Two Sun Belt Conference rivals face off against one another on Thursday when the Marshall Thundering Herd (19-6, 8-4 Sun Belt) visit Conway, South Carolina and The HTC Center to play against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (10-14, 4-8 Sun Belt). Marshall lost to Louisiana 77-67 in a road loss on Saturday for their second loss in four games to bring them to third place in the conference record. Coastal Carolina lost on the road against Arkansas State 73-57 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive loss and remains tied for the third-worst conference record right now. Both programs are completely healthy as they have zero players listed on their injury report.
Marshall is within two games of first place in the Sun Belt Conference thanks to excellent offense as the Thundering Herd are scoring an average of 80.8 points (14th) per game, while shooting 46.4% (50th) overall and 33.2% (214th) from three point land. Opponents are shooting 41.5% (62nd) overall and 31.9% (78th) from 3-point territory. The Thundering Herd are holding opponents to an average of 69.6 points (165th) per game Taevion Kinsey is the leading scorer for Marshall with an average of 21.4 points per game while shooting 53.6% overall and 36.8% from three point land. Andrew Taylor is the second leading scorer with an average of 18.8 points per game while shooting only 41.4% overall and 36.7% from three point land. Two of the last three scorers for Marshall are shooting 41% or higher. Kinsey is the leader in assists with an average of 5.6 dishes per contest. On the boards, Marshall averages 40 rebounds per game led by Micah Handlogten with an average of 10.5 boards per game. Andrew Taylor is the leader in steals with an average of 2.2 per game and Handlogten is leading the program with 2.5 blocks per game.
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