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Women’s Basketball Heads to Towson for Final Non-Conference Game of 2019-20 Season
12/20/2019 1:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Conference USA also announces final conference games of the year
Marshall Game Notes
Women's Basketball Heads to Towson for Final Non-Conference Game of 2019-20 Season
Conference USA also announces final conference games of the year
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Marshall women's basketball team is on the road again to take on the Towson Tigers for one final non-conference game of the 2019-20 season. Tipoff in the SECU Arena is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Thundering Herd enters the game 5-5 while the Tigers come in at 3-6.
Game Details
Live Stats: STATBROADCAST
Live Video: FLOHOOPS.COM
Marshall Radio: 88.1 WMUL-FM and online www.marshall.edu/wmul on Stream 1 with Scott Hall.
Series History: 3rd all-time meeting – Series is tied at 1-1.
Last Meeting: Dec. 22, 2018 in Huntington – Towson won 76-69.
Marshall is coming off back-to-back losses to Bowling Green (82-69) at home and on the road to (RV) Rutgers (66-41). The Herd is trying to get back on the winning side and finish strong in non-conference play.
The Herd got out to a rough start at Rutgers, down 24-2 after the first quarter, but showed plenty of fight throughout the rest of the game with just a minus-3 point differential over the final three quarters. Freshman Savannah Wheeler led all scorers with 15 points, all of which came in the second half including 10 in the fourth quarter. Senior Princess Clemons led Marshall with seven rebounds and three assists. The Herd defense forced four Scarlet Knight turnovers in the fourth quarter and sophomore Kia Sivils had two steals.
Senior Ashley Saintigene swatted two more shots at Rutgers bringing her season total to 32. She is still ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA in total blocks and blocks per game. Saintigene needs just three blocks more to pass Chukwuka Ezeigbo (2011-15) for sixth place all-time in program history.
Redshirt senior Khadaijia Brooks continued her rebounding streak to 73-straight with two boards at Rutgers. Junior Kristen Mayo also kept a streak going of now 63-straight games with an assist. The last time Mayo did not have an assist was Dec. 6, 2017 vs. Morgan State of her freshman year.
Marshall also learned who its final four opponents of the 2019-20 regular season will be as Conference USA released the end of its schedule. The Herd's final regular season games will be at home versus Old Dominion on Feb. 22, home versus North Texas on Feb. 29, on the road at FIU on March 5, and on the road at Florida Atlantic on March 7.
The new schedule format was passed by the league's Athletic Directors and Board of Directors over the summer. It follows the men's basketball traditional play layout for the first 14 games, with consideration for competitive balance and geographical constraints to determine the final four games, according to the league office. The new layout was constructed to provide competitive matchups at the end of the regular season with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of league teams advancing into postseason competition.
Opponent
Towson and Marshall are both coming into the contest with its last game as a loss at Rutgers. The Tigers played in Piscataway on Dec. 8 and fell 67-53. Towson has wins this season over Mount St. Mary's, American and Iona. The losses have been against tough competition in Penn State, San Diego State, San Diego, Iowa, Temple and Rutgers. The Tigers are looking to build off a 20-win season in 2018-19 that saw the team win its first Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Championship and first ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Diane Richardson led Towson through an 11-win turnaround in her second season.
In 2019-20, Kionna Jeter is leading the way again averaging 18.4 points per game. Jeter has scored in double-digits in every game including a season-high 31 in the win over Iona. She also poured in 23 and had eight steals at Rutgers. Jeter leads the Tigers in rebounds (7.0) and steals (33). Three more players are averaging double figures with Nukiya Mayo (14.3), Mya Jones (10.6) and Q. Murray (10.1). Murray also leads the squad with 42 assists. Despite the 3-6 record, Towson is plus-2.3 in turnovers per game. The Tigers are shooting 38.0 percent from the floor, 28.5 percent from three and 63.9 percent from the line. Defensively, the team is allowing 38.9 percent from the floor, 32.0 percent from outside and 74.3 percent from the line.
