The Marshall Thundering Herd are heading to the Holmes Convocation Center on Thursday evening to take on the Appalachian State Mountaineers in Sun Belt Conference action. The Thundering Herd (12-13, 7-5 Sun Belt) are coming off an 82-66 road loss last Wednesday against the Troy Trojans. The Mountaineers (20-5, 10-2) are coming off a 109-104 double-overtime home win against the Toledo Rockets on Saturday.
The Marshall Thundering Herd are coming off a tough 82-66 road loss against the Troy Trojans and it does not help scoring 24 points in the opening half of the game. The Thundering Herd struggled offensively as they were able to shoot 23-of-59 (39.0%) overall, 9-of-26 (34.6%) from beyond the arc and 16 attempts at the charity stripe. Senior guard Kevon Voyles led the way as in 32 minutes he posted 16 points, three rebounds, one assist, one steal and three turnovers. The defense did decently well as Troy was held to shooting 40.0% throughout the game, 31.0% from distance and 15 charity stripe attempts.
The offense for the Marshall Thundering Herd has been doing well as they are averaging 75.7 points per game while shooting 42.0% as a team. Th e defense is allowing 76.4 points per game up to this point.
Injury Report for Marshall
No injuries to report