The Troy Trojans and the Georgia State Panthers meet in college basketball action from the GSU Sports Arena on Thursday night.
The Troy Trojans will look to build on a 77-68 win over South Alabama last time out. Efe Odigie leads the Trojans in scoring with 11 PPG so far this season while Duke Deen has 10 PPG with a team-high 3.2 APG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers for Troy so far this season. Zay Williams is also averaging a team-high 7.2 RPG to lead the Trojans on the glass this season As a team, Troy is averaging 71.4 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field and 32.7% from three to go along with a 69.7% mark from the foul line while allowing 65.7 PPG on 40.6% shooting from the floor and 31.4% from three this season.
The Georgia State Panthers will try to add to back-to-back road wins after a 73-62 win over Louisiana-Monroe last time out. Corey Allen leads the Panthers in scoring with 14.9 PPG while Justin Roberts has 11.8 PPG and Kane Williams has 12.2 PPG with 4 RPG and a team-high 3.9 APG this season. Jalen Thomas also has a team-high 6.1 RPG as well this season. As a team, Georgia State is averaging 72.1 PPG on 41% shooting from the field, 33.4% from three and 68.9% from the foul line while allowing 67.4 PPG on 43.1% shooting from the field and 40.6% from three this season.
Troy is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 Thursday games and 17-42-2 ATS in their last 61 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a win. Georgia State is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a win and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 8-0 in their last 8 games overall.
I get that Georgia State’s managed to pick up a couple of wins in their recent travels, but lets not forget that this team hadn’t beaten a D-I team since November at one point. Troy isn’t a world-beater by any means and I don’t know that they get a win here, but I think the Trojans have a chance at keeping this one close and potentially winning outright. Give me the Trojans and the points.