Marshall University Athletics
Wednesday, March 10
Frisco, Texas
3:00 PM ET/2:00 PM CT
Marshall University
vs
Louisiana Tech
Taylor Pearson
Thundering Herd Faces Lady Techsters in C-USA’s First Round
3/9/2021 11:34:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game to be carried on ESPN+
Video Broadcast: ESPN+
Radio Broadcast: WMUL
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Marshall
FRISCO, Tx. – Marshall's women's basketball team will face Louisiana Tech at 3 p.m. ET/2CT Wednesday in first round action at the Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament. The Thundering Herd is the fifth seed in the East Division, while the Lady Techsters earned the West Division's fourth seed. The game will be played at The Star in Frisco and will be carried on ESPN+.
Marshall's Jason Corriher will have the radio call via WMUL. Wednesday's game will air locally on 88.1 FM and online on Stream 1, which can be found here: http://listen.streamon.fm/wfghhd5.
The Thundering Herd is 8-10 and finished 7-9 in Conference USA, while the Lady Techsters completed the regular season at 13-9 overall and 8-8 in league play.
Last Time Out: Middle Tennessee 61, Marshall 54 (3/5/21)
Middle Tennessee's women's basketball program gave up an 11-0 run and fell behind by six in the early stages of the fourth quarter, but held Marshall without a field goal for more than seven minutes to pull out a 61-54 win Friday evening at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro.
The Blue Raiders improved to 14-7 overall and finished 12-4 in Conference USA, while Marshall dropped to 8-10 and 7-9 in the conference.
Anastasia Hayes (17), Aislynn Hayes (15) and Courtney Whitson (14) combined for 46 of the home team's points, while Anastasia Hayes also posted eight assists and seven rebounds.
Marshall was led by Taylor Pearson's 15 points, while Savannah Wheeler had 13 and Alexis Johnson posted 10 to go with nine rebounds. CC Mays had a team-best three assists.
The Thundering Herd trailed by one (15-14) through one quarter, held a 28-27 advantage at the half and trailed by two (39-37) through three periods.
Wheeler connected on a layup at the 8:09 mark of the fourth quarter to put Marshall ahead 45-39, finishing off an 11-0 scoring run for the visitors.
That's when the Blue Raiders limited Marshall to just four free throws until Wheeler struck again with a triple with 55 seconds left to pull the Herd within one possession at 55-52.
However, Aislynn Hayes buried a 3-pointer from the left wing with 19 seconds left on the ensuing possession to put the contest out of reach.
Marshall held big advantages in rebounding (49-28), second chance points (20-9) and bench points (19-7), but Middle Tennessee committed just five turnovers to the Herd's 16 and turned that margin into a 13-4 edge on points off those miscues.
Conference USA Tournament
The Thundering Herd is 9-13 all-time in the Conference USA Tournament (6-8 in the first round) since entering the league for the 2005-06 season. Marshall has never played Louisiana Tech in the C-USA Tourney.
In last season's win over Southern Miss, Marshall forced 26 turnovers, the most for by a Thundering Herd opponent in the C-USA Tournament. Marshall recorded 15 steals, which ties its best C-USA tourney mark, set back on March 5, 2009 in a 76-57 victory over Memphis.
Individually, Savannah Wheeler's 13 free throws were a program C-USA Tourney record, surpassing the 10 made by Mystee Dale on March 8, 2010 against UCF and 10 by Reshundra Smiley on March 2, 2006.
Wheeler Named to Conference USA's Second Team
Marshall's Savannah Wheeler was named to Conference USA's Second Team, the league office announced Monday morning.
Wheeler, a 5'6" sophomore guard from Catlettsburg, Kentucky, is the Thundering Herd's leading scorer at 17.0 points per game, to go with her team-high 33 3-pointers. She finished the regular season as the conference's sixth-leading scorer and was second in free throw percentage (85.1), actually leading C-USA in the latter discipline in league-only tilts (87.5 percent).
Last season, Wheeler was named to the league's All-Freshman Team after averaging 13.4 points per contest.
Stingy
Marshall hasn't allowed more than 64 points in each of its last six games against C-USA competition. That's the longest streak for the program since 11 straight from the last 10 contests of the 2011-12 campaign and conference opener of the 2012-13 season.
The Thundering Herd also hasn't allowed a 20-point scorer over that stretch, its longest since six games at the end of the 2015 season (February 21-March 11). Currently, the only league school with a longer streak in that respect is North Texas (eight games).
Hitting the Glass
The Thundering Herd has outrebounded four consecutive Conference USA opponents, the program's longest streak against conference competition since January 5-15, 2012 (Houston, Tulsa, Southern Miss and SMU).
Making Them Count
Marshall's Savannah Wheeler has made 26 of her last 27 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 85.1 percent (97-for-114), a mark that is 45th nationally. She actually led the conference in league-only games at 87.5 percent (84-for-96).
Scouting the Lady Techsters
Louisiana Tech will be coming off an 11-day layoff, as its last action was back-to-back road losses at top-seeded Rice by the score of 73-50 and then 64-53.
Keiunna Walker leads the Lady Techsters with 16.2 points, while Anna Larr Roberson's 6.8 rebounds paces the team. Amber Dixon averages 3.0 assists and Raizel Guinto records 1.5 steals per contest. Guinto also has 40 3-pointers on the season, more than double anyone else on the roster.
