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Men’s Basketball Takes 5-0 C-USA Record into Road Contest at WKU
1/20/2019 4:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Herd faces the Hilltoppers for the second time in nine days
GAME 19 | MARSHALL (12-6, 5-0 C-USA) at WESTERN KENTUCKY (9-9, 2-3 C-USA)
Monday, Jan. 21 | 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. CST)
E.A. Diddle Arena | Bowling Green, Ky.
Radio | Marshall Game Notes
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall men's basketball looks to stay perfect as it prepares for road game at Western Kentucky on Monday (Jan. 21). The game will broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
HAVE YOU HERD
Jon Elmore now has 288 3-pointers, which is five behind Austin Loop for the Marshall school record.
C.J. Burks is coming off a pair of 30-point games against FAU and FIU.
Since entering the starting lineup, Taevion Kinsey is averaging a team-high 6.8 rebounds and is third in points with 15.2.
Elmore needs 10 assists to reach 702 for his career and pass Greg White for most in program history.
Marshall extended its win streak against Conference USA competition to nine games with the 105-97 victory on Saturday over FIU.
The Herd has won 30 consecutive games when leading at the half.
Saturday's game against FIU saw Marshall have five players in double-figure scoring for the second time this season.
SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
Western Kentucky comes into tonight's meeting with a 9-9 record and a comeback victory on Saturday against FAU.
The Hilltoppers defeated two top-25 teams this season, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
WKU averages 72.6 points per game, while giving up 71.7 to its opponents.
The Hilltoppers out rebound their opponents by two boards per contest, and hold opponents to 35.0 percent shooting from beyond the arc.
WKU is second in the conference in shooting percentage from the field at 46.3 percent.
WHO TO KNOW
Taveion Hollingsworth leads the Hilltoppers with 16.2 points per game and is tied in average minutes played at 36.5. He has also taken (231) and made (104) the most shots on the team and is second on WKU with 48 assists.
Charles Bassey averages 14.1 points per game for the Hilltoppers and has a conference leading 45 blocked shots. He leads the team in rebounds with 161. Bassey has won four C-USA Freshman of the Week awards and is projected as a lottery pick in the 2019 NBA Draft is he chooses to leave school.
Jared Savage is third on WKU in points with 13.4 per game and is the team's leading three-point shooter at 47.5 percent from beyond the arc. He also leads the Hilltoppers in free-throw percentage at 87.3.
SERIES HISTORY
Western Kentucky owns the all-time series 15-12 with Marshall taking the last two meetings, including one on Jan. 12 at the Henderson Center this season.
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