Troy hosts Eastern Kentucky following Kimble’s 21-point game

Eastern Kentucky Colonels (4-3) at Troy Trojans (4-3)

Troy, Alabama; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Kentucky visits Troy after George Kimble III scored 21 points in Eastern Kentucky’s 78-69 loss to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

The Trojans have gone 2-1 in home games. Troy is second in the Sun Belt with 15.0 assists per game led by Tayton Conerway averaging 4.7.

The Colonels are 2-1 in road games. Eastern Kentucky ranks seventh in the ASUN shooting 31.2% from 3-point range.

Troy averages 72.9 points per game, 1.3 more points than the 71.6 Eastern Kentucky allows. Eastern Kentucky’s 42.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.5 percentage points lower than Troy has given up to its opponents (44.8%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Myles Rigsby is shooting 46.4% and averaging 13.1 points for the Trojans.

Kimble is shooting 36.4% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Colonels, while averaging 13.1 points, 4.4 assists and 2.4 steals.

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