Marshall Game Notes: 2026 WNIT Championship

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Women's Basketball (27-9) plays for its first Postseason Tournament Championship Saturday.

COACH JULI FULKS

Head Coach Juli Fulks is in year two leading Marshall's Women's Basketball program. No stranger to postseason basketball, Fulks came to the Herd with a prestigious 400 wins while leading Transylvania to the 2022-23 DIII National Championship.
In Fulks' last three seasons in Lexington, her teams at Transylvania went to three straight Elite Eights and two straight Final Fours
Fulks and the Herd oversaw a seven win conference improvement in 2025-26, and 12 more wins to this point from year one to year two.

TEAM HISTORY

First Year of Basketball: 1969
Overall Record: 800-787 (800th win Wednesday night at Arkansas State)
All-time Postseason Tournament Record (NCAA, WNIT, WBI*): 6-5
- NCAA: 0-2
- WNIT: 4-1
- WBI: 2-2
Conference Tournament Record: 32-38
- SBC: 8-3
- C-USA: 9-15
- MAC: 2-6
- Southern: 13-14
West Virginia Intercollegiate Tournament Champions: 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77
Midwest Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) Tournament: 1972-76
20-win Seasons: 7 (1971-72, 1979-80, 1986-97, 1990-91, 2015-16, 2023-24, 2025-26)

ABOUT THE 2025-26 HERD

Marshall's 27th win Wednesday in the WNIT Fab 4 was a program record for most in a season.
The Herd's Timaya Lewis-Eutsey is the team's leading scorer, averaging 19.8 PPG. The Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-Conference member and All-Defensive Team member has 134 steals this season, a program record.
Lewis-Eutsey has had seven 30+ point games, 16 20+ point games, and 31 double figures games this season.

MILESTONE WATCH

Timaya Lewis-Eutsey has scored 714 points this season, the most by any Herd player this century. MU Hall of Famer Karen Pelphrey's 732 points in 1985-86 is the most by any Marshall player in program history.
Meredith Maier has scored 978 points for her career with the Herd. Her 89 3-pointers this season is 2nd all-time behind Shayna Gore's 96 in 2018-19. Maier and Gore are the only two players in Herd history with 200+ triples made.
The trio of Peyton Ilderton, Meredith Maier, and Aarionna Redman have been members of the program for the last four-plus seasons. With 85 wins over the last four seasons, the trio will leave Marshall with the best four-year run in program history.

INTERESTING FACTS

April 4 is the latest date in a season Marshall Women's Basketball has played an official game. The 1969-70 Green Gals defeated Concord on April 4 to finish a perfect 7-0 season.
April 4 is also the date Marshall's Men's Basketball team won a CIT Title in 2019 in its victory over Green Bay.
The WNIT Championship trophy will be lifted for the second time in its history in the Mountain State. In 2015, WVU and UCLA faced off in Charleston.

For extended Marshall Game Notes, view HERE.

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