Marshall men head to WKU trying to snap skid

Marshall´s Stevie Browning (2) attempts a shot during a Jan. 28 game against UTEP in Huntington.As far as the Conference USA standings picture goes, Marshall and Western Kentucky are in exactly the same boat.

They’re both 6-5 and in a five-way tie for fifth place, a half-game out of the top four. They both play twice at home next week, but those assignments are not easy — league leader Middle Tennessee and third-place Alabama-Birmingham.

So the stakes are inching upward heading into this MU-WKU bout at 6 p.m. Saturday at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The game will be televised on Fox College Sports Atlantic, Suddenlink 509 in the Kanawha Valley.

As “travel partners” in C-USA,…