for their careers against UALR.
- The Trojans picked up their 10th win in conference play on Thursday against MTSU. That marked just the second 10-win Sun Belt season in Troy's tenure as a member of the conference. The Trojans went 14-4 in league play a season ago for their first-ever double-digit conference season.
- Michael Vogler and Brandon Hazzard have taken their careers to new heights this season - the Sun Belt Record Book. Vogler currently ranks 17th on the Sun Belt's all-time list with 444 assists and 25th with 165 steals. Hazzard recently took over 24th on the Sun Belt's career 3-pointer list tying former WKU great Ty Rogers with his 193rd trey.
- Yamene Coleman is steadily climbing Troy's D-I single-season rebound list as his season total increases. Coleman has 218 rebounds with two regular season games remaining, a total that ranks fifth on Troy's Division I single-season list. He trails fourth place Terry Pickett (227) by nine. The top spot is occupied by Rob Lewin with 258. Coleman would probably need five more games (at his current average of 8.1 rpg) to set the single-season record.
