Basketball Recap: Troy Picks Up Tenth Consecutive Victory

Trojans

Previous Games

01/29/25 vs North Penn-Liberty	83-37
01/27/25 vs Wellsboro	77-41
01/24/25 vs Williamson	98-31
01/22/25 @ Sayre	66-34
01/18/25 @ Bucktail	79-42
+ 5 more games

Troy entered their tilt with North Penn-Liberty on Wednesday with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They blew past the North Penn-Liberty Mountie 83-37. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Mountie are ranked 402nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Several Mountie players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Louis Mercantino, who posted eight points. The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Lewis, who put up four points.

Troy's victory was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points per game. As for North Penn-Liberty, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 11-7 record.

Troy has already played their next contest (against Liberty), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. North Penn-Liberty will head out to face off against Northeast Bradford at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. North Penn-Liberty is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.2 points per game this season.