HUNTINGTON — Marshall fought hard but shot the three poorly throughout the game as the Thundering Herd saw the No. 4-ranked Maryland Terrapins win Sunday’s meeting, 87-67, at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md.
The Herd falls to 4-9 in its last non-conference games, opening Conference USA play at home next Sunday with WKU at the Cam Henderson Center at 1 p.m. on Jan. 3Maryland improves to 11-1 on the season.
Marshall did have five players finish in double figures, but no one had more than 11 points — four in fact did. Sophomore point guard Jon Elmore, junior guard Austin Loop, redshirt junior combo guard Stevie Browing and redshirt freshman guard CJ Burks all scored 11 points while senior forward James Kelly scored just 10 (on his average of nearly 18 points per game) and junior point forward Ryan Taylor scored seven points (half of his 14.