Troy Set for Arkansas State

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JONESBORO, Ark. – The Troy men's basketball team will look to build off of Saturday's win over WKU as they hit the road to face Arkansas State on Thursday night. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Convocation Center.

The Trojans (8-15, 3-9) enter Thursday night's contest after an 83-77 win over WKU to close out a three-game homestand on Saturday. The Red Wolves (10-17, 4-8) on the other hand, have played their last three on the road, having lost all three.

With four games remaining in the regular season, the Trojans would currently be the 11th seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, but they just a game behind Arkansas State, WKU and FIU for a tie for the eighth seed.

After Thursday's contest, the Trojans return home to host East Division leader UALR on Saturday in the final game ever at Sartain Hall. That contest will tip-off at 7:30 p.m. and mark the second game of a Saturday night doubleheader at Sartain Hall.

The contest will also mark Senior Night as Troy will honor its two seniors, Steven Cunningham and Tim Owens, prior to the game.

For ticket information for Saturday night's game, be sure to call the Troy Athletics ticket office at 1-877-878-WINS (9467).

For live audio and live stats of Thursday night's game, visit the above links. For more information on Troy Athletics, be sure to visit TroyTrojans.com. Fans can also find Troy on Twitter at @TroyAthletics or become fans on Facebook.

Gameday Storylines

- Troy will look to build on an 83-77 win over WKU as they travel to Jonesboro where they haven't lost since February 2006.

- The Trojans have just four regular season games remaining, and right now, would be the 11th and final seed in the Sun Belt Tournament. However, Troy is just a game back of WKU, FIU and ASU for a tie for the eighth spot.

- The Trojans enter Thursday's game as the fifth best 3-point shooting team in the country as they average 9.2 made 3-pointers game. Florida (10.5) leads the nation while Troy has just 11 3-pointers in their last two games.

- The outside shooting creates long rebounds which allow the undersized Trojans to grab 14.7 offensive boards per game, the second best mark in the Sun Belt (South Alabama) and ninth best in the NCAA.

- Troy doesn't waste the extra possessions they create as they commit just 12.7 turnovers per game. Pair that with the 15.3 turnovers they force, and Troy's +2.57 turnover margin is the best in the Sun Belt. Troy is one of just four Sun Belt teams with more assists than turnovers this season.

- The Troy offense features a balanced attack as five different players have led the team in scoring this season. Will Weathers' 11.7 points per game average is tops on the team while Just Wright is also in double-figures (11.3).

- Weathers doesn't just score for the Trojans, he is also one of the best distributors in the nation as his 5.9 assists per game lead the Sun Belt and rank 20th in the NCAA.

Looking at Arkansas State

- The Red Wolves are in the midst of a three-game losing streak, with all three contests coming on the road. In their most recent game, ASU fell at Louisiana in overtime, 68-65.

- The three-game skid started with a rare February non-conference game at Seattle that the Red Wolves lost, 75-69, on Feb. 4 at Key Arena.

- The Red Wolves have five players averaging 30.0 minutes or more as they tend to stick with their starting five for most of the game. The next closest player to the 30-minute mark is Rakeem Dickerson with 15.2

- ASU enters the game allowing opponents to shoot 39.4 percent from beyond the arc, the worst mark in the Sun Belt.

- The Red Wolves are also second to last in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 0.7.

The Series

- Troy leads the all-time series over Arkansas State 5-2, including a 2-1 mark at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro. The Trojans last loss in Jonesboro came back on Feb. 1, 2006 in the first game ever between the two.

- ASU dominated that game, 91-68, but Troy got revenge later in the year as they knocked off ASU, 107-83, in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament. Troy hit 23 3-pointers in that game, still a Sun Belt Tournament record.

- Last season Troy fell to Arkansas State at Sartain Hall, 71-63, in the final home game of the season.

- Vernon Taylor led Troy with 17 points in that contest while Will Weathers posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists. Trey Finn led ASU with 15 points while the Red Wolves outrebounded the Trojans 49-25 on the day.

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