One Troy Today 12/17: Bring On The Belt

Trojan Hoops Set To Open Sun Belt Play

December 17, 2025

Good Morning, Troy Fam. Sometimes, it’s bigger than a game.

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏀 Bring On The Belt
📚 Academic Aces
🏈 Battled Til The End
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Bring On The Belt. The second season is upon the Troy basketball programs as Sun Belt play has arrived for the Trojans.

This morning, the women’s hoops squad looks to continue its D-I record start to the season when it travels to Old Dominion for a mid-week matinee.

Tip time in Norfolk is set for 10 a.m. CT.

The men’s team returns to the court on Saturday when the Thundering Herd of Marshall rolls into Trojans Arena for a 1 p.m. showdown.

🔼 Academic Aces. The volleyball court wasn’t the only place the Trojans were serving up aces.

This week, four members of the 2025 Troy volleyball team were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. Amiah Butler, Kalina Calvillo, Olivia Kwiatkowski and Jaci Mesa received the honor.

To be eligible, the student-athletes must have a 3.50 cumulative GPA and have appeared in 90 percent of the institution's matches or must have started in at least 66 percent of the institution's matches. The four selections were the maximum allowed under the current CSC Academic All-District guidelines. 

🔼 Battled Til The End.  Troy's defense delivered one of its most disruptive performances of the season, yet the Trojans came up short in a 17–13 loss to Jacksonville State on Tuesday night in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl at the Cramton Bowl.
 
Troy (8-6) finished with five sacks, a defensive touchdown and held Jacksonville State to 273 total yards, its lowest output of the season. The Trojans also limited the Gamecocks to 100 rushing yards after Jacksonville State entered the game averaging 258 yards per contest on the ground.

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is, senior linebacker Jordan Stringer, who capped off his Troy career with an exclamation point. Stringer racked up a career-high 16 tackles, including a 0.5 sack to lead a stifling defensive effort for the Trojans at the IS4S Salute To Veterans Bowl.

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

Entering today’s battle with Old Dominion, Zay Dyer is once again mastering the glass this year for the Trojans.

She currently leads the Sun Belt in defensive rebounds (8.0), offensive rebounds (4.2) and total rebounds (12.2) per game.

Where do her 12.2 rebounds per game rank nationally?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

*All times Central

Wednesday, December 17th
🏀 Women’s Basketball at ODU @ 10am

Saturday, December 20th
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Marshall @ 1pm

Sunday, December 21st
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Alabama @ 1pm

Wednesday, December 31st
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Texas State @ 1pm

Thursday, January 1st
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Louisiana @ 4pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Fourth

⚔️ Have a great one!