Notes: Women's Basketball Closes Home Slate vs Georgia State; Will Honor Seniors Saturday

TROY, Ala. – The Troy women's basketball team will close out its 2020-21 regular season home slate this weekend when it hosts Georgia State for two games. The Trojans and Panthers will tipoff at 6 p.m. on Friday and 4 p.m. on Saturday. Prior to Saturday's 4 p.m. tipoff, Troy will honor its eight seniors on the court.

Game Details
Troy (15-5, 11-2 SBC) vs Georgia State (10-8, 6-5 SBC)
Date: Feb. 19-20, 2021
Location: Troy, Ala.
Venue: Trojan Arena
Time: 6 p.m. // 4 p.m.

Broadcast Information
Watch: ESPN+ (Doug Amos)
Listen: troytrojans.com/watch (Play-By-Play: Dan Peck)

The Series
All-Time Series Record: Troy trails, 14-26
Record at Troy: Troy trails, 8-10
Record at GSU: Troy trails, 6-14
Current streak: W2
Last meeting: W, 91-70 // Feb. 16, 2021 // Atlanta, Ga.

WINNING CONVINCINGLY
Troy has been on a mission all season, showing no mercy to its opponents. On the year the Trojans have scored at least 80 points in 15 of the 20 games they have played, while reaching the 90+ point mark in seven games. When Troy scores at least 80 they are 14-1 on the season. To go along with the high point total is Troy's margin of victory. Troy is beating teams by an average of 14.9 points per game overall and 17.5 ppg in league play. The Trojans have not played in a game that has been decided by less than five points this season, while 11 games have been won by at least 15 points.

SCORE. THEN SCORE SOME MORE.
The Trojans rank fourth nationally in points per game, averaging 86.2. They trail only Maryland (91.7), Iowa (87.4) and Towson (86.5). On the year Troy has scored 1,723 total points, which is the second most points scored this season behind only Arkansas who has scored 1,857 in 22 games. Troy and Arkansas are the only two schools who have scored at least 1,700 points this season.

A LETHAL OFFENSIVE ATTACK
Troy can score in bunches with weapons up and down its lineup. Troy features SIX players averaging double-digits this season; Alexus Dye (15.6), Tiyah Johnson (13.6), Felmas Koranga (12.4), Janiah Sandifer (10.5), Tyasia Moore (10.5) and Jasmine Robinson (10.2). Troy's six players averaging double-digits is DOUBLE the next closest team in the Sun Belt, Texas State and South each have just three players averaging at least 10 points per game. Not only is Troy scoring in waves, they are doing it at a high percentage. As a team, Troy is shooting 42 percent, the best team shooting percentage since the 2015-16 season when they shot 43 percent and tied for the second-best shooting percentage for Troy in the 21st Century. Individually, Dye leads the team at 51 percent followed by Moore (48 percent) and Emely Rosario (42 percent).

THE QUEEN OF GEORGIA
Jasmine Robinson really likes playing against teams from her home state of Georgia. In five games vs a team from Georgia this season, Robinson is averaging 17.2 ppg while shooting 49 percent from the field. Not only is she scoring, but Robinson is also averaging 3.8 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. From the free throw line, she has been nearly automatic, shooting 80 percent. Robinson also recorded a career-high 33 points against Georgia Southern

ALEXUS DYE - WOW
Alexus Dye has been the best player in the Sun Belt Conference since game one. Through 20 games she has earned an NCAA best, 16 double-doubles, two more than anyone else. Dye is one of only two Sun Belt players averaging a double-double, Felmas Koranga is the other. Dye leads the conference in rebounding (12.1 rpg) and is second in scoring (15.6 ppg).

NUMBERS TO WATCH
• Freshman Sharonica Hartsfield has dished out 74 assists this season. Her 74 assists rank as the 78th most in the nation and is the seventh most among freshman nationally.
• Troy's seven seniors have combined to score 1,300 of the teams 1,723 points this season. The seven seniors have accounted for 75 percent of Troy's scoring.
• Senior Tiyah Johnson has been in a zone since the start of conference play. Johnson has scored at least 10 points in seven straight games and 11 of the last 13 games.
• Troy is 37-6 inside Trojan Arena in its last 43 Sun Belt Conference games. In their 50 home overall games, Troy is 44-6
• A win on Friday would be Troy's seventh straight home victory which would set a program record for consecutive home wins in a single-season. The streak started on Jan. 2 against App State.

1K CLUB WATCH
Senior Jasmine Robinson has scored 981 career points and is just 19 points away from becoming the 25th member of the 1,000-point club.

#PLAY4KAY
Friday's game vs Georgia State will tipoff at 6 p.m. and will be Troy's final "Pink Game" of the season. Fans can purchase pink t-shirts for $10 and bid on a few silent auction items with proceeds going to the Kay Yow Foundation.

No. 1 SEED ON THE LINE
Troy is one win away from clinching the East Division's No. 1 seed. With one win in any its final four games, Troy will clinch the top seed in the East. With the top seed, Troy will earn a first-round bye and will play at 11 a.m. (CT) at the Bay Center Arena against the winner of Friday's first game that will feature the No. 4 seed in the West and the No. 5 seed in the East.

Radio Streaming
The Troy women's basketball games on Feb. 19-21 and 26-28 will be streamed live on TroyTrojans.com only with Troy baseball moving to WTBF. Dan Peck will still be on the call and Doug Amos will still be on ESPN+ for all four games. The move off WTBF ensures that all both men's and women's basketball and baseball will be streamed live.

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Notes: Women's Basketball Closes Home Slate vs Georgia State; Will Honor Seniors Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Alexus Dye

Sharonica Hartsfield

Tiyah Johnson

Felmas Koranga

Tyasia Moore

Jasmine Robinson

Emely Rosario

Janiah Sandifer

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