Marshall University Athletics
Thundering Herd Travels to Middle Tennessee, UAB
1/27/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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SCOUTING THE BLUE RAIDERS
Middle Tennessee is 11-7 overall and 5-2 in the league. Brea Edwards, who leads Conference USA in 3-pointers per game (3.2) and is second in points per game (18.4), is also the team's leader in rebounding (6.8), and 3-point percentage (42.9%). She has also made 87.1 (88-for-101) of her free throws. Alex Johnson (64-for-130) shoots field goals at a 49.2% clip, while Ty Petty and Edwards share top honors with 27 steals. Petty has 85 assists on the season and TiAnna Porter's 15 blocks are a team-high. Rebounding has been an interesting statistic for the Blue Raiders this season. They are second in C-USA on the offensive end (15.4) but 13th on the defensive side (22.6).
LEADERS!
The Thundering Herd leads Conference USA in scoring (73.7) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.0), a category where Norrisha Victrum (2.1) is the league's individual leader.
STREAKING
The Thundering Herd has had made as many or more free throws than the opposition in six straight games and fewer fouls in four straight.
FREE THROW ACCURACY
Talequia Hamilton hit two clutch free throws with five seconds left to complete Marshall's fourth-quarter comeback from 22 down against Charlotte. In fact, she has significantly improved her charity-stripe shooting in the Thundering Herd's seven conference games, going 16-for-20 (.800). In 11 non-conference games, she went just 17-for-29 (.586).
CAREER-HIGHS
Taylor Porter had a career-high 18 points in the 80-62 win over Old Dominion on Saturday. Hamilton had career-bests in 3-pointers (two) and free throws made (six), as did Kiana Evans.
TURNING POINT?
In Marshall guard Taylor Porter's first 10 games as a member of the Thundering Herd, she shot .370 (27-for-73) from the field and .286 (12-for-42) from 3-point range, culminating with an ankle injury in the opening minutes against WVU Tech on Dec. 22. After sitting out Marshall's win over Southern Illinois, she has connected gone 19-for-43 (.442) from the field and 12-for-27 (.444) from distance in the last seven games, all league affairs.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
The Herd is outstanding when the following happens:
12-0 leading with five minutes left
10-0 leading at half
8-0 holding opponents to 60 points or less
13-2 when making more free throws
9-1 when outrebounding opposition
10-3 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 294 points this season for a career total of 1,127. She is the 19th player in team history to score 1,000. Scott currently ranks 11th (tied) and needs 28 to pass Agnes Wheeler (1974-79) for 10th. She also ranks seventh all-time with 270 free throws made.
Senior Norrisha Victrum can be found in a few places in the record book. Victrum has 330 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 (101) and needs 133 points to become the 20th player to reach 1,000 for her career.
Junior Chelsey Romero has 23 blocks this season to give her a career total of 107. She is in fifth place all-time and is the fifth player in program history with 100 in a career. She needs nine more rejections to pass former teammate Chukwuka Ezeigbo (2011-15) for fourth on the school's all-time list.
