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Herd Men’s Basketball Picks Up Road Victory at EKU
12/11/2021 9:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball
George, Taylor collect double-doubles
Box Score | D'Antoni Press Conference
RICHMOND, Ky. – Behind double-doubles by senior Darius George and redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor, the Marshall University men's basketball team (7-3) collected its first road win of the season, 80-69, at Eastern Kentucky (5-6) on Saturday night.
"It was a good win," Marshall men's basketball head coach Dan D'Antoni said after the victory. "There are a lot of connections between the two schools. A.W. (Hamilton) was a really good player at Marshall. A guy from Mullens, W.Va., in Greg (White) and Jannson (Williams) a four-year starter and unfortunately we didn't get to see Iran (Bennett)."
Taylor tallied 18 points with a 7-for-15 shooting night. The guard added 10 rebounds to his stat line for his double-double.
George recorded the first double-double of his career with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Junior Taevion Kinsey led the Herd with 21 points as he went 10-for-18 from the field. The Columbus, Ohio, native also had seven boards and a team-high five assists in the victory.
Freshman Obinna Anochili-Killen made five of his nine attempts from the field for 10 points to go with seven boards and six blocks.
It was a back-and-forth start to the game as it was all knotted 6-6 at 17:30 as Marshall had a pair of dunks by George and a layup by Taylor.
The Green and White used a 9-0 run, culminating with a Taylor three-pointer, to take a 15-8 lead with 14:17 left in the first half.
The Colonels tied the game at the 9:17 mark, 21-21, but sophomore Marko Sarenac made a three and senior Mikel Beyers threw down a dunk to go back up by five, 26-21, two minutes later.
Despite an 8-0 run in the final five minutes of the half by EKU, Marshall held a 38-35 advantage at halftime.
MU started the second half on a 10-2 run, including five points by Kinsey, as it led 48-37 at the 16:04 mark. The Herd then used an 8-2 advantage to go up by 16 points, 59-43, 11:40 left in the contest.
Another 8-2 run by Marshall just three minutes later gave it a 20-point lead, 67-47, after a Taylor made jumper. It was the Green and White's largest lead of the game.
EKU had a couple of 6-0 runs down the stretch, but MU held it off for the victory.
NOTES
Tonight was D'Antoni's 135th career win at Marshall.
Kinsey reached double-figure scoring for the 44th consecutive game and has scored 20 or more points in nine of the first 10 games this season. The Columbus, Ohio, native now has 30 games of 20 or more points in his career.
The Herd made a three in its 980th consecutive game, with the last contest coming without a triple occurring on Feb. 27, 1989, in a win over App State.
Anochili-Killen has reached double-figure scoring in nine of the team's 10 games this season and has blocked at least five shots in five contests.
Marshall had five student-athletes grab seven or more rebounds in the win.
This is the second time this season that MU had multiple double-doubles in the same game.
Taylor recorded his third double-double of the season, the sixth of his career.
George's 12 rebounds are a career-high.
UP NEXT
Marshall stays on the road as it heads just up the road to Athens to take on the Ohio Bobcats on Wednesday night. Opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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