HUNTINGTON — 19 points over five games, that’s all.
19 points — about four points per game — is how many combined points the Herd lost by in games MU lost to No. 1 UAB (by three in Huntington, by four in Birmingham, Ala.), No. 2 Middle Tennessee (by nine last Saturday in Murfreesboro, Tenn) and No. 2 Louisiana Tech (by three at the buzzer tonight).
The Herd was 1-4 against those teams now in front of Marshall in the Conference USA standings, and those nearly four points per game are the difference in Marshall coasting to the top spot or sitting in second.