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The Thundering Word: Herd Beats the Buzzer Twice … Then Wins Again!

HUNTINGTON — Marshall finished its 2015-16 home basketball season Saturday night, proving a couple of axioms that are as worn out as the Henderson Center crowd of 6,431 had to feel.

It’s not how you start, but how you finish … or … There’s a first time for everything.

There’s also this … Really, how many basketball fans got to witness three buzzer-beaters on the same floor in fewer than 51 hours?

After a basket-trading, 97-94 Thursday night loss ended by a half court Louisiana Tech buzzer-beater, it didn’t seem that Herd hoops could get any more downright compelling with 20-loss Southern Miss visiting for the regular-season finale.