Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, February 8
Huntington, W.Va.
7:00 PM
Marshall University
-1213, 66 CUSA
83
vs
79
LA Tech
-177, 84 CUSA
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2
OT 1
F
LOUISIANA TECH
31
37
11
79
MARSHALL
27
41
15
83
Photo by: Rick Haye
Beyers, West Have Career Nights in Men’s Basketball Overtime Win over Louisiana Tech
2/8/2020 11:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
West scored career-high 25 points, while Beyers scored a career-high 24 points
Box Score | D'Antoni Press Conference | Quotes
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Jarrod West and Mikel Beyers each record 20-point games in Marshall men's basketball's (12-13, 6-6 C-USA) 12-point overtime comeback over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (17-7, 8-4 C-USA) at the Cam Henderson Center on Saturday night. The 12-point comeback is the largest of the season by the Herd.
"That was a rollercoaster," Marshall head coach Dan D'Antoni said after the win. "You have to appreciate how hard they play and how much they care. They're going to give me everything they got. Whenever you do that, it works out. You beat that ball club, we beat them. That puts us up in the standings a little bit. We just got to keep winning."
Leading the way with 25 points was junior Jarrod West, who shot 9-for-15 from the field, including 4-for-7 from three-point range. The guard added a game-high seven assists and three steals to his stat line.
Coming in with 24 points on an 8-for-11 night from field, making 6-of-9 from behind-the-arc, was Mikel Beyers. The redshirt junior forward also brought down six rebounds, rejected a shot and had a steal in the victory.
Sophomore Taevion Kinsey brought up the end of a trio of Marshall student-athletes in double-figure scoring with 19 points. The Columbus, Ohio, native also collected a team-best eight rebounds.
Marshall trailed for the majority of the first 32 minutes of play, including by as many as 12 points in the first half, but never gave up in its battle against the Bulldogs. The Herd found itself in a pickle in the second half trailing by 10 points, 51-41, with 11:50 left in the game.
Across the next 3:51, MU went on a 14-3 run with five points from Beyers, four points from Kinsey and four points from West to regain the lead for the first time since the 12:01 mark in the first half at 55-54 with just under eight minutes left in the contest.
The teams then traded runs until the Bulldogs took a three-point lead, 67-64, with a DaQuan Bracey three to conclude a 5-0 run with 2:52 on the clock. Kinsey nailed a jumper in the paint to cut the deficit to one, 67-66, with 1:22 to play.
Louisiana Tech missed a jumper and the Herd grabbed the rebound, but a Kinsey turnover gave the ball back to the Bulldogs and MU sent Amorie Archibald to the line for LA Tech. Archibald missed the first, but made the second to give the Bulldogs a two-point lead with 22 ticks left.
The Herd brought the ball up the court and West missed a jumper. However, Beyers grabbed the offensive board and nailed a fade-away jumper to tie the game with five seconds left in regulation. The Bulldogs shot attempt to win the game went up after the buzzer the teams went to overtime.
Beyers drilled a three to start overtime and the Herd took it the rest of the way, never trailing, with the game only being tied twice in the extra period.
NOTES
Tonight was Marshall's second halftime comeback this season.
Jannson Williams now has 137 career blocks, tied for sixth in program history with Derrick Wright (1996-00).
Beyers set a new career high with six made three-pointers to go with a career-high 24 points. This was Beyers' first career of 20 or more points.
West set a new career high in points with 25, his previous best was 23 at Illinois on Nov. 19, 2017 during his freshman season. West has now scored 20 or points in seven games during his career, four of which have come this season.
MU is now 11-0 when leading with five minutes left in the game.
UP NEXT
Marshall heads on the road for a Texas road swing beginning on Thursday at UTSA and at UTEP on Saturday for the last two games before 'pod play.' The Herd clinch in a spot in pod two with a win in either of the last two games or a UTEP loss.
For all the latest information about Marshall men's basketball, follow @HerdMBB on Twitter and Instagram.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
---HerdZone.com---
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Jarrod West and Mikel Beyers each record 20-point games in Marshall men's basketball's (12-13, 6-6 C-USA) 12-point overtime comeback over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (17-7, 8-4 C-USA) at the Cam Henderson Center on Saturday night. The 12-point comeback is the largest of the season by the Herd.
"That was a rollercoaster," Marshall head coach Dan D'Antoni said after the win. "You have to appreciate how hard they play and how much they care. They're going to give me everything they got. Whenever you do that, it works out. You beat that ball club, we beat them. That puts us up in the standings a little bit. We just got to keep winning."
Leading the way with 25 points was junior Jarrod West, who shot 9-for-15 from the field, including 4-for-7 from three-point range. The guard added a game-high seven assists and three steals to his stat line.
Coming in with 24 points on an 8-for-11 night from field, making 6-of-9 from behind-the-arc, was Mikel Beyers. The redshirt junior forward also brought down six rebounds, rejected a shot and had a steal in the victory.
Sophomore Taevion Kinsey brought up the end of a trio of Marshall student-athletes in double-figure scoring with 19 points. The Columbus, Ohio, native also collected a team-best eight rebounds.
Marshall trailed for the majority of the first 32 minutes of play, including by as many as 12 points in the first half, but never gave up in its battle against the Bulldogs. The Herd found itself in a pickle in the second half trailing by 10 points, 51-41, with 11:50 left in the game.
Across the next 3:51, MU went on a 14-3 run with five points from Beyers, four points from Kinsey and four points from West to regain the lead for the first time since the 12:01 mark in the first half at 55-54 with just under eight minutes left in the contest.
The teams then traded runs until the Bulldogs took a three-point lead, 67-64, with a DaQuan Bracey three to conclude a 5-0 run with 2:52 on the clock. Kinsey nailed a jumper in the paint to cut the deficit to one, 67-66, with 1:22 to play.
Louisiana Tech missed a jumper and the Herd grabbed the rebound, but a Kinsey turnover gave the ball back to the Bulldogs and MU sent Amorie Archibald to the line for LA Tech. Archibald missed the first, but made the second to give the Bulldogs a two-point lead with 22 ticks left.
The Herd brought the ball up the court and West missed a jumper. However, Beyers grabbed the offensive board and nailed a fade-away jumper to tie the game with five seconds left in regulation. The Bulldogs shot attempt to win the game went up after the buzzer the teams went to overtime.
Beyers drilled a three to start overtime and the Herd took it the rest of the way, never trailing, with the game only being tied twice in the extra period.
NOTES
Tonight was Marshall's second halftime comeback this season.
Jannson Williams now has 137 career blocks, tied for sixth in program history with Derrick Wright (1996-00).
Beyers set a new career high with six made three-pointers to go with a career-high 24 points. This was Beyers' first career of 20 or more points.
West set a new career high in points with 25, his previous best was 23 at Illinois on Nov. 19, 2017 during his freshman season. West has now scored 20 or points in seven games during his career, four of which have come this season.
MU is now 11-0 when leading with five minutes left in the game.
UP NEXT
Marshall heads on the road for a Texas road swing beginning on Thursday at UTSA and at UTEP on Saturday for the last two games before 'pod play.' The Herd clinch in a spot in pod two with a win in either of the last two games or a UTEP loss.
For all the latest information about Marshall men's basketball, follow @HerdMBB on Twitter and Instagram.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
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Team Stats
TECH
MARM
FG%
.458
.477
3FG%
.273
.406
FT%
.655
.444
RB
43
32
TO
18
14
STL
12
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
25
FGM
9
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
24
FGM
8
3FGM
6
FTM
2
Pts
19
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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