Marshall University Athletics
Thursday, January 13
Huntington, W.Va.
7 PM
Marshall University
vs
North Texas
Photo by: Rick Haye
Marshall Men’s Basketball to Host Mean Green
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Opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday
GAME 16 | MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD (7-8, 0-2 C-USA) vs. NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN (9-4, 2-1 C-USA)
Thursday, Jan. 13 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Cam Henderson Center | Huntington, W.Va.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University men's basketball team looks to get back in the win column as it hosts the North Texas Mean Green on Thursday night in the Cam Henderson Center.
HOW TO FOLLOW
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM
MARSHALL GAME NOTES: Notes
HAVE YOU HEARD
MU fell to Florida Atlantic, 90-77, on Saturday in Huntington.
Freshman Obinna Anochili-Killen led MU with a career-high 23 points. The forward made seven of his 13 attempts from the field, including 5-for-7 from three-point range. He also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Junior Taevion Kinsey followed with a 20-point outing as senior Mikel Beyers added 11 points, making 9-of-10 attempts from the charity stripe. Freshman David Early dished out a career-high eight assists.
The Herd played short-handed in the contest as it saw four student-athletes play 30 or more minutes, including Kinsey, Anochili-Killen and redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor never leaving the court.
Kinsey reached double-figure scoring for the 49th consecutive contest. It was his 10th game of 20 or more points this season.
Freshman Chase McKey made his first start and tallied a career-high nine points.
The Herd made a three in its 985th consecutive game, with the last contest without a triple occurring on Feb. 27, 1989, in a win over App State.
Anochili-Killen scored 10 or more points for the 13th time this season. The Lagos, Nigeria, native set a career-high with five made three-point baskets.
Beyers recorded at least 10 points for the second time this season.
Anochili-Killen ranks third in the country with 63 total blocks.
SCOUTING NORTH TEXAS
The Mean Green are 2-1 in C-USA action this season and is coming off a 70-63 victory over Middle Tennessee on Saturday.
Aaron Scott has won back-to-back C-USA Freshman of the Week awards coming into the contest.
Tylor Perry has made 92.8 percent of his free-throws this season, 10th most in the nation. Perry is averaging a team-best 15.1 points per game this season, one of six non-starters in the country to lead their team in scoring.
For all the latest information about Marshall men's basketball, follow @HerdMBB on Twitter and Instagram.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
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Thursday, Jan. 13 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Cam Henderson Center | Huntington, W.Va.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University men's basketball team looks to get back in the win column as it hosts the North Texas Mean Green on Thursday night in the Cam Henderson Center.
HOW TO FOLLOW
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM
MARSHALL GAME NOTES: Notes
HAVE YOU HEARD
MU fell to Florida Atlantic, 90-77, on Saturday in Huntington.
Freshman Obinna Anochili-Killen led MU with a career-high 23 points. The forward made seven of his 13 attempts from the field, including 5-for-7 from three-point range. He also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Junior Taevion Kinsey followed with a 20-point outing as senior Mikel Beyers added 11 points, making 9-of-10 attempts from the charity stripe. Freshman David Early dished out a career-high eight assists.
The Herd played short-handed in the contest as it saw four student-athletes play 30 or more minutes, including Kinsey, Anochili-Killen and redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor never leaving the court.
Kinsey reached double-figure scoring for the 49th consecutive contest. It was his 10th game of 20 or more points this season.
Freshman Chase McKey made his first start and tallied a career-high nine points.
The Herd made a three in its 985th consecutive game, with the last contest without a triple occurring on Feb. 27, 1989, in a win over App State.
Anochili-Killen scored 10 or more points for the 13th time this season. The Lagos, Nigeria, native set a career-high with five made three-point baskets.
Beyers recorded at least 10 points for the second time this season.
Anochili-Killen ranks third in the country with 63 total blocks.
SCOUTING NORTH TEXAS
The Mean Green are 2-1 in C-USA action this season and is coming off a 70-63 victory over Middle Tennessee on Saturday.
Aaron Scott has won back-to-back C-USA Freshman of the Week awards coming into the contest.
Tylor Perry has made 92.8 percent of his free-throws this season, 10th most in the nation. Perry is averaging a team-best 15.1 points per game this season, one of six non-starters in the country to lead their team in scoring.
For all the latest information about Marshall men's basketball, follow @HerdMBB on Twitter and Instagram.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
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