Up Next
Marshall will hit the road again to begin Conference USA action at Rice on Jan. 2 and then at North Texas on Jan. 4.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's basketball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWBB, Facebook at Marshall University Basketball and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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Women's Basketball Heads to Towson for Final Non-Conference Game of 2019-20 Season
Conference USA also announces final conference games of the year
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Marshall women's basketball team is on the road again to take on the Towson Tigers for one final non-conference game of the 2019-20 season. Tipoff in the SECU Arena is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Thundering Herd enters the game 5-5 while the Tigers come in at 3-6.
Game Details
Live Stats: STATBROADCAST
Live Video: FLOHOOPS.COM
Marshall Radio: 88.1 WMUL-FM and online www.marshall.edu/wmul on Stream 1 with Scott Hall.
Series History: 3rd all-time meeting – Series is tied at 1-1.
Last Meeting: Dec. 22, 2018 in Huntington – Towson won 76-69.
Marshall is coming off back-to-back losses to Bowling Green (82-69) at home and on the road to (RV) Rutgers (66-41). The Herd is trying to get back on the winning side and finish strong in non-conference play.
The Herd got out to a rough start at Rutgers, down 24-2 after the first quarter, but showed plenty of fight throughout the rest of the game with just a minus-3 point differential over the final three quarters. Freshman Savannah Wheeler led all scorers with 15 points, all of which came in the second half including 10 in the fourth quarter. Senior Princess Clemons led Marshall with seven rebounds and three assists. The Herd defense forced four Scarlet Knight turnovers in the fourth quarter and sophomore Kia Sivils had two steals.
Senior Ashley Saintigene swatted two more shots at Rutgers bringing her season total to 32. She is still ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA in total blocks and blocks per game. Saintigene needs just three blocks more to pass Chukwuka Ezeigbo (2011-15) for sixth place all-time in program history.
Redshirt senior Khadaijia Brooks continued her rebounding streak to 73-straight with two boards at Rutgers. Junior Kristen Mayo also kept a streak going of now 63-straight games with an assist. The last time Mayo did not have an assist was Dec. 6, 2017 vs. Morgan State of her freshman year.
Marshall also learned who its final four opponents of the 2019-20 regular season will be as Conference USA released the end of its schedule. The Herd's final regular season games will be at home versus Old Dominion on Feb. 22, home versus North Texas on Feb. 29, on the road at FIU on March 5, and on the road at Florida Atlantic on March 7.
The new schedule format was passed by the league's Athletic Directors and Board of Directors over the summer. It follows the men's basketball traditional play layout for the first 14 games, with consideration for competitive balance and geographical constraints to determine the final four games, according to the league office. The new layout was constructed to provide competitive matchups at the end of the regular season with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of league teams advancing into postseason competition.
Opponent
Towson and Marshall are both coming into the contest with its last game as a loss at Rutgers. The Tigers played in Piscataway on Dec. 8 and fell 67-53. Towson has wins this season over Mount St. Mary's, American and Iona. The losses have been against tough competition in Penn State, San Diego State, San Diego, Iowa, Temple and Rutgers. The Tigers are looking to build off a 20-win season in 2018-19 that saw the team win its first Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Championship and first ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Diane Richardson led Towson through an 11-win turnaround in her second season.
In 2019-20, Kionna Jeter is leading the way again averaging 18.4 points per game. Jeter has scored in double-digits in every game including a season-high 31 in the win over Iona. She also poured in 23 and had eight steals at Rutgers. Jeter leads the Tigers in rebounds (7.0) and steals (33). Three more players are averaging double figures with Nukiya Mayo (14.3), Mya Jones (10.6) and Q. Murray (10.1). Murray also leads the squad with 42 assists. Despite the 3-6 record, Towson is plus-2.3 in turnovers per game. The Tigers are shooting 38.0 percent from the floor, 28.5 percent from three and 63.9 percent from the line. Defensively, the team is allowing 38.9 percent from the floor, 32.0 percent from outside and 74.3 percent from the line.
Up Next
Marshall will hit the road again to begin Conference USA action at Rice on Jan. 2 and then at North Texas on Jan. 4.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's basketball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWBB, Facebook at Marshall University Basketball and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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