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Herd Picks Up Road Win at Southern Miss
2/21/2022 11:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Taylor scored team-high 17 points
Box Score | D'Antoni Press Conference
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University men's basketball team (11-17, 4-11 C-USA) left Hattiesburg with a 74-60 win over the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (6-21, 1-13 C-USA) on Monday night at the Reed Green Coliseum.
"You cannot take your foot off the pedal," Herd men's basketball head coach Dan D'Antoni said after the win. "We did, but we had enough to pull it out. I'm proud of that. A road win is a road win. Now we head to Middle (Tennessee) to see if we can do it again."
Redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor led the Herd in scoring for the second-straight contest as he poured in 17 points. The Corbin, Kentucky, native had four assists and was one of six Marshall student-athletes with five rebounds in the victory.
Junior Taevion Kinsey added 16 points, and like Taylor, had five rebounds and four helpers.
Freshman David Early had 13 points and shot a perfect 4-for-4 from the behind the arc.
Tyler Stevenson recorded a double-double for Southern Miss with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The Herd started the game on a hot streak with a 12-2 run in the first four minutes. Taylor and freshman Obinna Anochili-Killen each contributed five points with sophomore Goran Miladinovic adding two.
Marshall continued its first-half dominance when freshman Aymeric Toussaint made a jumper in the paint and senior Darius George completed a three-point play at the 10:03 mark. After a Golden Eagle three pointer, sophomore Marko Sarenac hit a trio of free throw attempts and Kinsey capped off a 10-3 MU advantage to give the visitors a 30-13 lead with 8:33 left in the half.
A layup by Taylor at the 2:47 mark gave the Herd its largest lead of the opening stanza at 20 points, 40-20. Marshall led 45-25 at halftime.
Marshall made 53.1 percent (17-for-32) of its shots in the first 20 minutes.
Southern Miss cut into the Herd lead with an 11-0 streak from the 13:57 mark to 9:12 as the Green and White held a 53-44 advantage.
However, a 6-0 run with four minutes to go steadied Marshall back to a double-digit lead, 64-49, as the teams traded points the rest of way.
NOTES
D'Antoni picked up the 139th victory of his career.
The Herd made a three in its 998th 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 59 of his last 60 games.
Taylor has tallied at least 10 points in his last nine games and has 21 games this season in double figures.
Early has recorded back-to-back double-figure scoring efforts.
Marshall outscored Southern Miss 36-32 in the paint.
UP NEXT
The Herd goes back on the road to take on Middle Tennessee Thursday night in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.
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.
---HerdZone.com---
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University men's basketball team (11-17, 4-11 C-USA) left Hattiesburg with a 74-60 win over the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (6-21, 1-13 C-USA) on Monday night at the Reed Green Coliseum.
"You cannot take your foot off the pedal," Herd men's basketball head coach Dan D'Antoni said after the win. "We did, but we had enough to pull it out. I'm proud of that. A road win is a road win. Now we head to Middle (Tennessee) to see if we can do it again."
Redshirt sophomore Andrew Taylor led the Herd in scoring for the second-straight contest as he poured in 17 points. The Corbin, Kentucky, native had four assists and was one of six Marshall student-athletes with five rebounds in the victory.
Junior Taevion Kinsey added 16 points, and like Taylor, had five rebounds and four helpers.
Freshman David Early had 13 points and shot a perfect 4-for-4 from the behind the arc.
Tyler Stevenson recorded a double-double for Southern Miss with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The Herd started the game on a hot streak with a 12-2 run in the first four minutes. Taylor and freshman Obinna Anochili-Killen each contributed five points with sophomore Goran Miladinovic adding two.
Marshall continued its first-half dominance when freshman Aymeric Toussaint made a jumper in the paint and senior Darius George completed a three-point play at the 10:03 mark. After a Golden Eagle three pointer, sophomore Marko Sarenac hit a trio of free throw attempts and Kinsey capped off a 10-3 MU advantage to give the visitors a 30-13 lead with 8:33 left in the half.
A layup by Taylor at the 2:47 mark gave the Herd its largest lead of the opening stanza at 20 points, 40-20. Marshall led 45-25 at halftime.
Marshall made 53.1 percent (17-for-32) of its shots in the first 20 minutes.
Southern Miss cut into the Herd lead with an 11-0 streak from the 13:57 mark to 9:12 as the Green and White held a 53-44 advantage.
However, a 6-0 run with four minutes to go steadied Marshall back to a double-digit lead, 64-49, as the teams traded points the rest of way.
NOTES
D'Antoni picked up the 139th victory of his career.
The Herd made a three in its 998th 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 59 of his last 60 games.
Taylor has tallied at least 10 points in his last nine games and has 21 games this season in double figures.
Early has recorded back-to-back double-figure scoring efforts.
Marshall outscored Southern Miss 36-32 in the paint.
UP NEXT
The Herd goes back on the road to take on Middle Tennessee Thursday night in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.
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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Team Stats
Marsh
USM
FG%
.474
.381
3FG%
.350
.278
FT%
.684
.583
RB
35
41
TO
10
15
STL
5
5
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
1
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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