Defend the Perimeter
Troy likes to shoot the 3-ball, so much so that 38.9 percent of all their shots come from behind the arc. Unfortunately for the Trojans, they aren’t very good at making all those shots they take, averaging only 33.1 percent as a team from 3-point land. This plays right in to the Mountaineers’ hands as no team in Division-I basketball allows a fewer percentage of their opponents’ shots to come from behind the arc than the Apps. So, if the Mountaineers lock down the perimeter like they normally do, the Trojans will have to take the ball into the paint where they’ll find themselves up against shot blocking monsters like Jacob Lawson — who just happens to lead the Sun Belt in blocked shots.