Troy To Face UT Arlington In Final Road Game Monday

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ARLINGTON, Texas – For the final time this season, Troy will be on the road in the regular season with a matchup against conference-leader UT Arlington on Monday at 7 p.m. The game will have a live radio call by Russ Schaffer and Barry McKnight on TroyTrojans.com.

The Trojans (16-13, 8-7) are coming off a narrow 63-59 loss in San Marcos, Texas against Texas State on Saturday. Troy had the ball with the shot clock off down 61-59, but an errant 3-point attempt by Kevin Baker sealed the win for the home squad.

As has been the case for all of February, Jordon Varnado continued his dominance by leading the team for the fifth-straight game with 24 points. He fell just shy of his sixth double-double by also registering a team-high nine rebounds.

A win against the Mavericks would help remove some of the sting from the loss on Saturday. A win would have propelled Troy into the fifth spot in the conference after Coastal Carolina lost. The Trojans currently sit in seventh place with three games remaining before the conference tournament.

UT Arlington (22-6, 12-3) lost to Troy 93-71 in the first matchup on Jan. 14 in Trojan Arena, but the Mavericks have gone 10-1 since then to sit in sole possession of first place in the league.

SERIES HISTORY
UT ARLINGTON (22-6, 12-3)
Overall Series: UT Arlington, 5-2
Streak: Troy, W1
Last: Troy, W, 93-71 in Troy, Ala. on Jan. 14

PLAYERS TO WATCH
TROY TROJANS
Jordon Varnado: 16.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 43 blocks
Wesley Person: 13.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 73 3-pointers

UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS
Kevin Hervey: 17.1 ppg. 8.4 rpg, 31 steals
Jalen Jones: 12.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 75.4 percent on free throws

NOTEWORTHY
• The loss against Texas State snapped the first four-game winning streak in conference play since 2010-2011.

• Jordon Varnado is one of only two players in the Sun Belt to average at least 16.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg with Kevin Hervey of UT Arlington being the other.

• Troy only has two regular seasons game left after tomorrow with Arkansas State on March 2 and Little Rock on March 4.

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Troy To Face UT Arlington In Final Road Game Monday

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