Troy basketball falls
November 27, 2007
Below is a copied and pasted report from AP on basketball loss to Ole Miss. There were some encouraging things - getting Mario Telfair back (I thought he wouldn’t play after surgery on a broken nose - he’s a guy that can score the basketball) and being down just 47-42 at the half to a more talented Ole Miss club. But the 25-0 run was similar to why they lost to Alabama. That can’t happen. This team will win a lot at home, probably even over teams they shouldn’t beat, but it still remains to be seen how it will do on the road. The rebounding thing is an issue, but again, no Sun Belt team has the size that Ole Miss has. Their guys are bigger than Richard Hendrix at Alabama, but not as skilled.
When Troy gets in the 35-40 range from O’Darien Bassett and Justin Jonus, they’ll win a lot of games. Get less than 35 and they’ll lose every time. Tonight, Bassett had 9 and Jonus 12.
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Freshman Chris Warren had 23 points and 10 assists and sparked a 25-0 run early in the second half Tuesday to help Mississippi beat Troy 102-76.
Dwayne Curtis had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Jeremey Parnell scored 12, and Kenny Williams and Trevor Gaskins added 10 apiece for the Rebels.
Ole Miss improved to 5-0 for the first time since the 2000-01 season, when the Rebels advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
Jerome Odem led Troy (1-4) with 17 points. Justin Jonus added 12 and Brandon Hazzard scored 11.
The Rebels fell behind 8-0 but closed the first half with a 5-0 spurt in the final minute to take 47-42 halftime lead they never surrendered.
Troy pulled to within 47-44 on an O’ Darien Bassett jumper to open the second half, but missed 10 consecutive shots to allow Ole Miss to pull away.
The Trojans hit just nine field goals in the second half, shooting 23 percent, and went 8 minutes without a basket.
The Rebels took advantage by scoring 25 consecutive points to build an insurmountable 72-44 lead with 11:24 left. Curtis had eight points and five rebounds in the run, which was capped by a Williams dunk.
Ole Miss built its biggest lead, 102-67, on a layup by Parnell with 1:21 left. The Rebels frontcourt dominated the Trojans with a 64-46 rebounding edge.
