One Troy Today 11/18: Taking Over

Today, the Trojans take down Georgia Southern and a men’s basketball recap

November 18, 2024

Good morning! Youth sports teams are invited to join Troy Athletics at The Vet on November 30th when Trojan football hosts Southern Miss! Tickets are available now.

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

🏈 Trojans take down Georgia Southern
🏀 Men’s basketball recap
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Trojan Takedown. Troy's late-season resurgence continued Saturday as the Trojans walked into Paulson Stadium and walked away with a 28-20 victory over Sun Belt East Division-leading Georgia Southern. Quarterback Matthew Caldwell accounted for all four of Troy's touchdowns, rushing for a pair of scores and throwing touchdown passes to Brody Dalton and Devonte Ross, while the Troy defense limited the Eagles to just 246 yards of total offense on 48 plays.

🗣️ "Sometimes I wish our Troy faithful could come watch these guys practice…sooner or later, you have to start seeing some results, and we are seeing that now. We have to have that to create belief in what is there, and we have that now. We are behaving like a team that wants to keep playing." - Gerad Parker

🔼 Road Test. Troy men's basketball struggled to piece together consistent offense and fell to Oregon, 82-61, on the road on Sunday afternoon. Myles Rigsby led Troy with 15 points and has scored in double-figures in every game this season — the only Trojan to achieve that mark this year.

🔼 Playoff Time. Following Troy volleyball’s four-set win over App State on Friday night, the Trojans secure the No. 4 seed out of the West Division for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. The Trojans closed out their regular season winning five of its final six matches, and Tori Hester recorded 120 kills over the final four matches of the regular season, including 30-plus kills in three of those. Troy will take on Georgia State on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in a First Round matchup.

🔼 That’s A Wrap. Trojan baseball’s fall season has come to a close following the team’s Trojan Bowl. Hear from head coach Skylar Meade on his thoughts on the conclusion of fall and what to expect for the 2025 season.

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is Troy football’s Matthew Caldwell. The junior signal caller accounted for four total touchdowns in the game, with two rushing scores and two passing touchdowns. He now has a touchdown pass in 10 career games and in five games this season and multiple TD passes in six career games and three in 2024.

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🤔 TROY TRIVIA

Century Mark. Today’s trivia question…how many seasons did it take Troy football to reach 100 wins in SBC play?

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

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Monday, November 18
🎙️ Trojan Talk @ Baumhower’s Victory Grille @ 6 p.m.
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ LSU @ 7 p.m. | SECN+ | Listen

Tuesday, November 19
🏀 Men’s Basketball @ West Georgia @ 6 p.m. | Listen

Wednesday, November 20
No scheduled events

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 20!

Troy football won its 100th Sun Belt conference game on Saturday, becoming the first team to win 100 games in the SBC. The Trojans joined the Sun Belt three seasons (2004) into the league's existence when current members Arkansas State, ULM and Louisiana joined the league.

⚔️ Have a great Monday!