Marshall men’s basketball (14-6, 5-2 CUSA) won Saturday night over UAB (13-7, 4-3 CUSA) in overtime in front of a packed Cam Henderson Center by a score of 86-78. With the victory, Marshall knocked off the top two teams in the Conference USA men’s basketball preseason poll in the same week.
“Getting those two big wins, we’ve kind of taken a few on the chin from those two teams the past few years,” junior guard Jon Elmore said. “Getting two in a row like, that’s big.”
The game was off to fast start when UAB scored on their opening drive and went on to lead 9-2 within the first two minutes of the game.