Burks returns, but Herd struggle in sloppy victory

Burks returns, but Herd struggle in sloppy victoryAfter sitting out the first 10 games of the season, sophomore guard CJ Burks returned to the Marshall lineup Monday night against West Virginia Wesleyan. That should have been the lone story of the game.

It wasn’t.

Instead, the talk following MU’s 81-65 win was about Marshall’s struggles on both sides of the ball against the inferior Bobcats. The game did not start out that way, however. In the early moments, it looked as if the Herd had the answers.

Marshall (7-4) raced out to a 6-1 lead with 16:25 left in the first half, allowing just 8 shots from Wesleyan in that stretch. The Herd would eventually extend its lead to 33-9 with 5 minutes left…