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7-15,2-9Sun Belt
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Resilient Herd Forces Season-High 32 Turnovers in Win at Georgia Southern
2/1/2025 4:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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STATESBORO, Ga. – Marshall broke through with its first true road victory of the season with a 71-65 win on the road at Georgia Southern Saturday.
The Herd (7-15, 2-9 SBC) forced a season-high 32 turnovers in the victory. The last Herd performance with 30 or more turnovers was against the same Eagles (9-14, 2-9 SBC) team last season.
Marshall had 17 steals, including a game-sealing Peyton Ilderton steal and score while being fouled to get the Herd up seven with a minute to play. Ilderton stepped up to score a career-high 10 points in the win.
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"Our team has been incredibly resilient all year," Head Coach Juli Fulks said. "We had a great start and then kind of similar to the other night we had a run of turnovers that put us back in a hole." "We went offense-defense the entire second half and had a group that could really go all-in on defense and really keep the tempo up and got a lot of steals. I give our team a lot of credit, they were willing to push through and find a way to contribute."
For the full postgame press conference with Coach Fulks, view HERE.
Offensively, CC Mays led the way with a career-high 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting in her 100th career-game for the Thundering Herd. Mays kept the Herd - who trailed by as much as nine early - in the game with 11 first-half points.
Marshall closes its three-game road trip at Louisiana on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. eastern.
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