The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (9-12, 5-3 Sun Belt) visit the Marshall Thundering Herd (17-4, 6-2 Sun Belt) on Thursday in Huntington, West Virginia at the Cam Henderson Center for a Sun Belt Conference showdown. Louisiana-Monroe was defeated by the Troy Trojans 77-53 on Saturday, snapping a two-game winning streak for the Warhawks. Marshall defeated Arkansas State 87-78 on Saturday in overtime for its 5th consecutive victory. The Thundering Herd is tied for first in the conference. Louisiana-Monroe and Marshall do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
Louisiana-Monroe is scoring an average of only 69.5 (231st) points per game, while shooting 43.0% (268th) overall and 35.8% (88th) from three point land. Louisiana-Monroe is allowing an average of 69.0 (171st) points per game, while opponents are shooting 43.3% (189th) overall and 34.6% (251st) from three point land.
The leading scorer for Louisiana-Monroe is Tyreke Locure with an average of 13.7 points per game but the guard is shooting just 37.5% overall and 36.9% from behind the 3-point line. Jamari Blackmon is the second leading scorer with an average of 11.9 points per game and is shooting 43.5% overall and 37.6% from behind the line. Three of the top five scorers for Louisiana-Monroe are shooting 37.5% or less. Blackmon is the leader in assists with an average of 3.5 dishes per contest. On the boards, the Warhawks are averaging 34.2 rebounds per game led by Thomas Howell with an average of 7.1 boards per contest. Locure is the leader in steals with an average of 1.9 per game while Victor Bafutto is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 2.3 swats per contest.