Troy Falls at Coastal Carolina

Thursday, February 20

Conway, S.C.

6 p.m.

Troy University

9-19,5-12Sun Be

Coastal Carolina

14-14,7-10Sun B

Troy

Coastal Carolina

Photo by: Robert McCool

2/20/2020 9:40:00 PM | Basketball (M)

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

By: Troy Athletics Communications

CONWAY, S.C. -- The Troy Trojans fell to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 90-60 Thursday night at the HTC Center.

The Trojans (9-19, 5-12 Sun Belt) were plagued by 14 turnovers, as Coastal Carolina (14-14, 7-10 Sun Belt) turned the 14 turnovers into 19 points.

Juniors Ty Gordon and Nick Stampley led the way for the Trojans, scoring 15 points and 14 points respectively.

The Trojans began the game strong, as Stampley used a pair of 3-point field goals to put Troy up 6-4 early.

After an 8-2 run gave Coastal Carolina a 12-8 lead with 15:34 remaining, sophomore Tahj Small nailed a triple that cut the Chants lead to 12-11.

Down just 15-11, the Trojans used an ally-oop dunk from Davion Thomas and a Ty Gordon jumper to tie the game at 15 with 10:35 remaining in the half.

Over the next 5:22, the Chanticleers used a 17-6 stretch to take a 32-21 lead with 4:44 remaining in the half.

Over the next 3:55 of game action, the Trojans were outscored 8-5, as Coastal Carolina took a 40-26 advantage into the break at halftime.

Over the first 2:52 of the second half, Costal used an 11-5 to take a 54-31 lead with 16:24 remaining.

The Trojans used a 7-0 run from the 14:46 mark until the 12:46 mark to cut the Coastal Carolina advantage to 56-39, but Coastal quickly answered with a 16-7 stretch to put the game away for good.

For the contest, the Trojans shot just 8-of-33 (4-18, second half) from 3-point range and were outscored 50-18 in the paint.

In total, five different Coastal Carolina players reached double figures led by Devante Jones who finished with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Troy returns to action Saturday afternoon at Appalachian State. Tip-off from Boone is set for 3 p.m. Central.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
• The Trojans fall to 1-14 when shooting less than 70 percent from the free throw line.
• Troy failed to hit 10 3-pointers for the third consecutive game.
• The Trojans recorded just seven total assists tonight on 19 made baskets.
• Troy was out rebounded 42-25 Thursday night.
• All five of Coastal Carolina starters scored at least 10 points.
• The Trojans dropped a contest in Conway for the first time in program history. The Trojans were previously 2-0 at HTC Arena.
• Troy allowed 90 points for just the second time this season overall, and for the first time in Sun Belt Conference play.

HEAD COACH SCOTT CROSS:
"This was a very disappointing performance all the way around. We didn't compete from the tip. Our guys have to play harder and tougher. There were very few things that we did right tonight. We had three very good days of practice and I felt like our guys were ready. Unfortunately, we fell behind early. Sometimes when you fall behind guys press and stop moving the ball. When guys stop playing together you don't get open shots. When you force shots, it leads to easy buckets on the other end. It snowballed on us tonight. We need to get back to doing the basics. The little things like moving the ball and getting good shots. On defense we need to get in a stance and do a better job of communicating. We have to be tougher and compete. We'll get back to work tomorrow and try and figure out a way to beat App State on Saturday, which won't be easy because they have a good team that plays extremely hard. We know our guys are capable of doing it, they just have to find it within themselves to play up to their potential."