Troy Heads To Jonesboro To Face Arkansas State

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JONESBORO, Arkansas – Conference season rolls on with Troy traveling to Jonesboro, Ark. this weekend for a matchup against Arkansas State on Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will have a live video broadcast on ESPN3.com and a live radio stream on TroyTrojans.com by Barry McKnight and Russ Schaffer.

The Trojans (10-9, 2-3) are coming off the first home games in more than a month this past weekend. Troy earned a key 93-71 win against UT Arlington on Saturday. The Mavericks came into the game ranked No. 43 in the RPI rankings.

The high-scoring pace of the UT Arlington game did not carry over to Monday as Troy fell 75-71 in Trojan Arena to Texas State, which came into the game allowing the fewest points in the Sun Belt.

It was a historic weekend for Wesley Person in the win against UT Arlington. Person shattered his career-bests in multiple categories in scoring 39 points on 10 3-pointers and 13 field goals.

Arkansas State enters Saturday's game tied for the second-most wins in the conference with a record of 12-6. The Red Wolves started conference play with back-to-back wins over UL Lafeyette and ULM before falling on the road to Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State. The last outing was a 77-72 win at Little Rock.

SERIES HISTORY
Arkansas State 12-6 (3-2)
Overall Series: Arkansas State, 9-8
Streak: Troy, W1
Last: Troy W, 71-70 in Jonesboro, Ark. 2/6/16

PLAYERS TO WATCH
TROY TROJANS
Jordon Varnado: 15.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 24 blocks
Wesley Person: 14.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 49 3-pointers

ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES
Devin Carter: 16.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 77.4 percent on free throws
Deven Simms: 12.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 19 steals

NOTEWORTHY
• The conference series has been as narrow as possible with Arkansas State holding a 9-8 advantage. Both games last season were one-possession games as Troy won 71-70 in Jonesboro, Ark. and Arkansas State won 84-81 in Troy, Ala.

• Jeremy Hollimon has scored in double-digits for 13-straight games. The senior is now averaging 11.3 points per game on 50.3 percent shooting from the field.

• Wesley Person's 10 3-pointers against UT Arlington fell just one shy of tying the all-time Troy record for 3-pointers in a game set by Brian Simpson in Troy's 258-point game against DeVry in 1992.

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Troy Heads To Jonesboro To Face Arkansas State

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Jeremy Hollimon

Wesley Person

Jordon Varnado

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