Marshall University Athletics
Tuesday, November 23
Huntington, W.Va.
7 PM
Marshall University
vs
Louisiana
Photo by: Adam Gue
Marshall Men’s Hoops Hosts Louisiana
11/22/2021 4:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Last of five straight home games to start season
GAME 5 | MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD (3-1) vs. LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS (3-1)
Tuesday, Nov. 23 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Cam Henderson Center | Huntington, W.Va.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team concludes a five-game home stand with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns on Tuesday night in the Cam Henderson Center. Opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: Sidearm
MARSHALL GAME NOTES: Notes
HAVE YOU HERD
The Herd took down the Jackson State Tigers, 80-66, on Sunday afternoon
Sophomore Obinna Anochili-Killen tallied 15 points, rejected a career-high 10 shots and fell one rebound shy of a triple-double with a career-high nine. His 10 blocks are tied for third most in a game in program history. Hassan Whiteside is the only other player in program history to record 10 or more blocks in a game which he did three times.
Redshirt junior Andrew Taylor also recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds while adding a game-high eight assists. It was his second double-double of the season.
Senior Taevion Kinsey scored a game-high 24 points with five boards in the victory.
With 18 points, senior Darius George also fell a rebound shy of a double-double with a career-high nine rebounds.
Anochili-Killen leads NCAA Division I men's basketball in blocks per game with 5.5.
Kinsey has scored at least 10 points in his last 38 contests. The Columbus, Ohio, native has reached the 20-point plateau in three of the team's first four games.
Marshall has won the rebounding battle in all four games to start the season. Going back to last season, MU is 12-1 when it outrebounds its opponent.
SCOUTING LOUISIANA
The Ragin' Cajuns started out the season 3-0 before suffering its first loss on Sunday, 76-44, to the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind.
Jordan Brown leads LA in scoring 13.3 points per game, while ranking second in rebounds per game at 7.0.
Theo Akwuba has brought down a team-high 8.5 rebounds per contest as he sits behind Brown in scoring with 10 points per game.
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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Tuesday, Nov. 23 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Cam Henderson Center | Huntington, W.Va.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team concludes a five-game home stand with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns on Tuesday night in the Cam Henderson Center. Opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: Sidearm
MARSHALL GAME NOTES: Notes
HAVE YOU HERD
The Herd took down the Jackson State Tigers, 80-66, on Sunday afternoon
Sophomore Obinna Anochili-Killen tallied 15 points, rejected a career-high 10 shots and fell one rebound shy of a triple-double with a career-high nine. His 10 blocks are tied for third most in a game in program history. Hassan Whiteside is the only other player in program history to record 10 or more blocks in a game which he did three times.
Redshirt junior Andrew Taylor also recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds while adding a game-high eight assists. It was his second double-double of the season.
Senior Taevion Kinsey scored a game-high 24 points with five boards in the victory.
With 18 points, senior Darius George also fell a rebound shy of a double-double with a career-high nine rebounds.
Anochili-Killen leads NCAA Division I men's basketball in blocks per game with 5.5.
Kinsey has scored at least 10 points in his last 38 contests. The Columbus, Ohio, native has reached the 20-point plateau in three of the team's first four games.
Marshall has won the rebounding battle in all four games to start the season. Going back to last season, MU is 12-1 when it outrebounds its opponent.
SCOUTING LOUISIANA
The Ragin' Cajuns started out the season 3-0 before suffering its first loss on Sunday, 76-44, to the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind.
Jordan Brown leads LA in scoring 13.3 points per game, while ranking second in rebounds per game at 7.0.
Theo Akwuba has brought down a team-high 8.5 rebounds per contest as he sits behind Brown in scoring with 10 points per game.
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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