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Troy Uses Big Second Half to Take Care of UMass 52-31

Nic Lewis

In a matchup of a struggling Massachusetts squad versus one of the Sun Belt success stories, the Troy Trojans blew out the Minutemen in the second half for a 52-31 victory.

Well, this game was a tale of two halves. If you saw the first half, you’d think “Ok we have a game on our hands”. Troy was only up 28-17 and UMass held the Trojans to one score in the second quarter, right before the break.

A big story in the first half was the fact that UMass was held to -1 rushing yards. They struggled to get much going offensively through the two quarters.

Then the second half went down. Troy started slow but slowly picked up the pace, scoring a field goal, then forcing a fumble on the following kickoff which led to a touchdown. They showed a bit of flair in scoring on an awesome double pass as QB Brandon Slivers pitched it to wide-out John Johnson who then threw it to Tervaris McCormick.

That was the momentum shifter, as it suddenly became all Trojans all the time, with the Trojans scoring on the next three possessions. UMass scored 14 points the entire second half. The Troy defense shut them down completely.

Troy moves to 7-1 and 4-0 in the #FunBelt, which is good enough to be tied for the conference lead with Appalachian State and Arkansas State. On November 11th Troy will face off against App St. which is guaranteed to be a great game. As for UMass they drop to 2-8 and will have a tough road game at fellow independent BYU on November 19th.