Marshall University Athletics
Thursday, March 4
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
7:00 PM EST/6:00 PM CST
Marshall University
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Middle Tennessee
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Marshall Rounds Out Regular Season at Middle Tennessee
3/3/2021 10:02:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Both games to be carried on ESPN+
Video Broadcast: ESPN+ (Thursday, Friday)
Radio Broadcast: WMUL (Thursday, Friday)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast (Thursday, Friday)
Game Notes: Marshall
MURFREESBORO, Tn. – Marshall's women's basketball team will travel to Middle Tennessee Thursday and Friday for games in Murfreesboro's Murphy Center. Both contests will be carried on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/6 CT and will round out the regular season schedule for the two squads.
Marshall's Jason Corriher will have the radio call for both games via WMUL. Thursday's game will air locally on 88.1 FM and online on Stream 1, which can be found here: http://listen.streamon.fm/wfghhd5. Friday's game will be carried on Stream 2, which may be accessed here: https://www.marshall.edu/wmul/wmul-stream-2/.
The Thundering Herd is 7-9 and 6-8 in Conference USA, while the Blue Raiders sit atop the league's East Division at 13-6 overall and 11-3 in conference play.
Last Time Out: Marshall 56, North Texas 55 (2/27/21)
Marshall's Kennedi Colclough scored a putback with 4.5 seconds left to give the Thundering Herd a 56-55 win over North Texas Saturday afternoon at the SuperPit in Denton, Texas.
Marshall improved to 7-9 overall and 6-8 in Conference USA with the win, while the Mean Green dropped to 12-5 and 9-3 in the league.
Taylor Pearson led the Thundering Herd with 12 points, while Colclough and Kristen Mayo had 11 apiece. Colclough narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Leading scorer Savannah Wheeler was held to seven points on 2-for-12 shooting, but led the team with four assists.
The Mean Green was led by Quincy Noble, who had 13 points, while Rochelle Lee and N'Yah Boyd each posted 12 points. Lee led the team with eight boards.
Marshall grabbed its first lead (11-9) on a Kia Sivils layup in the lane with 3:39 left in the first quarter and held the advantage all the way until Lee hit a jumper just outside the lane for the Mean Green. That gave the Mean Green a 35-34 advantage with 5:55 left in the third quarter.
Noble gave the home team a 55-54 lead with 22 seconds left on a driving layup, prompting Marshall head coach Tony Kemper to call timeout.
On the ensuing possession, Wheeler tossed up a right-hander in the paint, but couldn't get it to go. Lorelei Roper then rebounded along the left baseline but her putback attempt was long. Fortunately for Marshall, Colclough was there on the weakside and bounced the game-winner off the glass.
After Kemper called another timeout to set the Thundering Herd's defense, North Texas ran the ball down the floor but Boyd misfired on a 3-pointer as time expired.
Marshall led for more than 30 minutes of the contest and had the edge on points in the paint (24-18) and fast break points (12-5).
Marshall has now won four of its last five contests inside the SuperPit.
Making Them Count
Marshall's Savannah Wheeler has made 20 consecutive free throws, dating back to overtime of the Herd's 73-68 win over Old Dominion on February 6. On the season, she is second in the league at 85.0 percent (91-for-107), a mark that is 42nd nationally.
Century Mark!
Marshall's senior tandem of Kristen Mayo and Taylor Pearson are right around the 100-game plateau in the Green and White. Thursday's game against the Blue Raiders will be the 102nd for Mayo and 104th for Pearson.
Mayo Climbing the Charts
Mayo's four 3-pointers last weekend gave her 138 for her career and put her in sole possession of third on Marshall's all-time list. Sikeetha Shepard-Hall (146, 1994-98) is second, while Shayna Gore (303, 2015-19) in the Thundering Herd's all-time leader.
Scouting the Blue Raiders
The Blue Raiders are coming off a home split last weekend at the hands of Old Dominion.
Anastasia Hayes leads the team (and the entire league) with 27.8 points, 5.0 assists and 2.8 steals per game. Courtney Whitson is Middle's leading rebounder with 8.7 per game (fifth-highest in C-USA), while Deja Cage is the Blue Raiders' top long-range threat. She has made a team-high 50 triples and 34.2 percent from downtown. Her 2.63 3-pointers per contest are the league's fourth-best mark.
