Good morning! Saturday, November 30 has officially been named Judy Morgan Day at The Vet to celebrate the career of the Troy Football secretary. Momma Judy, who is in her 25th season with Troy Football and 30th with Troy University, will retire from Troy University at the end of 2024.

What else do we have brewing for you in today’s edition of One Troy Today?

🏀 Men’s basketball heads to Fayetteville
🏆️ Fields and Hester earn SBC weekly honors
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Tough Road Test. The Troy men's basketball team looks to continue its strong start to open its season as they travel to Fayetteville, Ark., for a battle with No. 18 Arkansas tonight. The Trojans have picked up a pair of double-digit victories in the opening week of play, which included a 10-point home win over Toledo and a 17-point win over New Orleans. Through two games, Troy is averaging 81 points per game and holding their opponents to just 67.5 points for the second-best scoring margin in the Sun Belt.

📚️ Read more about the Trojans’ matchup

🔼 No Surprises Here. After putting together arguably the most dominant two-match stretch in Troy Volleyball history and becoming the program's all-time kills and points leader, Tori Hester was named the Sun Belt Women's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week. Hester recorded 63 kills in the Trojans’ two five-set wins against Southern Miss, which included the second-most kills in a match in program history with 33 in the first of two matches.

🔼 Honoring The Greats. In conjunction with its annual Men's Basketball Letterwinners Day, Troy Athletics will honor two of the greatest teams in program history on Feb. 1, when the Trojans take on ULM. In attendance will be the 1999-00 and the 2009-2010 teams, along with some of the best players to ever don a Troy uniform. 

🗣️ "I look forward to welcoming and celebrating all the players who have helped create the standard of excellence that we strive to uphold in our program…it's a great opportunity for our players to learn what it means to be a Trojan." - Scott Cross, head coach

🔼 Meeting With The Press. Fresh off a week of rest, head coach Gerad Parker met with the media on Monday to talk about the team’s upcoming road game against Georgia Southern.

🎥 Watch Gerad Parker’s latest press conference

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is Trojan basketball’s Jackson Fields. His impressive start to the 2024-25 season earned him SBC Player of the Week after averaging 12.5 points and seven rebounds while recording the first double-double of his career in Saturday’s win against New Orleans.

Trojans Top Performance is brought to you by Conecuh Sausage. Conecuh Sausage is made in Alabama, it’s great on the grill and a fan favorite for tailgating. Conecuh Sausage, the Official Sausage of Troy Athletics.

🤔 TROY TRIVIA

All He Did Was Win. Today’s trivia question…who is the winningest coach in Troy men’s basketball history?

Think you know your stuff? Scroll to the bottom to see the correct answer!

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Wednesday, November 13
🏀 Men’s Basketball @ Arkansas @ 7 p.m. | Listen

Thursday, November 14
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ UT-Chattanooga @ 5 p.m. | Listen
🏐 Volleyball vs. App State @ 6 p.m. | ESPN+

Friday, November 15
🏐 Volleyball vs. App State @ 6 p.m. | ESPN+

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Don Maestri!

Both the 1999-00 and 2009-10 championship teams were led by legendary head coach Don Maestri, who is Troy's all-time winningest coach with 501 career victories over the course of 31 seasons.

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday!