Georgia State at Troy Selected for ESPN/ESPN2 Telecast

NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced today that the Georgia State at Troy men’s basketball game scheduled for Saturday, February 15 has been selected to be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2. Tipoff for the game is scheduled for 5 p.m. (CT).



Georgia State (14-6, 7-0 SBC) is currently riding an 11-game winning streak, tied for the longest in program history and matching the 11-straight during the 2011-12 season, head coach Ron Hunter’s first year at GSU. The Panthers have also won seven-straight at home, tied for the fourth longest home-court winning streak in the history of the program. After starting the season 0-5 on the road, the Panthers have won six-straight, the second-longest road winning streak in program history, just one shy of the school-record set during the 1999-2000 season.



Hunter Williams and Antoine Myers lead Troy (7-13, 2-6 SBC) in scoring this season with 12.0 and 11.6 points per game respectively. Kevin Thomas is Troy's top rebounder at 7.9 boards per contest and he is ranked fourth in the Sun Belt in rebounding. As a team, Troy ranks first in Sun Belt games for three-point shooting percentage and the Trojans are outrebounding its opponents by 4.9 rebounds per game in SBC games, the second best average in the league.



The selection of the game for ESPN/ESPN2 is the second Sun Belt “wildcard” game that is chosen to be broadcast nationally. The dates for each of these games are predetermined at the beginning of the season.

