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Herd Women Take Down Defending C-USA Champs, 74-60
1/8/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 8, 2010
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Rashedah Henriques recorded a career-high 15 points as the Marshall University women's basketball team downed the defending Conference USA champion UCF Knights, 74-60, Friday evening at the Cam Henderson Center.
Marshall (9-5, 1-1 C-USA) opened the game on fire, shooting 68% in the opening period. The Herd hit 10 of its first 12 shots on its way to an early 20-8 advantage. Chantelle Handy and Tynikki Crook were solid early on, scoring six each in the first seven minutes.
UCF (3-7, 0-1 C-USA) responded with a quick 5-0 run to close to within seven points, however, an 8-0 spurt, led by a pair of Henriques three-pointers put MU up 28-13. The lead would grow to as many as 19 in the half before MU would take a 36-20 edge into the half.
Handy led all scorers with ten in the opening stanza while the MU defense held the Knights to 8-of-31 shooting to open the game.
Early in the second, Marshall extended the lead to 20, thanks to a 3-for-3 start from the floor. It would reach as many as 25 when Handy hit a shot with 15:59 remaining in the game. UCF cut into the lead, reducing it to as few as nine, but the Herd was too much, hanging on for the 14-point victory.
Handy led the Herd with 17 points while Crook scored 13 before fouling out.
Marshall finished with a .566-.333 shooting advantage and also won the battle of the boards, 42-37.
Marshay White was the leading scorer for UCF, scoring 17.
The Herd will wrap up the weekend on Sunday, playing host to Southern Miss at 5:00 p.m. It will be televised on ESPN2 and will also be carried live on ESPN360.com. Sunday's game will also mark the ninth annual Jam the Cam game.
Among the promotions for Sunday are free t-shirts to the first 1,000 fans and aluminum water bottles for the first 100. A full list of promotions and events is available by clicking here.
