Arkansas State Red Wolves (14-3, 5-0 Sun Belt) at Troy Trojans (12-3, 3-1 Sun Belt)
Troy, Alabama; Saturday, 4:33 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Arkansas State visits Troy after D’Arrah Allen scored 20 points in Arkansas State’s 107-67 win over the South Alabama Jaguars.
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The Trojans are 6-0 on their home court. Troy is the best team in the Sun Belt with 15.6 fast break points.
The Red Wolves are 5-0 against Sun Belt opponents. Arkansas State is third in the Sun Belt scoring 79.9 points per game and is shooting 39.9%.
Troy is shooting 41.7% from the field this season, 1.7 percentage points lower than the 43.4% Arkansas State allows to opponents. Arkansas State scores 12.8 more points per game (79.9) than Troy allows (67.1).
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The Trojans and Red Wolves face off Saturday for the first time in Sun Belt play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Fortuna Ngnawo is averaging 15.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Trojans. Emani Jenkins is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games.
Mia Tarver is shooting 36.9% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Red Wolves, while averaging 8.9 points and 1.8 steals. Crislyn Rose is shooting 44.8% and averaging 12.9 points over the last 10 games.
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LAST 10 GAMES: Trojans: 8-2, averaging 86.8 points, 46.6 rebounds, 16.3 assists, 10.4 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.6 points per game.
Red Wolves: 10-0, averaging 83.8 points, 35.3 rebounds, 16.3 assists, 15.6 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 40.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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