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Thundering Herd Welcomes Indiana State for Season Opener
11/7/2018 1:11:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Marshall tips off season at 6 p.m.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall women's basketball team will begin its 2018-19 season Wednesday at 6 p.m. when Indiana State visits the Cam Henderson Center.
Scouting the Sycamores: The Sycamores come into Wednesday's game sporting a new coach in Vicki Hill. The team brings back four starters from last season's team (11-19, 9-9 MVC). Junior Ashli O'Neal earned honorable mention All-MVC honors as a sophomore, averaging 12.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Despite five newcomers, Indiana State returns plenty of production to the floor in 2018-19. With eight letterwinners and four starters returning, the Sycamores return 69% of its points and 66% of its rebounds from last season.
Gore in Conference USA (2017-18)
Free Throw Percentage: Shayna Gore, 1st (.863)
Scoring: Shayna Gore, 2nd (19.6)
3-Pointers Per Game: Shayna Gore, 2nd (3.0)
3-Point Field Goal Percentage: Shayna Gore, 7th (.400)
Converting Freebies: In 2017-18, Marshall boasted a free throw percentage of .730 (295-for-404) in all of its games last season, which was the program's best end-of-season mark in at least the last 18 seasons (unavailable records did not allow for additional research).
70: The Thundering Herd was 7-1 this season when reaching the 70-point mark. Its only loss was an 85-76 at the hands of Cleveland State.
Gore Surging From the Arc: Shayna Gore made steady improvement over the course of her career at Marshall, with jumps from her freshman to sophomore to junior seasons in field goal percentage (.399-.443-.449), 3-point percentage (.295-.372-.400) and scoring (10.8-17.5-19.6). Her 86 3-pointers last season are a single-season program record.
Gore Climbs the Charts: Gore currently has 1,439 points and is fifth all-time in Thundering Herd history. She is 37 behind Tynikki Crook (2007-11), who currently sits fourth.
Opening 20: If history is any indication, Gore may be due for a big game against the Sycamores. Last season, she opened the year with a 20-point performance. In her collegiate debut on Nov. 13, 2015 at Morehead State, Gore scored 27 points in Marshall's 104-101 victory. On Nov. 11, 2016, she began her sophomore season with a career-high 29 in a 55-53 win at Illinois. Then, on Nov. 10, 2017, the junior guard led the team with 22 points as the Herd defeated Longwood 90-45 in the Cam Henderson Center. It was her 14th 20-point performance of her career. All totaled, Gore has scored 78 points in three, season-opening wins.
