Herd Men’s Hoops Returns Home After Four-Game Road Swing

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Men's Basketball team (13-9, 6-3 SBC) is set to host the Georgia State Panthers (7-14, 3-6 SBC) Thursday and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (8-13, 1-8 SBC) Saturday as part of a three-game homestand.

Opening tip against GSU is set for 7 p.m. with a 4 p.m. start time against the Chanticleers.

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PRE-GAME NOTES

Marshall returns home on a three-game winning streak after playing it previous four contests on the road.
Jalen Speer was named the Sun Belt Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Tuesday. The graduate student sits atop the league in three-point shooting percentage (33.2 percent) and made triples (34) in conference games.
At 56 blocks on the season, Obinna Anochili-Killen ranks third in the country in rejections. The native of Lagos, Nigeria, is averaging 2.67 blocks per game.

ABOUT THE PANTHERS

Georgia State makes a return trip to Huntington after falling to The Herd 92-79 last Thursday in Atlanta.
At 126 makes from the field, Ceaser Edwards leads the SBC as he averages a team-high 14.9 points per game.
Nick McMullen ranks second in the Sun Belt in rebounds per game (10.0) and double-doubles (8).

ABOUT THE CHANTICLEERS

Coastal Carolina enters the week on a six-game losing streak after falling at Georgia Southern and Old Dominion last week. CCU has a contest at JMU on Thursday before coming to Huntington.
The Chanticleers fell to The Herd 77-64 on January 18 in Conway, South Carolina, in the teams' first matchup of the season.
Coastal has the third-best three-point defense in the conference holding opponents to 30.7 percent from behind the arc.

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Herd Men’s Hoops Returns Home After Four-Game Road Swing

Players Mentioned

Obinna Anochili-Killen

Jalen Speer

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