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10/30/2026 3:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. on Monday in Amherst
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University Women's Basketball is set to kick off the 2026-27 Regular Season on Monday at UMass.
Tipoff in Amherst, Massachusetts, is set for 6 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW AT UMASS
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
PRE-GAME NOTES
ABOUT THE MINUTEWOMEN
To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall Women's Basketball, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall Women's Basketball Team.
For all the latest information about Marshall Women's Basketball, follow @HerdWBB on Twitter and follow @HerdWBB on 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.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University Women's Basketball is set to kick off the 2026-27 Regular Season on Monday at UMass.
Tipoff in Amherst, Massachusetts, is set for 6 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW AT UMASS
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
PRE-GAME NOTES
- Juli Fulks enters her third season at the helm of the Herd coming off a season that ended with a program-record 28 wins and a 2026 WNIT Championship.
- This season's roster features seven returners and seven newcomers. Among the returners are Leyocha Marigney and Olivia Olson. Marigney, a senior from Fresno, California, led the Herd in blocks with 57, the fourth most in a season in program history.
- Olson returns for her sophomore season. The native of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, is coming off a 2025-26 campaign that was cut short by injury after starting in all 16 games she played in while averaging 12.9 PPG with 42 made three-pointers. Olsen tallied a career-high 26 points in overtime victory over JMU (Dec. 20) and finished in double-digit scoring in 13 of 16 games played.
- One newcomer for the Herd is Cassie Gallagher. The redshirt sophomore led USC Upstate in scoring at 15.7 points per game starting all 31 games she played in and earning a Second-Team All-Big South honor.
- Anaya Harris also comes to Huntington after being a Second-Team All-Big South honoree after the 2025-26 season as a junior at Gardner-Webb. Harris led the Runnin' Bulldogs with 12.8 per games in 30 games played, starting all 30.
- Transferring from Northern Kentucky, Maddie Moody made 32 appearances with 29 starts for the Norse as she averaged 10.0 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 41.1% from the field while being named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team.
ABOUT THE MINUTEWOMEN
- UMass is coming off a 23-6 season in 2025-26.
- The Minutewomen were tabbed to finish third in the 2026-27 Mid-American Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Yahmani McKayle was picked to the Preseason All-MAC First Team after averaging 16.2 points, 5.0 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game in her freshman season.
To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall Women's Basketball, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall Women's Basketball Team.
For all the latest information about Marshall Women's Basketball, follow @HerdWBB on Twitter and follow @HerdWBB on 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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