Marshall University Athletics
Game Notes
1/14/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2012
Recap | Final Stats | Marshall 65, UCF 64 
1/14/12
UCF (13-4, 3-1) vs. Marshall (13-4, 4-0 C-USA)
Game 17 - Cam Henderson Center
Attendance: 8,379 (Largest of the year)
Starters:
MARSHALL: #1 Dennis Tinnon, #2 Robert Goff, #3 Damier Pitts, #23 Shaquille Johnson, #24 DeAndre Kane. Fourth time line-up has been used.
UCF: #3, A.J. Rompza, #5 Marcus Jordan, #24 Josh Crittle, #32 Isaiah Sykes, #33 Keith Clanton
Records and Series Notes:
This was the 13th meeting all-time between the two schools and Marshall now holds an 8-5 advantage all-time.
Head Coach Tom Herrion is now 3-2 all-time against the Knights, 2-1 with Marshall
Marshall has won four straight home contests against the Knights and improves to 5-1 all-time at home versus UCF.
Team Notes:
Marshall outrebounded UCF 44-38 and has not been outrebounded yet this season.
The Herd continues to excel when leading at half, as Marshall improves to a perfect 12-0 when doing so.
Marshall holds a perfect record of 4-0 on Saturday games.
Marshall won its third straight game decided by two points of less.
UCF's 39 rebounds ties for the second most by an opponent (Jacksonville State)
Individual Notes
Shaquille Johnson played in his 116th game as a member of the Herd, which ties him with Ronny Dawn for games played at 7th.
Johnson also now stands alone at 24th all-time in three pointers made with 85 and 41st in career points with 1,042.
Damier Pitts now stands alone at 30th all-time in games played with 105 games.
Nigel Spikes's one block advanced him up a spot in career block shots with 50. He is tied with George Washington for 16th all-time.
Dennis Tinnon collected double digit rebounds (10) for the 12th time this season and for the fourth straight game. Marshall is now 9-3 when Tinnon collects double digit rebounds.
Damier Pitts scored single digit points in back-to-back games for the first time since the 2009-10 season when he scored in single digits against SMU (Mar. 6) and Tulsa (Mar. 11).
Next Game
Marshall vs. WVU (in Charleston, W.Va.), Wednesday, January 18th, 7:30p.m.
UCF vs. Memphis, Wednesday, January 18th, 8 p.m.
