It’s a non-conference tilt on the hardwood as a member of the Sun Belt travels to the Sunshine State to face a program from the ACC. The Troy Trojans are on the road as they make the trip to face the Florida State Seminoles Monday night. Troy comes in off a 96-42 victory over Mississippi University for Women Thursday in their previous contest. Florida State was dumped 68-54 on the road by UCF in their previous contest Friday night. These two programs have met just once previously as Division I foes. In that game, the Seminoles earned an 83-67 home victory back on December 3, 2018. Will Leonard Hamilton’s team pick up their first win of the season here or can Troy remain unbeaten?
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Troy has rolled to a pair of one-sided victories to open the season though beating Monteval and the Mississippi University for Women aren’t going to move the needle all that much. The Trojans now take a major step up in competition as they try to go 3-0 on the season. Against the Mississippi University for Women, Troy never trailed as they scored the game’s first four points. Leading 12-8 early, the Trojans reeled off a 13-0 run to go up 25-8 just over seven minutes into the game and went on to the victory. Troy led by 37 at the half and by as many as 59 in the second half en route to the win. The Trojans shot 49.3% from the field, including seven of 29 from three-point range, and controlled the glass by a 46-28 margin. Nelson Phillips led Troy with 20 points, nine rebounds and four steals in the win.
The Trojans are averaging 91.5 points per game so far this season, putting them a ste llar 31st in the nation in scoring offense. Troy is pulling down 43.5 rebounds per contest while dishing out 14 assists per game. The Trojans are playing solid basketball defensively as they are 37th in scoring defense by allowing 54.5 points per contest. Nelson Phillips is one of three players averaging in double figures for the Trojans as he puts up 18.5 points plus 8.5 rebounds a night. Duke Miles (18 points) and Nate Tshimanga (10 points, 6.5 rebounds) are secondary scoring options. The Trojans have to get production from Darius McNeill, Zay Williams, Kieffer Punter, Christyon Eugene, Aamer Muhammad, Jackson Fields, Lydell Geffard and Christian Turner to have success. Troy is shooting 47.5% from the floor as a team. The Trojans connect on nine three-pointers a contest while shooting 30.5% from beyond the arc. Troy is shooting a decent 73.3% from the free throw line as a team this season.