Marshall University Athletics
Thursday, February 13
Huntington, W.Va.
6:00 PM
Marshall University
-1013, 57 CUSA
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UTSA
-617, 210 CUSA
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Khadaijia Brooks
Photo by: Adam Gue
Herd Perfect at the Line in UTSA Win
2/13/2020 9:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MU registers 13-point home victory
Final Stats
Postgame Press Conference
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall women's basketball team went 17-for-17 at the free throw line and put four players in double figures to down visiting UTSA 66-53 Thursday evening in the Cam Henderson Center.
The Thundering Herd, winners of three of its last four, improved to 10-13 and 5-7 in Conference USA with the win, while UTSA dropped to 6-17 and 2-10 in defeat.
Marshall was led in scoring by Savannah Wheeler and Taylor Pearson, who tallied 13 apiece, while Khadaijia Brooks (11) posted her first C-USA double-digit scoring effort of the season. Princess Clemons added 10 and a game-high five steals. Lorelei Roper narrowly missed her first double-double with eight points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
UTSA, who was without the services of leading scorer Mikayla Woods (15 points per game), was led by Karrington Donald's 21 points (14 in the fourth quarter) and Evelyn Omemmah contributed 14. Adryana Quezada notched a game-high 11 boards.
The Roadrunners ran out to a 7-0 start on Quezada layups and a 3-pointer by Karley Larson in the game's first one minute, 55 seconds. Marshall, though, ran off 11 of the next 15 points to tie the score after one period of play and led by six (28-22) at the half. That came despite a 4-for-23 clip (17.4 percent) from downtown.
The Herd gradually chugged to a comfortable margin in the second half, building its advantage to as many as 19 (56-37) on two Clemons free throws with 7:14 left in the game.
Marshall, due in large part to the 10 points scored by Clemons, held a 14-2 edge in bench scoring.
"It was a good solid win," said Marshall head coach Tony Kemper. "It wasn't perfect, but it was good enough. We needed it. We're moving in the right direction. I thought we really pressed in the first half. I thought we did a good job until the end. I thought we did a decent job on the glass. Good win … we're working our way up and I can handle that."
The Thundering Herd will host UTEP on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Cam Henderson Center in what will be the program's #Play4Kay game to raise awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The Miners (13-10, 6-6) dropped a 78-65 decision at WKU (17-6, 9-3) on Thursday.
Khadaijia Brooks
On winning the last 3 of 4 games: It's good because we struggled in the first half of the season.
On experience with the full-court pressure UTEP is likely to bring Saturday: I think it helps, in terms of maturity, in that I've been in similar situations. I can relate it to the younger players. We're going to work on it a lot in practice to get ready for Saturday.
On her shooting stats: Every time I shoot it, I think it's going to good in. I haven't shot the ball well … It's my last year and I wanted to leave my mark. As we're getting closer to the end, I'm just letting the game come to me.
Lorelei Roper
On winning the last 3 of 4 games: We have had good practices leading up to our games and it is starting to pay off. That's a good feeling.
Postgame Press Conference
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall women's basketball team went 17-for-17 at the free throw line and put four players in double figures to down visiting UTSA 66-53 Thursday evening in the Cam Henderson Center.
The Thundering Herd, winners of three of its last four, improved to 10-13 and 5-7 in Conference USA with the win, while UTSA dropped to 6-17 and 2-10 in defeat.
Marshall was led in scoring by Savannah Wheeler and Taylor Pearson, who tallied 13 apiece, while Khadaijia Brooks (11) posted her first C-USA double-digit scoring effort of the season. Princess Clemons added 10 and a game-high five steals. Lorelei Roper narrowly missed her first double-double with eight points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
UTSA, who was without the services of leading scorer Mikayla Woods (15 points per game), was led by Karrington Donald's 21 points (14 in the fourth quarter) and Evelyn Omemmah contributed 14. Adryana Quezada notched a game-high 11 boards.
The Roadrunners ran out to a 7-0 start on Quezada layups and a 3-pointer by Karley Larson in the game's first one minute, 55 seconds. Marshall, though, ran off 11 of the next 15 points to tie the score after one period of play and led by six (28-22) at the half. That came despite a 4-for-23 clip (17.4 percent) from downtown.
The Herd gradually chugged to a comfortable margin in the second half, building its advantage to as many as 19 (56-37) on two Clemons free throws with 7:14 left in the game.
Marshall, due in large part to the 10 points scored by Clemons, held a 14-2 edge in bench scoring.
"It was a good solid win," said Marshall head coach Tony Kemper. "It wasn't perfect, but it was good enough. We needed it. We're moving in the right direction. I thought we really pressed in the first half. I thought we did a good job until the end. I thought we did a decent job on the glass. Good win … we're working our way up and I can handle that."
The Thundering Herd will host UTEP on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Cam Henderson Center in what will be the program's #Play4Kay game to raise awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The Miners (13-10, 6-6) dropped a 78-65 decision at WKU (17-6, 9-3) on Thursday.
Khadaijia Brooks
On winning the last 3 of 4 games: It's good because we struggled in the first half of the season.
On experience with the full-court pressure UTEP is likely to bring Saturday: I think it helps, in terms of maturity, in that I've been in similar situations. I can relate it to the younger players. We're going to work on it a lot in practice to get ready for Saturday.
On her shooting stats: Every time I shoot it, I think it's going to good in. I haven't shot the ball well … It's my last year and I wanted to leave my mark. As we're getting closer to the end, I'm just letting the game come to me.
Lorelei Roper
On winning the last 3 of 4 games: We have had good practices leading up to our games and it is starting to pay off. That's a good feeling.
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Team Stats
UTSA
MAR
FG%
.333
.323
3FG%
.261
.241
FT%
.538
1.000
RB
43
43
TO
19
13
STL
8
11
Game Leaders
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
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