Marshall University Athletics
Lady Monarchs Hit Huntington for Thursday Evening Showdown
3/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
GAME 28: MARSHALL (16-11, 8-8 C-USA) vs. ODU (17-10, 10-6 C-USA)
Thursday, March 5, 2015 | 6 p.m. ET
Huntington, W.Va. | Henderson Center (9,048)
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall women's basketball (16-11, 8-8 C-USA) returns to Huntington Thursday evening when the ODU Lady Monarchs (17-10, 10-6 C-USA) for a 6 p.m. ET tip at the Cam Henderson Center on Thursday.
In addition to live tweets from @HerdWBB, live stats and video will be available through HerdZone.com.
SCOUTING THE LADY MONARCHS
ODU (17-10, 10-6) is coming into Thursday's game having won four of its last five contests. The Lady Monarchs are paced by Jennie Simms' 18.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, while Ashley Betz-White leads the team with 81 assists and 41 steals, while Destinee Young has 36 blocks. Tiffany Minor has a team-high 55 3-pointers.
HAVE YOU HERD?
Sharpshooter AJ Johnson has 64 3-pointers on the season, just five shy of Shay Weaver's single-season school record of 69 set during the 2012-13 season ... The Herd has posted field goal percentages of .444, .484 and .468 in its last three games. The last time Marshall had a longer streak of contests where it shot .440 or better was the 2008-09 season (four games) ... Marshall has also scored 71, 74 and 73 points in its last three games. The last time it had a longer streak of 70+ scoring outings was a five-game stretch from Dec. 4 to Dec. 28, 2007 ... Also, Marshall's current scoring clip of 66.6 points per game is on pace to be the program's best mark in Conference USA since that same 2007-08 season (68.0).
A HERD WIN WOULD...
Give Marshall its 17th win of the season and ninth league victory. Both totals are the best in Matt Daniel's two-plus years as head coach.
Give the Herd a 3-2 lead in the all-time series between the two schools
SPREADING THE WEALTH...
Five players have led Marshall in scoring through 27 games this season. They are Leah Scott, AJ Johnson, Norrisha Victrum, Chukwuka Ezeigbo and McKenzie Akers.
DEFENSIVE STANCE
The Herd is near the top of Conference USA in several defensive categories: field goal percentage defense (2nd, .374), defensive rebounds (3rd, 27.0), scoring defense (4th, 60.6) and 3-point percentage defense (5th, .315).
BLOCK PARTY
The Herd's tandem of senior center Chukwuka Ezeigbo (Trenton, N.J.) and sophomore forward Chelsey Romero (Hampton, Va.) are blocking their way into the Marshall record book. Ezeigbo ranks No. 4 with 115 career blocks, and needs four to reach Modupe Ishola's 119 from 2003-07. Romero has 80 at No. 7.
MARSHALL IS UNBEATEN WHEN...
Leading or tied at half (13-0)
Leading or tied with five minutes remaining (13-0)
THREE-BALLING
AJ Johnson (Silver Spring, Md.) and Norrisha Victrum (Columbia, S.C.) are nearing the top of the Marshall record book in career made 3-pointers. Both rank in the top 10, with Johnson at No. 5 (109) and Victrum rounding out the group (86).
HOME SWEET HENDERSON CENTER
Since its inaugural season in 1981-82, the Herd is 277-167 (.624) at Cam Henderson Center. This season, the Herd is 8-3 in the friendly confines.
