Dothan Eagle · Dec 24, 2016
Varnado helps Troy basketball pull away from Chicago State
Russ Schaffer / Troy UniversityTroy shows off its trophy for winning the Las Vegas Classic Upper Bracket after an 83-65 win over Chicago State on Friday.
Troy (8-6) outscored the Cougars 43-29 in the second half, including a 21-7 run in a seven-minute span that saw a 52-46 lead grow to 73-53 with 5:12 remaining. Varnado scored six of Troy’s eight baskets in that key run.
The Trojans played their fourth game in a seven-day road trip as part of the Classic and finished 2-2 with on-campus losses at Southern Cal in Los Angeles and Wyoming in Laramie. They earned a pair of wins in Las Vegas against Cornell and Chicago State.