Men’s Basketball Recap
By: Ben Stottlemire
HUNTINGTON, W.Va – (WMUL) Saturday, The Marshall Thundering Herd faced the Toledo Rockets at the Cam Henderson Center. Toledo(1-2) entered this game coming off a 91-to-61 loss against #6 Michigan State in a game where Toledo’s offense struggled against the Spartans.
Marshall (1-1) came off a 92-to-65-win against Buffalo in a game where Marshall’s offense got hot quickly, and looked to continue that against the Rockets. Fouls were a common theme for both teams, with Marshall being responsible for 25 personal fouls and Toledo having 14.
Turnovers were also an issue for the Herd, with 16 total turnovers to Toledo’s five. Both teams had two 20-plus scorers by the end of the game: Bryce Slay, the sophomore guard, scored 23 points in the game shooting 8-16 from the floor and going 2-3 at the charity stripe in 39 minutes of play.
Noah Otshudi dropped 22 points, tallying five rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes. Toledo’s Mynor Strong put up 20 points, and wrecked the Marshall backcourt’s plans stealing the ball seven times.
Toledo’s Angel Montas Jr. put up 20 points while showcasing a variety of scoring ability, including multiple tough finishes at the rim. The Thundering Herd led by 11 at the half but the second half saw the Rockets flip the script taking the contest 81-76.
Marshall is back in action on Monday as it travels to Columbus, Ohio, to face The Ohio State University. Ohio State received ranked votes coming into the season.
FM88 Sports Rhys Owens and Connor Brown will have the call with pregame coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m., tip off at 6. You can listen on FM88.1 and on stream one at https://www.marshall.edu/wmul/.