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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Redshirt senior Kendra King tallied her first double-double of the season, scoring a career-high 17 points while grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds, but it was not enough as the University of Memphis grabbed a 57-50 win over Marshall.

Kendra King's double-double wasn't enough against Memphis. King scored this basket over Memphis' Ramses Lonlack in the first half.

photo by Greg Perry/HI staff

King was the lone double-digit scorer for Marshall (12-8, 4-3 C-USA) and had the leading tally in the game. Mystee Dale scored eight points while hauling in seven rebounds.

Memphis (12-7, 5-1 C-USA) sprinted out to an early 5-1 lead before Marshall came back to tie it up at 5-5 with 15:26 remaining in the first half. A nip-and-tuck affair ensued at that point as the lead teeter-tottered five times in the first stanza before the Herd would establish a five-point lead, 26-21, with just under three minute left in the half.

Chantelle Handy fought with the Tigers' Brittany Carter for this rebound in the first half of the Memphis win in Huntington.  photo by Greg Perry/HI staff

The Tigers scored the final five points of the period to tie the score at 26-26 at the half. In the final minute, Alex Winchell nailed her second three-pointer of the game with the shot clock running out to tie the score. King led all scorers with nine points in the half.

A 3-0 spurt to begin the second half put Memphis back on top before Marshall responded with four-straight, all coming from King.

Up 37-35, the Tigers scored the next four to go up 41-35, their largest lead of the contest to that point. Over the next six minutes, the Herd scored the next nine points en route to a 44-41 lead. Consecutive buckets by Chantelle Handy got the Herd back on top, 42-41, before Veronica Ruiz hit a jumper to put Marshall up by three.

Brittany Carter led Memphis with 16 points while Alex Winchell had 12, all coming via the three-point shot. Memphis took the win despite being on the losing end of the rebounding battle, 47-36.

Neither team shot the ball particularly well as the Tigers shot .392 while holding the Herd to a .356 shooting percentage.

Today marked the first win over Marshall for the Tigers, who were previously 0-10 against the Herd.

On Saturday, Marshall will take on UAB at 7 p.m. at the Cam Henderson Center. UAB began Thursday evening in a three-way tie for first in the conference with Memphis and SMU.