Women’s Basketball Preview
By: Max Chaffin, FM88 Sports
HUNTINGTON, W. Va (WMUL-FM) — Marshall Women’s Basketball is back in Huntington for the first home game of the regular season on Friday. The Thundering Herd (1-0) are coming off a trip to Amherst, Massachusetts, as it defeated the UMass Minutemen, 74-70.
Travelling to Huntington is the North Carolina A&T Aggies (1-0) who are coming off a 70-59 victory over the Wingate Bulldogs. Senior forward, Paris Locke, had a double double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in the contest.
For Marshall, its season began with a win over the Minutemen, where sophomore guard, Olivia Olson, scored 17 points. Junior guard Kassie Ingram scored 15 points in the contest and junior guard, Cassie Gallagher, scored 14 points in her Thundering Herd debut.
North Carolina A&T is coming into this matchup ranked 6th in the CAA preseason poll after finishing last season with a record of 12-18. The team is coached by Tarell Robinson, who is entering his 16th season with the Aggies.
Friday’s matchup can give Marshall a worthy non-conference opponent, which is featured many times on its schedule this season. Marshall will also face Duke and Kentucky in its non-conference slate. For the Thundering Herd, it will rely on the momentum from last contest and improve as a team with seven newcomers coming through the portal and recruiting.
The contest will be available on WMUL-FM 88.1 and on Stream 1 at marshall.edu/wmul. FM88 Sports’ Max Chaffin and Victoria Lavonne-Wilburn will have the call of the game. Pregame coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. with tipoff at 6 p.m. Additional coverage will also be available on X through @WMUL_Sports.