Georgia Southern (5-9, 1-3 Sun Belt) led by 15 at the half, but Troy used an 11-0 run to open the second half to pull within four, 51-47, with 17:47 remaining in the contest. On the following possession, Mike Hughes hit an off-balanced desperation 3-pointer as the shot clock expired that propelled the Eagles on a 21-8 run over the next eight minutes as they built a 12-point advantage.
Trailing by 11 with 5:09 to play, B.J. Miller hit a 3-pointer to start Troy's run to the finish line. A technical foul against Georgia Southern led to a trio of Trojan free throws to close the gap to six, and Jordon Varnado buried a 3-pointer with 3:39 remaining to pull Troy to within 80-77.