With all that has surrounded this team — losing four of its last five games, shuffling the lineup due to injuries, falling out of the Sun Belt Conference race — the Trojans were looking at another pivotal fourth quarter.

This time, they finished. Troy quarterback Kaleb Barker led a 13-play, 75-yard drive over the next five minutes and threw his third touchdown pass of the game — a 7-yarder to Reggie Todd — that provided both cushion and momentum in the Trojans’ 49-28 homecoming victory on Saturday.

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The Trojans pulled away in the final 10 minutes.