Coming off four straight wins to open their season, the Marshall Thundering Herd men’s basketball team entered Friday’s matchup with the Ohio State Buckeyes on somewhat of a roll.
That is, until the opening tip-off.
When the final buzzer sounded, Marshall found itself on the wrong end of a 111-70 blowout at the hands of the Big Ten contenders, a shellacking that doubled as a learning experience and Marshall’s first loss of the young season. The outcome was ugly and the road to it was seemingly even worse.
The Herd looked to be on the right track to start, opening the contest with a deep three from Jon Elmore.