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By Ben Anderson      Despite the winter storm Fern making its rounds across the east coast, the Marshall Thundering Herd welcomes the Troy Trojans to the Cam Henderson Center on Wednesday night in a battle of top four teams in the Sun Belt Conference.      Marshall enters the contest with a 17-5 record and winning eight of its first 10 games in league play to sit in second place. The Thundering Herd is winners of back-to-back games, after picking up road wins in consecutive days against Southern Miss and ULM.      Troy comes to Huntington with an overall record of 16-4 (7-2) and sitting in fourth place. The Trojans picked up its seventh league victory on Saturday afternoon, picking up a dominate 96-69 victory over the Georgia State Panthers in Troy, Ala.      The contest matches up the best scoring offense against the second-best scoring defense in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans average 84.4 PPG and have a +16.3-scoring m...

 By Ben Anderson      Having a month between meets did not seem to impact the Marshall Track & Field team at the Marshall Alumni Classic this weekend as the Thundering Herd picked up 18 individual victories, and an school-recording breaking performance.       Leading the way for the Thundering Herd was sophomore Wyatt Milhoan, breaking the school record in the Men’s Indoor 300 racing a time of 34.40. Roberts said that Milhoan’s performance is credited to his strive to be the best.      "The real key is his work ethic,” Roberts said. “Like the work he puts in the workouts, how hard he runs. He always hits the times that he’s supposed to. But we always work a lot on technique and positions coming out of the block, making sure you’re pushing the proper way.”      The Thundering Herd came into the meet coming off breaking three school records at the Marshall Opener in December. Roberts said that the team’s success des...

 By Ben Anderson      The trend of second-half comebacks at the Cam Henderson Center continued for Marshall women’s basketball as the Herd prevailed over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 80-74 on Saturday Afternoon.       The Herd after showing solid defense in the first quarter, holding the visitors from Conway, South Carolina to just 15 points, suffocated in the second as the Chanticleers connected on 5-of-6 from 3-point range to drop 31 points in the quarter. Marshall Women’s Basketball head coach Juli Fulks said that the Herd needs to stop having the one bad quarter moving forward.      “We really want to be able to defend,” Fulks said. “And we held them under 15 or under in three quarters which has been our MO, and we’ve got to stop having that quarter that blows up on us.”       The Herd tipped off its comeback in the fourth quarter, stampeding the Chanticleers 24-13 in the quarter with 7:40 left in the ga...

By Ben Anderson      The saying “It’s not over till the final buzzer” proved to be the case on Saturday night, as Marshall men’s basketball defeated Wright State 76-74 at the Cam Henderson Center.      “What a game,” Marshall men’s basketball head coach Cornelius ‘Corny’ Jackson said. “We’d make a run, they’d answer and vice versa. I’m glad we were able to outlast them. We knew they were going to be a tough game. They’re better than their record.”      The final minute of the contest played out like a movie. Wright State’s Sam Alamutu drilled a three from the logo with 0:54 remaining to give the Raiders a 71-70 lead.  Wyatt Fricks responded with a three from the top to give the Herd a 73-71 lead that proved to be the dagger.       “It was just good to show up for my team.” Fricks said. “It’s showing up, working all the time, so I was confident taking it. It was good to see it go in. Hearing the crowd burst, that’s def...

 By Ben Anderson      Tonight, the Marshall Thundering Herd aim to get back on track as it welcomes the old-time Conference USA rival Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at the Cam Henderson Center.       The Thundering Herd enters at 5-4, and on a 3-game losing streak following an 88-81 loss on the road Saturday to the Ohio Bobcats.      T he Herd shot poorly in the contest from behind the arc, going 6-24. Head coach Cornelius “Corny” Jackson said that the Herd has to re-evaluate themselves after the loss.      “That’s real uncharacteristic of us,” Jackson said. We have to be better all around. I have to be better. The players have to be better. So, we have a few days of soul searching and look in the mirror and really evaluate, what we can do to get this thing right. Because it’s not a good feeling to lose three games in a row, regardless of who were playing.”      The Hilltoppers from Bowling Green, Kentuck...

 By Ben Anderson      Tomorrow, Marshall women’s basketball aims to extend its winning streak to three in a row when it welcomes the IU Indy Jaguars into the Cam Henderson Center.      The Thundering Herd is coming off yet another impressive performance with a 85-54 victory Friday afternoon after the USC Upstate Spartans at Morehead State University.       The Herd in the contest let it rain from the behind the arc in the first quarter, connecting on 10 triples to take a 29-7 lead after the period. The Herd converted on 16 shots from behind the arc in the contest.       Defense, which has been the bread and butter for the Thundering Herd this season, continued to be the strong front as the Herd forced 36 turnovers, and scoring 37 points off turnovers.      Leading the way for the Thundering Herd was senior guard Timaya Lewis-Eutsey, scoring 17 points, going 6-for-8 from the field, including 2-3 fro...