HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Middle Tennessee held a league-leading Thundering Herd offense to their second-lowest scoring output of the season Thursday night in Huntington but came up short on the offensive end in a 73-63 loss, its first in conference play and only loss of the season in true road games.
Marshall (13-6, 4-2) came in averaging 87.6 points per game but a subpar 40.3 percent shooting performance saw the Blue Raiders (13-5, 5-1) also put up its second-lowest score of the season.
MT continued its excellent rebounding, edging Marshall 39-32 on the boards in the Cam Henderson Center, but turned 14 offensive rebounds into just 15 second chance points while 19 Blue Raider turnovers led to 18 Herd points on the other end.