As a primer for yesterdays men’s basketball game at UAB, Chuck McGill wrote an article detailing Marshall’s inability to stop opposing teams long scoring runs. Well you might as well call McGill Nostradamus, Marshall was up 48 – 38 with 7:14 left last night before UAB went on a 16-1 run over 4-minutes and 34-seconds. The end result, a 60 – 56 UAB win. UAB’s long run coincides with a number of other Marshall break downs this season:
From Chuck McGill’s Wendesday article: http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/MUSports/201101251277
* On Jan. 5 against Donnie Jones (the Herd's former coach) and UCF, Marshall led 42-36 with 11:39 left of the second half. The Knights, who have lost four consecutive games since the Herd left town, went on a 16-4 run over the next 6:35 to pull ahead by six points.
* On Jan. 15 at Memphis, Marshall tied the game at 15 before the Tigers took off on a 20-0 run that lasted 5:48. MU ultimately lost by 16 points, so Herrion's Herd actually outscored Memphis in the other 34-plus minutes.
* On Saturday against East Carolina, Marshall squandered a 15-point lead in a game it didn't trail until the final five seconds. With 5:30 to play and the Herd up 75-65, ECU took control with a 17-6 run that included the Pirates scoring the final eight points of an 82-81 win.
If the Herd wants to have a productive season it must figure out how to play all 40 minutes.
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