Marshall begins the 2012-2013 basketball this Friday in the Cam Henderson Center with a 7:30pm tipoff against Longwood University.
The Lancers are entering their first season in the Big South Conference, where they were picked to finish last in the North Division. Prior to this year, Longwood played as an independent.
Longwood only returns one starter from last year’s 10-21 squad, 6-foot-4 junior guard Tristan Carey. Carey will look to improve on his 13.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 3.4 assist from last season while leading a team that features seven underclassman.
On Sunday, Marshall travels to “the city of brotherly love”, Philadelphia PA, for a 1pm tip against the Villanova Wildcats.
Villanova is coming off a tough, 13-19 season that featured only five conference wins. Things don’t appear to be getting better, the Wildcats were picked to finish 12th in the 15 team Big East and need to replace leading scorers Maalik Waynes and Dominic Cheek, who combined averaged 30.1 points per game last year.
Like Marshall, Villanova relied on strong rebounding in 2012, averaging 39.1 boards per game, good for 16th in the nation. The Wildcats leading rebounder, 6-foot-10 center Mouphtaou Yarou (8.2 RPG) returns along with second leading rebounder JayVaughn Pinkston (5.2 RPG).
Villanova is counting on highly touted recruit Ryan Arcidiacono to make a significant contribution. Arcidiacono, who ESPN ranked as the 16th best point guard prospect in the class of 2012, will be tasked with replacing Waynes and dictating the Wildcat offense.
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