Marshall University Athletics

Saturday, February 19
Huntington, W.Va.
7 PM

Marshall University

vs

Charlotte

Andrew Taylor
Photo by: Rick Haye

Herd Men’s Hoops Closes Weekend Against 49ers

2/18/2022 5:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Marshall looks to extend win streak to three games

GAME 27 | MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD (10-16, 3-10 C-USA) vs. CHARLOTTE 49ERS (13-12, 6-7 C-USA)
Saturday, Feb. 19 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Cam Henderson Center | Huntington, W.Va.
                                   
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University men's basketball team looks to continue its winning streak when it plays host to the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday night.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM
MARSHALL GAME NOTES: Notes
 
HAVE YOU HEARD
MU defended the Cam Henderson Center in a 67-63 win over the Old Dominion Monarchs on Thursday.
 
Sophomore Marko Sarenac led the Herd with a career-high 16 points. The forward made 50 percent of his shots from the field, 5-for-10, including 4-for-8 from behind the arc.
 
Junior Taevion Kinsey followed with 15 points in the victory. The Columbus, Ohio, native added four rebounds and three assists to his stat line.
 
Senior Mikel Beyers tallied 12 points and seven boards as redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor added 10 points to go with six rebounds and five helpers.
 
Sarenac has recorded back-to-back games with 10 or more points.
 
Beyers' seven rebounds set a new season-high for the forward, who has had six rebounds in three games this season
 
The Herd made a three in its 996th consecutive game, with the last contest without a triple occurring on Feb. 27, 1989, in a win over App State.    
 
Kinsey has scored 10 or more points in 57 of his last 58 games.
 
Marshall turned 12 Monarch turnovers into 14 points.
 
SCOUTING CHARLOTTE
The 49ers are on a three-game losing streak after falling to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, 77-67, on Thursday.
 
Jahmir Young is averaging a team-high 19.5 points per game, second most in Conference USA. He has made a conference-high 170 field goals this season.
 
Charlotte is second in C-USA in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.25.
 
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