Tag: Scott Watkins

Opinion: Trojans nowhere near their potential

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy football team is heading into the offseason having completed the most successful season in the school’s FBS history. After securing the first 11-win season since the program began Division I play in 2001, has Troy hit its ceiling? Here’s the short answer: not even close. The long answer starts in week one of the 2017 season when Troy traveled to the Northwest to play the Group of Five’s premier example of sustained success in Boise State. Troy’s offense was stifled for nearly the entire…

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Trojans seek fifth Sun Belt title, revenge in road test against Arkansas State

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy football team will be traveling to Jonesboro, Arkansas, this week to face off with the Arkansas State Red Wolves in a game that has at least a share of the Sun Belt title on the line. This is the 15th time Troy has played the Red Wolves and the 12th since the two joined the Sun Belt, with the Red Wolves holding a 9-5 advantage in the series. Arkansas State has won the last four meetings and defeated the Trojans a year ago, giving…

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Troy men’s hoops dominates Delaware State 95-64 at home

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer Following a loss at Kentucky and a victory over East Tennessee State, the Troy men’s basketball team returned home to host Delaware State on Monday and defeated the Hornets soundly, 95-64. Playing without star forward Jordon Varnado, the Trojans shot a season-high 64.7 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the arc to run past the Hornets. Troy began to build its first lead of the game early in the half when junior forward Shawn Hopkins hit a three-pointer and followed it up with…

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Texas State preview: Trojans look to stay in the hunt for conference title

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The Troy football team will seek to stay in the hunt for a Sun Belt title when it faces Texas State at home on senior day at 3 p.m. Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy football team is fresh out of its last bye week and set to defend Veterans Memorial Stadium for the final time in 2017 against the Texas State Bobcats. The Trojans are riding a Sun Belt-high four-game win streak and looking to stay in the thick of the Sun Belt title race against Texas State. The…

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Troy basketball’s Person breaks records in Hawaii at 3-game Rainbow Classic

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Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy men’s basketball team opened the 2017 season with a trip to Hawaii for the three-game Rainbow Classic. Troy went 1-2 over the weekend with a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff and losses against North Dakota and Hawaii. The Trojans opened the classic on Friday with an 83-80 loss to North Dakota. Senior guard Wesley Person and junior forward Jordon Varnado each played 35 minutes and scored a combined 49 points. The game was back and forth early in the first half until Varnado scored seven…

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