The Blue Raiders lead the conference in scoring offense (76.8), turnover margin (+3.32) and 3-pointers per game (9.4), but are last in rebounding defense (42.6). Head coach Rick Insell also uses a small rotation as all five starters rank amongst the top 10 in the league in minutes per game.
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!
Radio Broadcast: WMUL (Thursday, Friday)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast (Thursday, Friday)
Game Notes: Marshall
MURFREESBORO, Tn. – Marshall's women's basketball team will travel to Middle Tennessee Thursday and Friday for games in Murfreesboro's Murphy Center. Both contests will be carried on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/6 CT and will round out the regular season schedule for the two squads.
Marshall's Jason Corriher will have the radio call for both games via WMUL. Thursday's game will air locally on 88.1 FM and online on Stream 1, which can be found here: http://listen.streamon.fm/wfghhd5. Friday's game will be carried on Stream 2, which may be accessed here: https://www.marshall.edu/wmul/wmul-stream-2/.
The Thundering Herd is 7-9 and 6-8 in Conference USA, while the Blue Raiders sit atop the league's East Division at 13-6 overall and 11-3 in conference play.
Last Time Out: Marshall 56, North Texas 55 (2/27/21)
Marshall's Kennedi Colclough scored a putback with 4.5 seconds left to give the Thundering Herd a 56-55 win over North Texas Saturday afternoon at the SuperPit in Denton, Texas.
Marshall improved to 7-9 overall and 6-8 in Conference USA with the win, while the Mean Green dropped to 12-5 and 9-3 in the league.
Taylor Pearson led the Thundering Herd with 12 points, while Colclough and Kristen Mayo had 11 apiece. Colclough narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Leading scorer Savannah Wheeler was held to seven points on 2-for-12 shooting, but led the team with four assists.
The Mean Green was led by Quincy Noble, who had 13 points, while Rochelle Lee and N'Yah Boyd each posted 12 points. Lee led the team with eight boards.
Marshall grabbed its first lead (11-9) on a Kia Sivils layup in the lane with 3:39 left in the first quarter and held the advantage all the way until Lee hit a jumper just outside the lane for the Mean Green. That gave the Mean Green a 35-34 advantage with 5:55 left in the third quarter.
Noble gave the home team a 55-54 lead with 22 seconds left on a driving layup, prompting Marshall head coach Tony Kemper to call timeout.
On the ensuing possession, Wheeler tossed up a right-hander in the paint, but couldn't get it to go. Lorelei Roper then rebounded along the left baseline but her putback attempt was long. Fortunately for Marshall, Colclough was there on the weakside and bounced the game-winner off the glass.
After Kemper called another timeout to set the Thundering Herd's defense, North Texas ran the ball down the floor but Boyd misfired on a 3-pointer as time expired.
Marshall led for more than 30 minutes of the contest and had the edge on points in the paint (24-18) and fast break points (12-5).
Marshall has now won four of its last five contests inside the SuperPit.
Making Them Count
Marshall's Savannah Wheeler has made 20 consecutive free throws, dating back to overtime of the Herd's 73-68 win over Old Dominion on February 6. On the season, she is second in the league at 85.0 percent (91-for-107), a mark that is 42nd nationally.
Century Mark!
Marshall's senior tandem of Kristen Mayo and Taylor Pearson are right around the 100-game plateau in the Green and White. Thursday's game against the Blue Raiders will be the 102nd for Mayo and 104th for Pearson.
Mayo Climbing the Charts
Mayo's four 3-pointers last weekend gave her 138 for her career and put her in sole possession of third on Marshall's all-time list. Sikeetha Shepard-Hall (146, 1994-98) is second, while Shayna Gore (303, 2015-19) in the Thundering Herd's all-time leader.
Scouting the Blue Raiders
The Blue Raiders are coming off a home split last weekend at the hands of Old Dominion.
Anastasia Hayes leads the team (and the entire league) with 27.8 points, 5.0 assists and 2.8 steals per game. Courtney Whitson is Middle's leading rebounder with 8.7 per game (fifth-highest in C-USA), while Deja Cage is the Blue Raiders' top long-range threat. She has made a team-high 50 triples and 34.2 percent from downtown. Her 2.63 3-pointers per contest are the league's fourth-best mark.
The Blue Raiders lead the conference in scoring offense (76.8), turnover margin (+3.32) and 3-pointers per game (9.4), but are last in rebounding defense (42.6). Head coach Rick Insell also uses a small rotation as all five starters rank amongst the top 10 in the league in minutes per game.
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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