Marshall University Athletics
Sunday, December 12
Olean, N.Y.
12:00 PM
Marshall University
at
St. Bonaventure
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Tipoff from the Reilly Center set for Sunday at 12 p.m.
OLEAN, N.Y. – The Marshall women's basketball team heads back out on the road for a non-conference contest against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. Tipoff in the Reilly Center is set for Sunday at 12 p.m.
The Thundering Herd enters the game at 3-3 overall. The Bonnies come in with a 6-3 record.
Game Details
Marshall Game Notes (PDF)
Live Stats: GoBonnies.com
Live Video: ESPN+
Marshall Radio: 88.1 WMUL-FM and online www.marshall.edu/wmul on Stream 1 with Scott Hall
Series History: 1 meeting – St. Bonaventure leads 1-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 29, 1995 in Philadelphia at the Villanova Tournament – Bonnies won 84-73
Marshall is coming off a 77-69 loss to Coppin State on Dec. 4 in the Cam Henderson Center. The Herd struggled in the fourth quarter as the Eagles outscored Marshall 24-9 to take the lead and grab the win.
Graduate student Kennedi Colclough scored a season-high 23 points to make it three-straight games with at least 19. Colclough was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line. She is second on the team in scoring with 16.5 points per game. Sophomore Savannah Wheeler leads the way with 17.8 per game. Wheeler put up 18 more points in the loss to Coppin State.
Senior Brianah Ferby scored 12 points and grabbed a career-best nine boards in the last outing and has hit double-figures in three-straight games. Ferby is averaging 8.8 points per game.
Senior Aaliyah Dunham continues to lead the Herd in assists and steals. Dunham is averaging 5.0 assists per game and has 21 thefts this season. She leads Conference USA and is 11th in the country in steals per game at 3.5.
Junior Lorelei Roper leads the Herd with 5.8 rebounds per contest and seven blocks. Roper has tallied at least one block in the last five games. Freshman CC Mays is second on the glass with 5.7 per contest. The 5-8 guard has grabbed at least four boards in each game.
Following the game at St. Bonaventure, Marshall returns to the Cam Henderson Center for a Wednesday night matchup with Alderson Broaddus. Tipoff on Dec. 15 is set for 6 p.m. The Herd then flies out west to Las Vegas for the Holiday Hoops Classic, Dec. 21-22, to take on Oakland and Akron. Marshall then gets a break before beginning Conference USA action on Dec. 30 at home against Louisiana Tech.
The Opponent
St. Bonaventure is 6-3 and off to its best start since opening the 2016-17 season with a 5-3 record. The Bonnies had won three-straight with victories over Canisius (67-59), Binghamton (63-55) and Clarion (81-49) before dropping back-to-back games against Kent State (64-53) and then Bucknell (72-60). St. Bonaventure got back on track on Thursday, battling for a tough 61-56 win on the road at Colgate.
The Bonnies opened the game with a 14-8 lead after the first quarter, however the Raiders came storming back scoring 20 points and tying the game at 28-28 just before the half. The two teams continued to trade points back-and-forth in the third quarter before Colgate took a three-point lead into the fourth. The Bonnies settled down and fought back in the fourth getting some clutch baskets as well as a few defensive stops to take back the lead late and hang on. Asianae Johnson led the way with 17 points and was 7-of-11 from the line. Nikki Oppenheimer hit three three-pointers, all coming in the first half as the Bonnies were 0-for-5 from beyond the arc in the second half. Johnson also grabbed nine boards to lead the team and I'yanna Lops was next with eight. Lops (three) and Johnson (two) combined for five blocks.
Johnson leads the Bonnies this season in scoring with 15.7 points per game. The guard has not been a threat from the beyond the arc, but she uses her speed and ball-handling skills to get to her spots quickly from mid-range and in to score. Johnson has 1,096 points in her career, good for 19th all-time at St. Bonaventure. She moved ahead of Amy Rooks (1992-96) in the win at Colgate. Tori Harris is second on the team in scoring with 10.9 per game. After spending two seasons at James Madison, Harris has been averaging double-figures over the past two years for the Bonnies as well as over six boards a game (5.9 per game so far this season). I'yanna Lops leads the way on the glass with 7.1 per game. She has pulled down six or more rebounds seven times this season, with a high of 10 against Clarion.
Head coach Jesse Fleming, a St. Bonaventure grad, is in his sixth season leading the Bonnies.
