Troy Trojans at Georgia State Panthers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
83 - 70
Varnado leads Troy to 83-70 upset of Georgia State
Troy (15-15, 9-8) is in a battle for the fourth and final first-round bye in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament which opens March 7 in New Orleans. The Trojans currently are tied with Louisiana-Monroe in fifth place a half-game behind UT Arlington, which concludes its regular season Friday. The Trojans will wrap up their season at Georgia Southern on Saturday.
Georgia State (20-10, 11-6), which has lost four of its last five games after winning 10 in a row, has already clinched the No. 2 seed in the tourney.
Varnado was 10 of 19 from the floor with eight rebounds. Kevin Baker drilled 5 of 8 from distance to total 17 points and Alex Hicks added 12 while pulling down 11 rebounds.
The Panthers drained 7 of 14 from distance in the first half to tie the school record of 276 3-pointers made in a season and took a 42-38 lead into intermission. They totaled 10 of 27 treys for the game.
Trailing 42-38 Varnado slammed home a dunk to start the second half and kick off a 19-5 run to give the Trojans a 57-47 lead with 13:54 remaining. The Trojans continued the push until they took a 73-57 lead at the 6:38 mark.
D'Marcus Simonds led the Panthers with 27 points and Devin Mitchell scored 14.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 83 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:31 | Jordon Varnado Defensive Rebound. | 83 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:31 | D'Marcus Simonds missed Jumper. | 83 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:39 | Jordan Session Defensive Rebound. | 83 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:39 | Alex Hicks missed Dunk. | 83 - 70 |
Statistics
 TROY |
 GAST |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25-59 | FG | 26-59 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 12-26 | 3PT | 10-27 |
| 46 | Three Point % | 37 |
| 21-26 | FT | 8-11 |
| 81 | Free Throw % | 73 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
| 29 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 16 | Assists | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 13 | Fouls | 15 |
| 16 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 1,793 | Capacity:
2025-26 Sun Belt Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 12-6 | - | 22-12 |
| South Alabama | 11-7 | 1 | 21-12 |
| Arkansas State | 11-7 | 1 | 20-12 |
| Texas State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Marshall | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Coastal Carolina | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| App State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| James Madison | 9-9 | 3 | 18-15 |
| Southern Miss | 9-9 | 3 | 19-16 |
| Georgia Southern | 8-10 | 4 | 21-16 |
| Old Dominion | 7-11 | 5 | 12-21 |
| Louisiana | 7-11 | 5 | 11-22 |
| Georgia State | 7-11 | 5 | 10-22 |
| UL Monroe | 1-17 | 11 | 4-28 |