Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Welcomes Charlotte, Old Dominion to Snowy Huntington
1/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Marshall women's basketball team (12-4 overall, 2-3 Conference USA) will host Charlotte (9-7, 2-3) Thursday at 6 p.m. and Old Dominion (7-10, 3-2) Saturday at 1 p.m.
For Thursday's game, fans may bring in another college/university shirt and trade it in for a Marshall Athletics shirt. The offer is only while supplies last and exchanges will be made on the Henderson Center concourse.
On Saturday, the program is having its "Daddy/Daughter Day". Dads, grandfathers, and uncles are encouraged to take their daughters, granddaughters and nieces to the game. In-game contests will be held and foam fingers will be given out to the first 200 fans.
This weekend will be the second of Marshall's four "Double Dribble" promotions. If you purchase a ticket ($10) for Thursday's game, you will receive a free ticket and popcorn voucher for Saturday's contest. The program will also have this deal in place for the other two homestands later this season.
SCOUTING THE 49ERS
Charlotte is 9-7 overall and also 2-3 in Conference USA. The 49ers are led by Alexis Alexander's 14.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 56.6 percent field goal shooting. Lefty Webster is the team leader in assists (54) and steals (36), while Kenya Olley is tops with 31 blocks. Ciara Gregory is the team's top shooter with 42 3-pointers and a 93.8 percent clip (30-for-32) from the free throw line. Webster isn't far behind at 90.9 percent (50-for-55). Charlotte is high-powered, leading the league in scoring (74.4 points per game), free throw percentage (.748) and field goal percentage (.449).
SCOUTING THE LADY MONARCHS
Old Dominion is 7-10 overall and 3-2 in the league. Jennie Simms is the league's leading scorer at 19.1 points per contest and she leads the team in steals with 20. Keyana Brown is the top 3-point shooter with 28 makes and a .337 percentage, while Annika Holopainen's .714 free throw percentage is the best on the team. Carolina Bernardeco has 43 assists and Destinee Young's 8.0 rebounds per game and 18 blocks leads the way inside.
TAKING CARE OF THE BALL
The Thundering Herd leads Conference USA in assists (14.6 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.0).
CONTROLLING THE GLASS
Marshall yielded just 23 rebounds to Rice in the 81-52 win over the Owls on Saturday. That is the fewest the program has allowed since that same number versus Southern Illinois (82-59 Herd win) on Nov. 27, 2013. The Herd also registered a season-high 51.9 percent (27-for-52) against the Owls.
CAREER-HIGHS
Logan Fraley had a career-high 13 points and four 3-pointers in the 81-52 win over Rice on Sunday.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
The Herd is outstanding when the following happens:
9-0 leading at half
11-0 leading with five minutes left
9-1 when outrebounding opposition
8-3 when more points in the paint
12-1 when making more free throws
9-2 when three or more players get double digits
RECORD BOOK WATCH
The Herd has a few players who are approaching career milestones and rising up the ranks of the program record book.
Senior Leah Scott has scored 253 points this season for a career total of 1,104. She is the 19th player in team history to score 1,000. Scott currently ranks 14th and needs two more to pass Tracy Krueger (1988-93) for 13th place, 15 to pass Modupe Ishola (2003-07) for 12th and 23 to pass Mary Lopez (1975-79) for 11th. She also ranks seventh all-time with 266 free throws made.
Senior Norrisha Victrum can be found in a few places in the record book. Victrum has 325 assists and just passed Kim Lewis (1984-1988) for fifth place in the school's all-time records. Victrum is currently eighth in 3-point field goals made (99) and needs 159 points to become the 20th player to reach 1,000 for her career.
Junior Chelsey Romero has 21 blocks this season to give her a career total of 105. She is in fifth place all-time and is the fifth player in program history with 100 in a career.
