Marshall University Athletics
Herd Tangles with Panthers Thursday
1/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Thundering Herd (4-12, 0-3 C-USA) travels to FIU (8-8, 1-2 C-USA) on Thursday for a 7:30 p.m. ET tip at FIU Arena.
Marshall is led by Ryan Taylor's 13.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. He also has a team-high 15 blocks. Milan Mijovic (9-17, .529) has the top field goal percentage on the squad. Austin Loop has been the team's top long-range shooter with 46 made 3-pointers, boasting a .426 percentage. Loop and Tamron Manning leads with 18 steals and Aleksa Nikolic is tops on the team with 59 assists.
FIU is led by Dennis Mavin's 16.8 points per game to go with his 46 assists. Adrian Diaz is the team's top rebounder at 6.3 caroms per game, has 30 blocked shots and leads the team with a 66% field goal shooting clip. Tashawn Desir has a team-high 21 steals. Marco Porcher Jimenez has made 21 3-pointers and Dominique Williams has made 20 of his 25 free throw attempts (80 percent).
Marshall will hit the road Saturday for a road game at Florida Atlantic on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET in a game that will be carried on American Sports Network.
