Troy University Athletics
Saturday, February 19
Conway, SC
3 p.m.
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Coastal Carolina
Troy Men's Basketball Travels from the Mountain to the Sea
2/18/2022 10:54:00 AM | Basketball (M)
Friday, February 18, 2022
Contact: Rob Stevens, 315-807-8109
CONWAY, S.C. – Troy looks to follow its sweep over Appalachian State on Thursday, 67-61, with a matchup against Coastal Carolina in the HTC Center on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Sitting in second for the Sun Belt Conference, the Trojans (18-8, 9-4 SBC) play in their final road game of the season, having already won the most road games for the program (8) since 2003-04 - 11 wins.
Reaching the Summit
Troy comes off its second consecutive season sweep over the Mountaineers on Thursday.
Despite finding themselves down by two entering the half, the Trojans caught fire in the second to pull out to an 11-point lead, 52-41, after Efe Odigie started a 12-0 run with 17:51 remaining on a hook shot from inside the paint.
App State fought back, trimming Troy's lead to one, 59-58, on a layup by Adrian Delph with 2:43 left on the clock.
Perimeter play in the second half eventually won the game for Troy, limiting the Mountaineers to just 1-of-10 from behind the arc in the second, including two critical misses in the final 30 seconds to finish with the six-point win.
Battle at the Beach
Location: Conway, S.C. - HTC Center
The Matchup: Troy (18-8, 9-4 SBC) vs. Coastal Carolina (13-12, 5-8 SBC)
When: Saturday, February 19 – 3:00 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: Troystats.com
Coasting Through Coastal
Troy leads the series 9-5.
Troy looks to sweep the Chanticleers for the first time in Coach Cross' tenure at Troy after defeating them on Jan. 6, 69-59.
Shooting just 32.4 percent in the first half, Troy found itself down by five, 27-22, with 2:30 left in the first half.
Duke Miles took over, scoring four straight points after Odigie made an easy layup to finish the half down by just one, 29-28.
That run carried over into the second as the Trojans outscored the Chanticleers, 22-7 in the opening 10 minutes - 15 points came off either second-chance opportunity or turnovers.
Zay Williams and Jakevan Leftridge pushed the lead out to as much as 19 as both players had double-digit performances in the second half alone. Their output allowed the Trojan lead to never dip below double-digits.
Catching Up with the Chanticleers
Coastal lost four of their last five games after a tough loss last night to South Alabama, 71-68.
Vince Cole knocked one down from behind the arc with 7:54 remaining to give the Chanticleers their largest lead of the game, 54-46.
From there, things began to fall apart as the Jaguars launched back to claim the lead with 3:37 left, 65-63 after Charles Manning Jr. slammed one in.
Leading by three with under a minute to go, the Chanticleers allowed four unanswered, including a made 3-pointer at the buzzer for Kayo Goncalves to suffer the loss.
The Chanticleers have been prolific in scoring the ball this season, averaging a conference-best 73.3 points per game on 45.4 percent shooting from the field (6th in SBC) and 36.1 percent from deep (2nd in SBC).
Coastal has three players in the top 12 in scoring for the conference in Cole (15.4), Essam Mostafa (13.7) and Rudi Williams (13.6), with two of them in the top-10 for field goal percentage (Mostafa - 49.4 percent, Cole - 43.8 percent).
Notables
• The Trojans look to sweep both App State and Coastal this season on Thursday. This would mark the first time the program has swept both programs since the 2016-17 season - only played both programs once that year.
• Troy comes off 10 made 3-point shots in its victory over the Mountaineers, marking the first time since their game against UT Arlington on March 5, 2021, that the Trojans have scored 10 or more 3-pointers in a game.
• Odigie comes off a 17-point performance in Boone, continuing his streak of double-digit performances to six.
• Troy shot extremely efficiently in the first half against App State, shooting 56.5 percent - sixth time this season, the team has shot above 50 percent in the first.
Contact: Rob Stevens, 315-807-8109
CONWAY, S.C. – Troy looks to follow its sweep over Appalachian State on Thursday, 67-61, with a matchup against Coastal Carolina in the HTC Center on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Sitting in second for the Sun Belt Conference, the Trojans (18-8, 9-4 SBC) play in their final road game of the season, having already won the most road games for the program (8) since 2003-04 - 11 wins.
Reaching the Summit
Troy comes off its second consecutive season sweep over the Mountaineers on Thursday.
Despite finding themselves down by two entering the half, the Trojans caught fire in the second to pull out to an 11-point lead, 52-41, after Efe Odigie started a 12-0 run with 17:51 remaining on a hook shot from inside the paint.
App State fought back, trimming Troy's lead to one, 59-58, on a layup by Adrian Delph with 2:43 left on the clock.
Perimeter play in the second half eventually won the game for Troy, limiting the Mountaineers to just 1-of-10 from behind the arc in the second, including two critical misses in the final 30 seconds to finish with the six-point win.
Battle at the Beach
Location: Conway, S.C. - HTC Center
The Matchup: Troy (18-8, 9-4 SBC) vs. Coastal Carolina (13-12, 5-8 SBC)
When: Saturday, February 19 – 3:00 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network
Live Stats: Troystats.com
Coasting Through Coastal
Troy leads the series 9-5.
Troy looks to sweep the Chanticleers for the first time in Coach Cross' tenure at Troy after defeating them on Jan. 6, 69-59.
Shooting just 32.4 percent in the first half, Troy found itself down by five, 27-22, with 2:30 left in the first half.
Duke Miles took over, scoring four straight points after Odigie made an easy layup to finish the half down by just one, 29-28.
That run carried over into the second as the Trojans outscored the Chanticleers, 22-7 in the opening 10 minutes - 15 points came off either second-chance opportunity or turnovers.
Zay Williams and Jakevan Leftridge pushed the lead out to as much as 19 as both players had double-digit performances in the second half alone. Their output allowed the Trojan lead to never dip below double-digits.
Catching Up with the Chanticleers
Coastal lost four of their last five games after a tough loss last night to South Alabama, 71-68.
Vince Cole knocked one down from behind the arc with 7:54 remaining to give the Chanticleers their largest lead of the game, 54-46.
From there, things began to fall apart as the Jaguars launched back to claim the lead with 3:37 left, 65-63 after Charles Manning Jr. slammed one in.
Leading by three with under a minute to go, the Chanticleers allowed four unanswered, including a made 3-pointer at the buzzer for Kayo Goncalves to suffer the loss.
The Chanticleers have been prolific in scoring the ball this season, averaging a conference-best 73.3 points per game on 45.4 percent shooting from the field (6th in SBC) and 36.1 percent from deep (2nd in SBC).
Coastal has three players in the top 12 in scoring for the conference in Cole (15.4), Essam Mostafa (13.7) and Rudi Williams (13.6), with two of them in the top-10 for field goal percentage (Mostafa - 49.4 percent, Cole - 43.8 percent).
Notables
• The Trojans look to sweep both App State and Coastal this season on Thursday. This would mark the first time the program has swept both programs since the 2016-17 season - only played both programs once that year.
• Troy comes off 10 made 3-point shots in its victory over the Mountaineers, marking the first time since their game against UT Arlington on March 5, 2021, that the Trojans have scored 10 or more 3-pointers in a game.
• Odigie comes off a 17-point performance in Boone, continuing his streak of double-digit performances to six.
• Troy shot extremely efficiently in the first half against App State, shooting 56.5 percent - sixth time this season, the team has shot above 50 percent in the first.
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