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Herd’s Early Shooting Fades In Loss at Coastal Carolina
1/29/2025 8:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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CONWAY, S.C. – Marshall's women's basketball team found itself unable to keep up with the homestanding Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in a 76-64 defeat Wednesday night.
Marshall (6-15, 1-9 SBC) made a season-best seven 3-pointers in the opening 10 minutes of the contest. It was the Herd's most in a game since Jan. 27 of last year. All 21 of its points came from three in the first quarter which was a tie game entering the second.
3s on 3s on 3s ‼️
— Marshall Women's Basketball (@HerdWBB) January 29, 2025
Seven made triples in the 1st Quarter for the Herd! pic.twitter.com/DZCwArqI7J
Coastal (14-6, 5-5 SBC) closed the second quarter on an 8-0 run and forced eight of its 22 total turnovers to pull ahead by 13 at the break.
"Well we obviously got off to a really hot start which was great especially after some of the recent shooting woes we have had," Head Coach Juli Fulks said. "We knocked a lot of shots down early and we spent a lot of time the last two days on the press break and I thought we handled that early. Then we had so many passes which we didn't come and meet and it didn't seem like after a few minutes that we matched the intensity very well."
For the full postgame comments from Coach Fulks, view HERE.
Meredith Maier and Madison Kellione led the way with 20 points and 11 points apiece. Both contributed with threes in the opening quarter outburst.
The Herd continues its road trip Saturday, Feb. 1 at Georgia Southern. Tip from the brand-new Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center is at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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