Troy State Won By a Score of 258-141
Published on October 4th, 2024 10:09 am ESTWritten By: Dave Manuel
On January 12th, 1992, the 3-15 DeVry Hoyas travelled to take on the 12-3 Troy State Trojans in a Division II men's basketball game. The 2,000 people who were in attendance that evening had no clue that they were about to see a record fall - most points in a single college basketball game.
Let's set the table here for a moment.
Troy State was a really, really good Division II team, and they would soon be making the jump to Division I.
DeVry, on the other hand, was not very good at all.
Troy State, who were coached by Don Maestri, had a very unique offensive system that completely wore down the other team.
Troy State would immediately attempt to steal the ball from their opponents - if this didn't work, Troy State would simply concede the basket instead of playing defense.
In addition, Troy State would attempt to run their opponents off of the court by making frequent substitutions and running down the court with reckless abandon. Many opponents couldn't deal with this style of play and would simply run out of gas quickly.
This is what happened to DeVry on January 12th, 1992, as they were simply blown off the court.
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The final score of the game was 258-141 in favor of Troy State.
Troy State scored 123 points in the first half and 135 points in the second half.
DeVry, on the other hand, scored 53 points in the first half and 88 points in the second half, as they started to mimick the play of Troy State.
10 Troy State players ended up with double digit points, including Terry McCord, who finished the game with 41 points.
DeVry had the game's leading scorer, as Dartez Daniel finished with 42 points.
Troy State attempted 190 shots in the game, including 109 three-point attempts.
Troy State hit 51 three-pointers in the game, while attempting just three free throws.
Troy State had 28 steals in the game, while committing just 11 turnovers.
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This game set a number of records that will be very, very difficult to break.
