Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Skip navigation

GAME THREAD: FAU vs. Marshall - 02/28/15 @ 7:00 PM

Add topic

Post




What: FAU (8-18, 1-14 C-USA) vs Marshall (10-18, 6-9 C-USA)

When: Saturday, Jan 28th @ 7:00 PM

Where: Cam Henderson Center


TV: None

Live Video: Here *Fee

Radio: ESPN 106.3

Live Stats: Here


Herd Team Site: Here


Probable Starters

FAU

G Marquan Botley 13.6 ppg
G Solomon Poole 12.6 ppg
G Jackson Trapp 10.6 ppg
F Kelvin Penn 5.1 ppg
C Justin Raffington 9.3 ppg


Marshall

G Aleksa Nikolic 5.1 ppg
G Austin Loop 11.5 ppg
G Justin Edmonds 9.3 ppg
F Ryan Taylor 14.5 ppg
C JP Kambola 5.8 ppg

 

The Series

The Owls lead 2-1.

2/01/14 A W 65-57
3/11/14 N L 59-63
1/16/15 H W 76-62


Marshall at a Glance

Offense - 67.5 PPG, 39.8% FG, 31.7% 3PT

Defense - 71.9 PGA, 42.8% FGA, 32.1% 3PTA

Rebounding - 37.7 PG Team, 39.8 PG Opponents


Notables

The Herd locked up the final spot in the C-USA Tournament last night with a convincing 87-69 thumping of Florida International. Five players were in double figures for Marshall, who held the Panthers to a 1-9 showing from downtown in the 2nd half.

Their recent success is somewhat remarkable considering an 0-6 start in league action at the onset, which has been answered by a 6-3 stint since then.

Heading into this week's action, Marshall ranked 12th nationally in both possessions per game (71.4) and three point attempts (692). Unfortunately those feats are countered by 15.3 turnovers per outing, which is 14th in NCAA DI action.


FAU at a Glance

Offense - 62.9 PPG, 41.5% FG, 34.5% 3PT

Defense - 66.1 PGA, 45.2% FGA, 28.1% 3PTA

Rebounding - 31.8 PG Team, 35.4 PG Opponents


Notables

Thursday's 71-68 loss at Diddle Arena to the Hilltoppers assured Florida Atlantic will not have a place in the 2015 C-USA Tournament. Furthermore, with just three games left on the slate, the Owls are closing in on a final record they would rather avoid.

Should they fail to pull out a game down the stretch the squad would place them just behind the worst ever finish in league play. That happened back in 1999-20 when FAU finished 0-18 in the Atlantic Sun under former coach Sydney Green.

Kelvin Penn may not be able to catch Brett Royster's mark of 301 career blocks but the senior forward will have his own place in history as the 2nd best. Penn currently has 219 dismissals to his credit and will remain solely in the #2 spot of the record book.

After having some less than stellar showings as of late, guard Solomon Poole split time with Justin Massey at the two-spot against WKU and was able to connect on a 3-of-5 performance (2-2 3PT) for eight points, and four rebounds.


Latest Line

TBA


Owl's Nest Prediction

MAR -4
Back to the top

Post

Getting ready for the final road contest of 2015...the Owls opened as -5.5 underdogs, but has since gone down to -4.5 now as we approach tip-off.
Back to the top

Post

Owls will be without Raffington, who is injured.

Starters: Botley, Trapp, Poole, Penn, Turman.
Back to the top

Post

We're underway, Herd with the first score…Go Owls!

Back to the top

Post

The Herd races out to a 10-0 lead and Coach Curry has seen enough.

Timeout Owls…17:28

FAU 0  Marshall 10

Back to the top

Post

Make is 12-0.

Herd is 5-5 from the floor.

16:32
Back to the top

Post

15:02

Poole finally connects to end the Herd's opening run.

12-2 Marshall at the first media stop.

Back to the top

Post

The Owls run off a 6 straight, but Marshall answers with a triple.

13:29

FAU 6  Herd 15
Back to the top

Post

Johnson connects to make it just a 4 point game….Penn is called for his second personal, and will head to the pine.

12:11

FAU 11  Marshall 15
Back to the top

Post

Game of runs thus far…Herd with a 5-0 spurt.

FAU shooting 38% to Marshall's 53%.

10:09

Owls 13  Herd 21
Back to the top