If Jon Elmore is a reflection of Marshall players in general, they’re all happy to hit the road in search of redemption.
The Thundering Herd is still stinging over a five-day-old result, the 91-68 loss to Texas-El Paso. That’s another byproduct of Conference USA’s scheduling format of Thursday-Saturday road trips — if you pull a stinker in the Saturday game, you’ve got a loooong time to live with it.
“Big-time motivation, getting that out of our system,” said Elmore, the Herd’s point guard. “I don’t think anybody necessarily had a lot of fun with that game. Hopefully, that’s motivation, ‘Look, we’ve played our worst, see what we can do.