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Whiteside reset the Conference USA and his own school record for most blocks in a game with 13 against UCF Feb. 27.  Whiteside has blocked 168 shots this season, tying him with Stepahane Lasme of UMass (168 blocks in 2007) for tenth-most blocks in a single season in NCAA Division I history. Next up at ninth will be Alonzo Mourning of Georgetown, who blocked 169 shots in 1989.

The 7-foot post player also broke the Marshall career blocks record against UCF on Feb. 27.  The previous Marshall career blocks record was 148, set by Omar Roland (1988-90) when Marshall was a member of the Southern Conference. Whiteside broke the Marshall school record for most blocks in a season when he recorded five against UAB Jan. 16. The old record of 101 which was set by Roland during the 1989-90 campaign.

Whiteside currently leads Division I in blocked shots in the most recent report and is the Conference USA leader in the category.  Whiteside became the only Conference USA player to post three triple-doubles in a season against UCF when he scored 14 points, blocked 13 shots, and had 11 rebounds in Marshall’s 121-115 triple overtime victory. He is the first player in Marshall history, since 1905, to have a triple-double.

He also had a triple-double at UCF in Orlando, Fla. on Jan. 13 with 14 points, 14 rebounds and ten blocks. His first came against Brescia University when he scored 17 points, grabbed 14 boards and blocked 11 shots, becoming the first member of the Thundering Herd to record a triple-double.

Whiteside was selected Conference USA Rookie of the Week six times (Nov. 30 and Dec. 13, 2009; Jan. 17, Jan. 24, Feb. 22 and Mar. 1, 2010) this season.

Marshall finished tied for third with UAB at 11-5 in the Herd's fifth year in Conference USA, and third year under head coach Donnie Jones. The Herd is the fourth seed, with a 23-8 record (RealTime RPI of 64 on Monday, March 8) in the GMC Sierra Conference USA Tournament and will play the winner of the game between the fifth seed Tulsa and the 12-seed Rice Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. EST.

The Thundering Herd Herd split with the Golden Hurricane of TU, losing by four in Tulsa's Reynolds Center, 73-69, on Feb. 3 but knocking off TU in the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, 64-58. Marshall beat Rice, 77-54, on Feb. 24 in Houston, Texas.

The winner of Thursday's game will advance to Friday's semi-finals against either No. 1 UTEP or No. 8 SMU vs. No. 9 UCF, who will meet in Wednesday's first round. This is the first bye in a C-USA Tournament for the Thundering Herd.

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