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Marshall University
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Toledo
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Herd Men’s Basketball Falls at Toledo
12/21/2021 10:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Kinsey tallies 19 points
Box Score | D'Antoni Press Conference
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Marshall University men's basketball team (7-6) dropped its final non-conference game of the season, 95-63, on the road to the Toledo Rockets (8-3) on Tuesday night.
"Obviously, I'm upset," Thundering Herd men's basketball head coach Dan D'Antoni said after the loss. "I'm upset with all of us, myself, the staff and the team. We're not a very good ball club right now."
Junior Taevion Kinsey led MU with 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists in the loss. Redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor scored 13 points to go with a team-high three steals.
Toledo guard Ryan Rollins led all players with 23 points. He was one of six Rockets to score 10 or more points.
The Rockets started the contest on a 16-2 run in the first three-and-a-half minutes with the Herd's two points coming on a Kinsey jumper.
After the two sides traded runs, Marshall executed a 12-4 advantage, capped off by a three-point basket by Taylor. The deficit was cut to eight, 29-21, with 8:12 left in opening stanza.
The Herd struggled offensively in the final eight minutes of the half as Toledo outscored it 25-10 down the stretch. MU trailed 54-31 at halftime.
After missing the first half, freshman Obinna Anochili-Killen came off the bench in the second half and tallied eight points, grabbed three rebounds and rejected five shots in 17 minutes of action.
Marshall had a pair of 7-0 runs in the final 20 minutes, but it was unable to make a dent into Toledo's lead as it fell on the road.
NOTES
Kinsey reached double-figure scoring for the 47th consecutive outing.
The Herd made a three in its 983rd consecutive game, with the last contest without a triple occurring on Feb. 27, 1989, in a win over App State.
Senior Darius George moved into a tie for eighth most games played in program history with Skip Henderson (1984-1988) at 125.
Kinsey has 1,599 points in his career. He moved past George Washington (1978-82), who had 1,593, for 13th most in Herd men's basketball history.
Taylor reached double-figure scoring for the ninth time this season, 30th of his career.
UP NEXT
MU begins Conference USA action at Louisiana Tech on Dec. 30. Opening tip is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
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