Marshall Herd Thunders Down The “3-way” To C-USA Championship Game

Marco is ready to "Play for a Championship" as the Marshall American Bison mascot -- the national mammal, just appointed to that position last summer. The Herd meets No. 1 MTSU on Saturday for the C-USA Championship. (courtesy Marshall Athletics)HUNTINGTON — In Birmingham, Ala., the Marshall Thundering Herd men’s basketball team has three wins — over No. 11 Florida Atlantic, No. 3 Old Dominion and now No. 2 Louisiana Tech, by a final score of 93-77. Now the Herd will hopefully Thunder down the freeway — er, make that “3-way,” looking for the Conference USA Championship in Saturday’s title game, as Marshall set a C-USA Tournament record with 19 3-pointers in the win over the Bulldogs, and await a match-up with No. 1 Middle Tennessee.

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