GAME NOTES Troy (22-7) enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed and earned a bye to the quarterfinals after winning the most regular season games in program history. The Trojans will face a South Alabama squad that survived a scare from Texas State, 68-67, on Wednesday. The Jaguars led by as many as 16 points in the fourth quarter before the Bobcats began a ferocious comeback scoring 21 of the game's final 27 points.
NEW ORLEANS – Third-seeded Troy begins its quest for a third title in four year as the Trojans face No. 7 South Alabama on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at Lakefront Arena.