| Old Dominion Hands Herd First Loss, 70-62 |
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| Sunday, 22 November 2009 00:33 | |||||
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From Marshall Sports Information --
NORFOLK, Va. - Defending CIT champion Old Dominion (4-0) handed Marshall (2-1) a 70-62 men’s basketball defeat Nov. 21. The Thundering Herd scored the opening basket on a Darryl Merthie layup off a steal and led for most of the early part of the game. A Gerald Lee layup tied the score 16-16 with 9:50 to go in the opening frame. A Marsharee Neely layup and a Ben Finney jumper gave ODU a four-point advantage. Cam Miller connected on a three-pointer to make it 20-19 with 7:32 remaining. Old Dominion would outscore MU 8-2 over the remainder of thse half, taking a 28-21 advantage into halftime.
Leading 38-28 with 16:33 left, the Monarchs used an 8-2 spurt to push the lead into double figures. ODU pushed the lead to as much as 16 down the stretch. Marshall outscored Old Dominion 11-3 in the final 56 seconds to make it the final 70-62.
 HI File Photo Tyler Wilkerson scored 12 points and had seven rebounds. Lee, who is the nephew of former Marshall great Russell Lee (who No. 52 was retired at MU two years ago), scored 22 points. Old Dominion out-rebounded Marshall 40-26, while turning the ball over 17 times compared to 13 for the Thundering Herd. “Give ODU credit, they are a well coached team with a frontcourt as good as any we have played since we’ve been here,” said Marshall head coach Donnie Jones. “It was a physical game, Tirrell (Baines) took a forearm to the chest and we couldn’t really use him a lot in the second half. "It was a good lesson for our young post players such as (freshmen) Hassan (Whiteside) and Nigel (Spikes). Even though we went down in the second half, we competed and fought hard. "We will go back and take a look at the film. I think we will grow from this experience which is why we scheduled (ODU) and I am excited for our team as we move forward.” Wilkerson was impressed with the ODU team. “They made the tough shots,” said Wilkerson. “We forced 17 turnovers, but we were out-rebounded 40-26 and that was the difference. We will breakdown the tape, see what we did wrong, stick together as a team, and improve.” Marshall resumes action Wednesday night, on Thanksgiving Eve, when the Thundering Herd host Lamar in game three of the Global Sports Invitational at the Cam Henderson Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Marshall will then face Ohio University in the final GSI game on Saturday at the Charleston (W.Va.) Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. The game is a doubleheader on the Thundering Herd/ISP Sports Network including the 3 p.m. kickoff by the MU football team at UTEP in El Paso, Texas in the last regular season game. MU flagship stations are SuperTalk 94.1 FM and AM 930, WRVC, and WDGG 93.7 FM, The Dawg, and will carry both games. Pre-game will start no later than 7:15 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. tip.
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