The Marshall Thundering Herd Women’s Basketball team won its third straight Conference USA game Thursday, when it outlasted Louisiana Tech in triple overtime, 90-88 and advanced its conference record to 5-1.
The prolonged game was Marshall’s second of the season and its first triple overtime contest since the 2007 season.
“That is a great way to win a basketball game,” Marshall head coach Tony Kemper said in a postgame interview.
The Herd played through seven periods of hard-fought basketball with neither team refusing to secede to the other. The pivotal moment came deep in the triple overtime period of play, when Louisiana Tech’s sophomore guard Amber Dixon fouled Marshall sophomore forward Taylor Pearson, who sank two free throws to secure a Herd victory.