Following the game against the Herd, the Bonnies have two more non-conference games before getting into Atlantic-10 action. St. Bonventure hits the road at Robert Morris (Dec. 18) and then at East Tennessee State (Dec. 23) before returning home to start league play against Saint Joseph's on Jan. 1.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's basketball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWBB, Facebook at Marshall University Basketball and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
The Thundering Herd enters the game at 3-3 overall. The Bonnies come in with a 6-3 record.
Game Details
Marshall Game Notes (PDF)
Live Stats: GoBonnies.com
Live Video: ESPN+
Marshall Radio: 88.1 WMUL-FM and online www.marshall.edu/wmul on Stream 1 with Scott Hall
Series History: 1 meeting – St. Bonaventure leads 1-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 29, 1995 in Philadelphia at the Villanova Tournament – Bonnies won 84-73
Marshall is coming off a 77-69 loss to Coppin State on Dec. 4 in the Cam Henderson Center. The Herd struggled in the fourth quarter as the Eagles outscored Marshall 24-9 to take the lead and grab the win.
Graduate student Kennedi Colclough scored a season-high 23 points to make it three-straight games with at least 19. Colclough was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line. She is second on the team in scoring with 16.5 points per game. Sophomore Savannah Wheeler leads the way with 17.8 per game. Wheeler put up 18 more points in the loss to Coppin State.
Senior Brianah Ferby scored 12 points and grabbed a career-best nine boards in the last outing and has hit double-figures in three-straight games. Ferby is averaging 8.8 points per game.
Senior Aaliyah Dunham continues to lead the Herd in assists and steals. Dunham is averaging 5.0 assists per game and has 21 thefts this season. She leads Conference USA and is 11th in the country in steals per game at 3.5.
Junior Lorelei Roper leads the Herd with 5.8 rebounds per contest and seven blocks. Roper has tallied at least one block in the last five games. Freshman CC Mays is second on the glass with 5.7 per contest. The 5-8 guard has grabbed at least four boards in each game.
Following the game at St. Bonaventure, Marshall returns to the Cam Henderson Center for a Wednesday night matchup with Alderson Broaddus. Tipoff on Dec. 15 is set for 6 p.m. The Herd then flies out west to Las Vegas for the Holiday Hoops Classic, Dec. 21-22, to take on Oakland and Akron. Marshall then gets a break before beginning Conference USA action on Dec. 30 at home against Louisiana Tech.
The Opponent
St. Bonaventure is 6-3 and off to its best start since opening the 2016-17 season with a 5-3 record. The Bonnies had won three-straight with victories over Canisius (67-59), Binghamton (63-55) and Clarion (81-49) before dropping back-to-back games against Kent State (64-53) and then Bucknell (72-60). St. Bonaventure got back on track on Thursday, battling for a tough 61-56 win on the road at Colgate.
The Bonnies opened the game with a 14-8 lead after the first quarter, however the Raiders came storming back scoring 20 points and tying the game at 28-28 just before the half. The two teams continued to trade points back-and-forth in the third quarter before Colgate took a three-point lead into the fourth. The Bonnies settled down and fought back in the fourth getting some clutch baskets as well as a few defensive stops to take back the lead late and hang on. Asianae Johnson led the way with 17 points and was 7-of-11 from the line. Nikki Oppenheimer hit three three-pointers, all coming in the first half as the Bonnies were 0-for-5 from beyond the arc in the second half. Johnson also grabbed nine boards to lead the team and I'yanna Lops was next with eight. Lops (three) and Johnson (two) combined for five blocks.
Johnson leads the Bonnies this season in scoring with 15.7 points per game. The guard has not been a threat from the beyond the arc, but she uses her speed and ball-handling skills to get to her spots quickly from mid-range and in to score. Johnson has 1,096 points in her career, good for 19th all-time at St. Bonaventure. She moved ahead of Amy Rooks (1992-96) in the win at Colgate. Tori Harris is second on the team in scoring with 10.9 per game. After spending two seasons at James Madison, Harris has been averaging double-figures over the past two years for the Bonnies as well as over six boards a game (5.9 per game so far this season). I'yanna Lops leads the way on the glass with 7.1 per game. She has pulled down six or more rebounds seven times this season, with a high of 10 against Clarion.
Head coach Jesse Fleming, a St. Bonaventure grad, is in his sixth season leading the Bonnies.
Following the game against the Herd, the Bonnies have two more non-conference games before getting into Atlantic-10 action. St. Bonventure hits the road at Robert Morris (Dec. 18) and then at East Tennessee State (Dec. 23) before returning home to start league play against Saint Joseph's on Jan. 1.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's basketball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWBB, Facebook at Marshall University Basketball and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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