Trojans Set for Clash with Bruins

Game Notes

TROY, Ala. – For the second straight game, the Troy men's basketball team faces a tough road test as they travel to Nashville, Tenn., to take on Belmont on Thursday night.

The Trojans and Bruins are set to tip-off at 7:00 p.m. inside the Curb Event Center. Troy (4-4) comes into the contest after a loss at No.17 Mississippi State on Saturday while Belmont (6-3) enters after falling at Middle Tennessee on Tuesday night.

The Trojans will be looking to avenge a 98-63 loss to the Bruins at home a season ago. The Trojans turned the ball over a season-high 25 times in that contest while Belmont shot 54.5 percent (36-of-66) from the floor.

After the contest at Belmont, the Trojans return home for two games before Christmas as they host Southern Utah on Tuesday, December 20, and UTSA on Thursday, December 22.

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Gameday Storylines

- The Trojans lead the all-time series over Belmont, 7-5, with most of those meetings coming when both sides were members of the A-Sun. Belmont took care of the Trojans, 98-63, in Troy last season.

- Troy enters the contest as the nation's top three-point shooting team as they make an average of 11.5 field goals from beyond the arc a game.

- The Trojans have five players averaging in double-figures as they average 78.9 points per game as a team. That mark places them first in the Sun Belt and 34th in the nation.

- Two of those double-digit scorers (Alan Jones and Justin Wright) come off of the bench for the Trojans. The Troy bench has outscored the opponent's bench in every game this season. The Trojans average 32.9 off of the bench while opponents average just 17.3 per game.

- Will Weathers is the engine that makes the Trojans go as he leads the team in scoring (12.9) and sits 10th in the nation is assists per game (6.6).

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