The dreaded Marshall scoring drought strikes again. The Herd played a relatively good game for 30 minutes, but 10 minutes in the middle killed them. UCF went on a 32-9 run starting with about two minutes left in the first half to turn a 4-point Marshall lead into a 67-48 Golden Knight lead with 13 mintues to play. The Herd scored a whopping 3 points in 7 minutes of that stretch. A spirited run down the stretch made things a little interesting, but the lead couldn't get cut past 5. Markel Humphrey had a huge game throwing in 25 on a 10-14 shooting preformance.
All in all, a typical Herd loss. Solid basketball for most of the game, one stretch of abyssmal shooting that dooms them, a great performance from one player, horrible free throw shooting (60% as a team last night), and a run that proves to be too little too late.
On the upside, Humphrey appears to be getting better every game, and he's only a sophomore.
I'm not knocking Bro-Grebe because I think he's one of the brightest spots on this team, but how the hell do you foul out in 9 minutes of action?
Attendance was 3,537. Once again, not even half of what Huntington High and DeMatha drew last Saturday in the Cam.
Things have the potential to get really ugly for the Herd. The next three games are home against Tulsa on Wednesday, at Tulane, and versus WVU in Charleston. Tulsa and WVU are very solid teams, and while Tulane isn't exactly a powerhouse, it's a road game, and the Herd's only road victory this season was by 1 at mighty Morehead State. An 0-5 C-USA start and a 6 game losing streak aren't out of the question unfortunately. Hopefully they can turn things around.
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