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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 11-20-2017, 07:06 PM:

1. Troy’s head coach is Kentucky native Phil Cunningham

The 51-year-old Paducah native was a long-time assistant under Rick Stansbury at Mississippi State. Cunningham played at Kentucky Wesleyan and later Campbellsville before getting into coaching. He was a grad assistant at Mississippi State in 1991-92 beforee becoming head coach at Sue Bennett from 1992 through 1995.

2.. Troy is led by a pair of players with SEC connections.

Wesley Person 6-3 senior from Brantley, Alabama who is the son of former Auburn star Wesley Person. Person was the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2014-15 when he averaged 14.2 points per game. Person averaged 16.8 points as a sophomore and 14.8 last season.

Jordon Varnado, a 6-6 junior from Brownsville, Tennessee, is the younger brother of former Mississippi State shot block record-holder Jarvis Varnado, whom Cunningham coached. Jordan Varnado was first-team All-Sun Belt last season as a sophomore when he averaged 16.5 points per game.

3.Alex Hicks, a 6-8 junior, scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the win over Brewton-Parker. Javan Johnson, a 6-7 freshman from Decatur, Alabama, added 18 points as the Trojans shot 50 percent from the floor.

Ken Pomeroy’s numbers rank Troy at No. 160 overall. He has the Trojans at No. 137 in offensive efficiency and No. 182 in defensive efficiency.

4.The Trojans like to shoot three-pointers:

Through four games, Cunningham’s team has attempted 111 three-pointers, making 38 for 34.2 percent. Compare that to Kentucky, which has attempted just 53 three-pointers, making 20 for 37.7 percent.

The Trojans made six of 22 threes in the loss to North Dakota. They were 10-of-25 from three against Arkansas Pine-Bluff. They took 34 threes, making 10 in the overtime loss at Hawaii. And they were 12-of-30 from three against Brewton-Parker.

Wesley Person has made 14 of his 33 three-point attempts for 42.4 percent. Kevin Baker, a 6-2 sophomore from St. Louis, has taken the next-most threes. Baker is 5-of-22 for just 22.7 percent.

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