One Troy Today 11/8: First Step Up

Today, Trojans win in a hard-fought five-set battle and a women's basketball recap

November 08, 2024

Good morning! Take a peek inside the Booth from Trojan football’s homecoming win last weekend against Coastal Carolina.

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

🏐 Trojans win in a hard-fought five-set battle
🏀 Women’s basketball recap
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Five Set Fight. Troy volleyball’s Tori Hester was dominant on offense and defense, helping propel the Trojans to a 3-2 win over Southern Miss on Thursday night. Troy dropped the first and fourth sets and battled hard in the fifth set to pick up its first road conference win of the season. Hester recorded a season-high 33 kills, which is the most by a Sun Belt player this season, and is tied for the eighth-most in a five-set match in Division I women's volleyball this season.

🔼 A Full Slate. With less than 100 days until the start of college baseball, Troy head coach Skylar Meade announced the school's 56-game, 2025 baseball schedule. The Trojans will host 29 games at the newly renovated Riddle-Pace Field and will play a competitive schedule highlighted by games at Auburn, Mississippi State and Virginia Tech and a home-and-home with Alabama. In total, the Trojans are set to face seven 2024 NCAA Regional Teams and 13 clubs that finished in the top 100 of the NCAA RPI rankings last season.  

🔼 Hard Fought. Troy women's basketball fell, 73-63, on Thursday night despite dominating the paint, outscoring Montana State, 46-24. For the second straight game, Fortuna Ngnawo notched a double-double ofh 15 points and 11 rebounds. Brianna Jackson had a bounce-back game offensivelyy as she hit 7-of-9 for 14 points, while Ashley Baez continued her impressive debut for ì0the Trojans with 12 points.

🔼 First Step Up. Troy men’s basketball is 1-0 to start the season after taking down Toledo in the MAC-SBC Challenge on Monday night. On the first episode of the team’s behind-the-scenes series, The Climb, see how the Trojans prepared for the season-opening victory and catch some of the best highlights from the game.

🔼 A Warm Welcome Back. Troy Athletics is set to welcome back the 2009 Sun Belt Championship team on Saturday, Nov. 30, when Troy Football closes out the 2024 season against Southern Miss at The Vet. The celebration includes a pregame tailgate party and in-game recognition. All returning members of the conference championship team will receive complimentary tickets to the game and will join the 2024 team for Trojan Walk before the game.

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is Trojan football’s Justin Powe. The sophomore safety was named a Burlsworth Trophy nominee, an award given to the most outstanding college football player who started their career as a walk-on. This season, Powe has 54 total tackles and an interception.

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🤔 TROY TRIVIA

All-Time Trojan. Today’s trivia question…which Trojan from the 2009 SBC Championship team won the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year award?

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

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Friday, November 8
🏐 Volleyball @ Southern Miss @ 6 p.m.

Saturday, November 9
🏀 Men’s Basketball @ New Orleans @ 4 p.m. | Listen

Sunday, November 10
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ Alabama @ 2 p.m. | Listen

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Levi Brown!

Brown set a Troy single-season record with 4,254 passing yards and averaged 327.8 yards of total offense per game. He helped the 2009 Trojans to be the first team in league history to finish 8-0 in conference play en route to a fourth straight Sun Belt title and a berth in the GMAC Bowl.

⚔️ Have a great weekend!