Marshall University Athletics

Thursday, February 17
Huntington, W.Va.
7 PM

Marshall University

vs

Old Dominion

Obinna Anochili-Killen
Photo by: Rick Haye

Marshall Men’s Basketball Welcomes Monarchs Thursday Night

2/16/2022 4:49:00 PM | Men's Basketball

This is the second meeting of the season between the two sides

GAME 26 | MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD (9-16, 2-10 C-USA) vs. OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (10-15, 5-7 C-USA)
Thursday, Feb. 17 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Cam Henderson Center | Huntington, W.Va.
                                   
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University men's basketball team returns to the Cam Henderson Center on Thursday night as it hosts the Old Dominion Monarchs.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM
MARSHALL GAME NOTES: Notes
 
HAVE YOU HEARD
MU traveled to El Paso, Texas, and defeated the UTEP Miners on Sunday, 88-79.
 
Sophomore Goran Miladinovic tallied a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds for the first double-double of his career. The center made seven of his 10 attempts from the field in a career-high 31 minutes.
 
Senior Mikel Beyers and redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor followed with 13 points each. Taylor dished out six assists as Beyers snagged six boards.
 
Sophomore Marko Sarenac and freshman Obinna Anochili-Killen each had 12 points. Sarenac made four of his five three-point attempts. Junior Taevion Kinsey had a season-high 11 assists in the victory.
 
The Herd made 56 percent of its shots from the field (31-for-55), including 50 percent from three-point range (11-for-22). 
MU won the battle on the glass 36-27 and 36-24 on points in the paint.

The Herd made a three in its 995th consecutive game, with the last contest without a triple occurring on Feb. 27, 1989, in a win over App State.     

Kinsey scored seven points in the win, breaking a streak of 56 consecutive games with 10 or points. His last game not in double-figure came on Jan. 21, 2019, at Western Kentucky when he had three points.

Sarenac tied his season-high five rebounds in the win.  

Beyers grabbed a season-high six boards for the third time this season. 

Anochili-Killen has scored 10 or more points in four of his last five contests.
 
SCOUTING ODU
The Monarchs defeated the UAB Blazers this past Sunday, 81-72.
 
C.J. Keyser leads a trio of ODU double-figure scorers with 14.3 points per game.
 
Austin Trice has brought down a team-best 8.5 boards per contest, while averaging 12. 9 points per game, second most on the team.
 
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