The Lady Techsters lead the conference (all games) in defensive rebounding percentage (71.3) but are last in assists (10.59). In league play, Tech is tops in scoring defense (59.0).
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
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Marshall
FRISCO, Tx. – Marshall's women's basketball team will face Louisiana Tech at 3 p.m. ET/2CT Wednesday in first round action at the Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament. The Thundering Herd is the fifth seed in the East Division, while the Lady Techsters earned the West Division's fourth seed. The game will be played at The Star in Frisco and will be carried on ESPN+.
Marshall's Jason Corriher will have the radio call via WMUL. Wednesday's game will air locally on 88.1 FM and online on Stream 1, which can be found here: http://listen.streamon.fm/wfghhd5.
The Thundering Herd is 8-10 and finished 7-9 in Conference USA, while the Lady Techsters completed the regular season at 13-9 overall and 8-8 in league play.
Last Time Out: Middle Tennessee 61, Marshall 54 (3/5/21)
Middle Tennessee's women's basketball program gave up an 11-0 run and fell behind by six in the early stages of the fourth quarter, but held Marshall without a field goal for more than seven minutes to pull out a 61-54 win Friday evening at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro.
The Blue Raiders improved to 14-7 overall and finished 12-4 in Conference USA, while Marshall dropped to 8-10 and 7-9 in the conference.
Anastasia Hayes (17), Aislynn Hayes (15) and Courtney Whitson (14) combined for 46 of the home team's points, while Anastasia Hayes also posted eight assists and seven rebounds.
Marshall was led by Taylor Pearson's 15 points, while Savannah Wheeler had 13 and Alexis Johnson posted 10 to go with nine rebounds. CC Mays had a team-best three assists.
The Thundering Herd trailed by one (15-14) through one quarter, held a 28-27 advantage at the half and trailed by two (39-37) through three periods.
Wheeler connected on a layup at the 8:09 mark of the fourth quarter to put Marshall ahead 45-39, finishing off an 11-0 scoring run for the visitors.
That's when the Blue Raiders limited Marshall to just four free throws until Wheeler struck again with a triple with 55 seconds left to pull the Herd within one possession at 55-52.
However, Aislynn Hayes buried a 3-pointer from the left wing with 19 seconds left on the ensuing possession to put the contest out of reach.
Marshall held big advantages in rebounding (49-28), second chance points (20-9) and bench points (19-7), but Middle Tennessee committed just five turnovers to the Herd's 16 and turned that margin into a 13-4 edge on points off those miscues.
Conference USA Tournament
The Thundering Herd is 9-13 all-time in the Conference USA Tournament (6-8 in the first round) since entering the league for the 2005-06 season. Marshall has never played Louisiana Tech in the C-USA Tourney.
In last season's win over Southern Miss, Marshall forced 26 turnovers, the most for by a Thundering Herd opponent in the C-USA Tournament. Marshall recorded 15 steals, which ties its best C-USA tourney mark, set back on March 5, 2009 in a 76-57 victory over Memphis.
Individually, Savannah Wheeler's 13 free throws were a program C-USA Tourney record, surpassing the 10 made by Mystee Dale on March 8, 2010 against UCF and 10 by Reshundra Smiley on March 2, 2006.
Wheeler Named to Conference USA's Second Team
Marshall's Savannah Wheeler was named to Conference USA's Second Team, the league office announced Monday morning.
Wheeler, a 5'6" sophomore guard from Catlettsburg, Kentucky, is the Thundering Herd's leading scorer at 17.0 points per game, to go with her team-high 33 3-pointers. She finished the regular season as the conference's sixth-leading scorer and was second in free throw percentage (85.1), actually leading C-USA in the latter discipline in league-only tilts (87.5 percent).
Last season, Wheeler was named to the league's All-Freshman Team after averaging 13.4 points per contest.
Stingy
Marshall hasn't allowed more than 64 points in each of its last six games against C-USA competition. That's the longest streak for the program since 11 straight from the last 10 contests of the 2011-12 campaign and conference opener of the 2012-13 season.
The Thundering Herd also hasn't allowed a 20-point scorer over that stretch, its longest since six games at the end of the 2015 season (February 21-March 11). Currently, the only league school with a longer streak in that respect is North Texas (eight games).
Hitting the Glass
The Thundering Herd has outrebounded four consecutive Conference USA opponents, the program's longest streak against conference competition since January 5-15, 2012 (Houston, Tulsa, Southern Miss and SMU).
Making Them Count
Marshall's Savannah Wheeler has made 26 of her last 27 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 85.1 percent (97-for-114), a mark that is 45th nationally. She actually led the conference in league-only games at 87.5 percent (84-for-96).
Scouting the Lady Techsters
Louisiana Tech will be coming off an 11-day layoff, as its last action was back-to-back road losses at top-seeded Rice by the score of 73-50 and then 64-53.
Keiunna Walker leads the Lady Techsters with 16.2 points, while Anna Larr Roberson's 6.8 rebounds paces the team. Amber Dixon averages 3.0 assists and Raizel Guinto records 1.5 steals per contest. Guinto also has 40 3-pointers on the season, more than double anyone else on the roster.
The Lady Techsters lead the conference (all games) in defensive rebounding percentage (71.3) but are last in assists (10.59). In league play, Tech is tops in scoring defense (59.0).
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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