The Troy Trojans and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels meet in college basketball action from the Baptist Health Arena on Monday night. A pair of .500 teams duke it out on the hardwood on Monday, who comes out on top? Let’s dive in and find out. Make sure to check out our Troy vs Eastern Kentucky Prediction.

Troy Takes Down Grambling State

The Troy Trojans come into this game looking to build on their 80-67 win over Grambling State last time out. Christyon Eugene leads the Trojans in scoring and assists with 15 PPG and 4.3 APG while also adding 5.3 RPG and Tayton Conerway has 11.7 PPG with 2.8 APG. Thomas Dowd has 10.3 PPG with a team-high 6.3 RPG to lead the Trojans on the glass and to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Troy so far this season. Aamer Muhammad also has 9.5 PPG and 3 APG as well on the year. As a team, Troy is averaging 86.5 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field, 30.5% from three and 69.1% from the foul line this season.

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Eastern Kentucky Drops Back-To-Back Games

The Eastern Kentucky Colonels come into this one looking to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 76-64 loss to Prairie View A&M last time out. Isaiah Cozart leads the Colonels in scoring and rebounding with 18.2 PPG and 10.5 RPG, averaging a double-double per game while Devontae Blanton has 14 PPG with 6.3 RPG and 2 APG while Leland Walker has 12.3 PPG with 5 RPG and a team-high 5.5 APG to lead the Colonels in the assist department this season. John Ukomadu also has 10.8 PPG with 6 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for EKU up to this point in the year. As a team, Eastern Kentucky is averaging 94.8 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 31.1% from three and 56.4% from the foul line this season.

Chris’ Pick

I’m sticking with the Trojans and the points here. Eastern Kentucky does have impressive numbers but some of those came against subdivision opponents and I can’t help but feel like this ends up being a competitive game and if that ends up being the case, I want the team on my side that is going to hit their free throws, which isn’t something that Eastern Kentucky has shown we can feel confident about them doing. Give me Troy and the points here.