Led by Tayton Conerway’s 15 points, the Troy Trojans defeated the Georgia Southern Eagles 81-74 on Thursday night

Georgia Southern plays the Troy Trojans after Adante' Holiman scored 26 points in the Eagles' 71-67 loss to the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Brafford 4-7 0-1 9, T.Brown 7-10 2-2 16, Banks 5-6 0-0 14, Holiman 1-10 2-2 5, Thomas 2-3 0-0 5, Douglas 3-14 2-2 10, White 3-8 0-0 7, Horne 1-3 1-1 3, Kuhl 1-1 3-4 5, E.Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-63 10-12 74.

BOTTOM LINE: Georgia Southern visits Troy after Adante’ Holiman scored 26 points in Georgia Southern’s 71-67 loss to the Marshall Thundering Herd. The Trojans are 8-3 on their home court. Troy is 1-2 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Tayton Conerway scored 17 points as Troy beat Southern Miss 70-61 on Monday night. Conerway added three steals for the Trojans (13-7, 6-3 Sun Belt Conference). Thomas Dowd scored 15 points while shooting 4 for 8 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line and added nine rebounds.