University of Wisconsin Green Bay Athletics

GREEN BAY CAREER

• Has played in all 96 games, starting 61 games, in three seasons for the Phoenix

• Is just 192 points shy of becoming the 22nd member of the school's 1,000-point scoring club
  

• Has 32 double-figure scoring games

• Has made 169 3-pointers, good for seventh-most in Green Bay history
  

• Is a career 83.7 percent free throw shooter who has averaged 8.4 points per game and has shot 41.4 percent from beyond the arc
  

2008-09 Season

• One of just two players on the 2008-09 squad to start all 33 games

• His 33 starts marked the most ever by a Phoenix junior in a single season
  

• Averaged 31.5 minutes per game, good for second most on the team

• Averaged 12.6 points per game, shooting 44 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point territory

• Ranked ninth in the Horizon League in scoring and third in 3-point percentage
  

• Connected on an impressive 89 3-pointers, the second-highest single season total in school history and highest total ever by a Phoenix junior

• His 89 3-pointers were more than the entire Phoenix team made (70) in 1986-87, the first year of the college 3-point line

• Shot 87.5 percent from the free throw line (56-for-64), good for second on the team

• Reached double figures in scoring on 20 occasions, including six games with 20 points or more
  

• Registered back-to-back career-high 25-point performances against UIC (Jan. 28) and Loyola (Jan. 31)

• Hit a career-high seven 3-pointers in both games (7-for-12)

• In addition to 25 points against UIC, also had seven rebounds, a career-high four assists and three steals

• Pulled down a career-best nine rebounds Nov. 11 against Rollins, a game in which he also scored 20 points

• Played a career-high 39 minutes in an overtime loss to Oakland Dec. 18

• Went 8-of-9 from the free throw line, scoring 19 total points, in Green Bay's win over No. 11 Butler Feb. 2

• Played at least 23 minutes in all 33 games
  

2007-08 Season

• Played in every game for the Phoenix, starting six times
  

• Averaged 15.7 minutes per contest and scored 4.6 points per game

• Played a season-high 27 minutes against Ohio State, scoring six points and dishing out three assists against the Buckeyes

• Scored a season-high 15 points in a key Horizon League game against UIC Feb. 28

• Connected on 3-of-4 attempts from beyond the arc against the Flames

• Had a 10-point outing against Youngstown State Feb. 20

• Averaged 8.8 points per game over a four-game stretch in February

• Played double-figure minutes in all but two games

2006-07 Season

• Appeared in all 33 games for the Phoenix, earning 22 starts

• Became the first freshman in school history to play in at least 33 games in a season

• Ranked second in the Horizon League with a .462 3-point percentage

• Had nine double-figure scoring efforts on the year

• Netted five games with at least 10 points in a seven-game stretch in the non-conference slate, and averaged 11.6 points per game over that span

• Drained a season-high five 3-pointers and scored 19 points in a league tourney win over Cleveland State Feb. 27

• Named Horizon League Player of the Week Jan. 29 after coming off the bench to score 23 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line at Milwaukee Jan. 27

• Had 16 points earlier in the week vs. UIC (Jan. 24)

• Grabbed a season-high six rebounds to go along with 10 points vs. Bowling Green Dec. 30

• Had 14 of his 19 points in the first half and also snared four steals against Central Michigan on Dec. 9

• Tallied 15 points in first career start at Eastern Illinois Nov. 21

• Came off the bench to score 13 points in a win over Northern Michigan Nov. 17 

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER

• Second-team all-state selection by both the Associated Press and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) as a senior

• Was a first-team All-City Conference selection each of his final two years, and was the conference Player of the Year his final season

• Tabbed as a first-team all-area pick by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel his senior year

• Helped guide King to back-to-back Division I state championships as a freshman and sophomore

• Named to all-state tournament team as a sophomore

• Competed for the South squad at the WBCA Division 1 All-Star Game

• High school coach was Jim Gosz 

PERSONAL

• Son of Troy Cotton, Sr., and Lanette Johnson

• Has an older brother, Raymond, who is currently serving a tour in Iraq

• Full name is Troy Bernard Cotton, Jr.

• Is a human development major