Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, February 15
Huntington, W.Va.
1:00 PM
Marshall University
-1113, 67 CUSA
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UTEP
-1311, 67 CUSA
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Kristen Mayo
Photo by: Rick Haye
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Herd navigates UTEP’s full-court pressure
Final Stats
Postgame Press Conference
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall's women's basketball team shot 55.1 percent from the field and made 11 3-pointers en route to a 76-66 home win over UTEP Saturday afternoon in the Cam Henderson Center. The game was the Thundering Herd's #Play4Kay contest, an initiative designed to raise awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
Marshall, winners of four of its last five, improved to 11-13 overall and 6-7 in Conference USA. UTEP dropped its sixth consecutive game in Huntington to fall to 13-11 and 6-7 in the league.
The Thundering Herd put four players in double figures, led by Kristen Mayo with 17 points. Savannah Wheeler (16), Taylor Pearson (14) and Khadaijia Brooks (12) all reached that mark as well, with Wheeler collecting five assists. Princess Clemons posted a team-high seven rebounds and Kia Sivils had a season-high five steals in nine first-half minutes.
UTEP received 21 points and a game-high eight rebounds from Ariona Gill (9-for-11 at the free throw line), while Katia Gallegos had 12 points and five assists and Katarina Zec posted 12 points too. Zec got her output on 13 field goal attempts and was hounded on the perimeter for much of the day by Marshall's Mayo.
The Thundering Herd jumped out to a 15-9 lead after one quarter and held a 31-28 advantage at the half. The game's defining run came in the third quarter as Marshall pieced together an 18-7 run and grabbed a 13-point edge (52-39) on a Brooks triple with 52 seconds left in the quarter. The lead grew to as many as 16 three times in the final stanza, the last on a Pearson layup with 2:45 left to go up 73-57.
UTEP did manage to have its way on the glass, outrebounding the Thundering Herd 35-27, including an 18-6 edge on the offensive end. That led to an 18-4 margin on second chance points for the visitors.
"That's a good win," said Marshall head coach Tony Kemper. "I'm proud of the quick turnaround we had. UTEP's a team that is difficult to handle on both ends of the floor. I knew they would give us a bunch of different press looks. On the offensive end, they cut really hard and are long at all spots. We knew they were going to get it inside and I thought we weathered that storm. This is the right time to start playing better, but we still have room to improve, starting with a tremendous challenge on Thursday."
That Thursday game will pit the Thundering Herd against WKU (18-6, 10-3) for a 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT tip time inside Bowling Green's E.A. Diddle Arena. The Lady Hilltoppers defeated UTSA (6-18, 2-11) 85-57 Saturday afternoon as well.
Postgame Press Conference
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall's women's basketball team shot 55.1 percent from the field and made 11 3-pointers en route to a 76-66 home win over UTEP Saturday afternoon in the Cam Henderson Center. The game was the Thundering Herd's #Play4Kay contest, an initiative designed to raise awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
Marshall, winners of four of its last five, improved to 11-13 overall and 6-7 in Conference USA. UTEP dropped its sixth consecutive game in Huntington to fall to 13-11 and 6-7 in the league.
The Thundering Herd put four players in double figures, led by Kristen Mayo with 17 points. Savannah Wheeler (16), Taylor Pearson (14) and Khadaijia Brooks (12) all reached that mark as well, with Wheeler collecting five assists. Princess Clemons posted a team-high seven rebounds and Kia Sivils had a season-high five steals in nine first-half minutes.
UTEP received 21 points and a game-high eight rebounds from Ariona Gill (9-for-11 at the free throw line), while Katia Gallegos had 12 points and five assists and Katarina Zec posted 12 points too. Zec got her output on 13 field goal attempts and was hounded on the perimeter for much of the day by Marshall's Mayo.
The Thundering Herd jumped out to a 15-9 lead after one quarter and held a 31-28 advantage at the half. The game's defining run came in the third quarter as Marshall pieced together an 18-7 run and grabbed a 13-point edge (52-39) on a Brooks triple with 52 seconds left in the quarter. The lead grew to as many as 16 three times in the final stanza, the last on a Pearson layup with 2:45 left to go up 73-57.
UTEP did manage to have its way on the glass, outrebounding the Thundering Herd 35-27, including an 18-6 edge on the offensive end. That led to an 18-4 margin on second chance points for the visitors.
"That's a good win," said Marshall head coach Tony Kemper. "I'm proud of the quick turnaround we had. UTEP's a team that is difficult to handle on both ends of the floor. I knew they would give us a bunch of different press looks. On the offensive end, they cut really hard and are long at all spots. We knew they were going to get it inside and I thought we weathered that storm. This is the right time to start playing better, but we still have room to improve, starting with a tremendous challenge on Thursday."
That Thursday game will pit the Thundering Herd against WKU (18-6, 10-3) for a 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT tip time inside Bowling Green's E.A. Diddle Arena. The Lady Hilltoppers defeated UTSA (6-18, 2-11) 85-57 Saturday afternoon as well.
Team Stats
UTEPW
MAR
FG%
.393
.551
3FG%
.263
.458
FT%
.867
.917
RB
35
27
TO
15
17
STL
7
8
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
3
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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