SO WHY, oh why, is Marshall’s basketball team stuck in a three-game losing streak, one that has sent the Thundering Herd plunging into the middle of the Conference USA pack?
I’m not the one with all the answers, but I can spot a trend, a common denominator in the setbacks against Texas-El Paso, Southern Mississippi and Louisiana Tech. If you’re going to look somewhere, look at the second half and compare to the first half.
The difference is startling.
In the first half of the 94-90 loss Saturday at Louisiana Tech, the Herd shot 56.3 percent from the floor both from 3- and 2-point range — 9 of 16 at each distance.